General Assembly, there shall be elected by the voters of
said City another Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, who shall be subject to the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold his office for the same term of years, receive the
same compensation, and have the same *powers as are, or
shall be provided by the Constitution or Laws of this State, for
the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and the
General Assembly may provide by Laws, or the Supreme
Bench by its rules, for requiring causes in any of the Courts
of Baltimore City to be tried before the Court without ajury,
unless the litigants or some one of them shall within such
reasonable time or times as may be prescribed, elect to have
their causes tried before a jury. And the General Assembly
may reapportion, change or enlarge the jurisdiction of the
several Courts in said city.

Part V. Orphans' Court.

SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore,
and of the several counties, shall on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November next, and on the same day in
every fourth year thereafter, elect three men to be Judges
of the Orphans' Court of said city and counties, respectively,
who shall be citizens of the State, and residents for the
twelve months preceding in the city, or county, for which
they may be elected. They shall have all the powers now
vested in the Orphans' Courts of the State, subject to such
changes as the legislature may prescribe. Each of said
Judges shall be paid a per diem for the time they are actually
in session, to be regulated by Law, and to be paid by the
said city. or counties, respectively. In case of a vacancy in
the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall
appoint, subject to confirmation or rejection by the Senate,
some suitable person to fill the same for the residue of the
term.

SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county
of the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said counties and cities, respec-
tively, who shall hold his office for six years from the time of
his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified;
he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for
wilful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office in the same
manner that the Clerks of Courts are removable. In the
event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills,
said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans'
Court, in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general

* Vide Engrossed Bill.