ART. IV] CONSTITUTION.

at such election, and if the judgment shall be against
the one who has been returned elected, or the one who
has been commissioned by the Governor, the House of
Delegates shall order a new election within thirty days.

Brooke v. Widdicombe, 39 Md. 386. Ijams v. Duvall, 85 Md.
252. Wills v. Moore, 86 Md, 449.

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Sec. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall
run thus: "The State of Maryland, &c.," and shall be
signed by the Governor, with the Seal of the State
annexed; all writs and process shall run in the same
style, and be tested, sealed and signed as heretofore, or
as may hereafter be provided by law; and all indict-
ments shall conclude, "against the peace, government
and dignity of the State."

Part II.— Court of Appeals.

Style of Com-
missions.

Sec. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of
the Chief Judges of the first seven of the several Judicial
Circuits of the State and a Judge from the City of Balti-
more specially elected thereto, one of whom shall be
designated by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, as the Chief Judge; and in all
cases until action by the Senate can be had, the Judge
so designated by the Governor shall act as Chief Judge.
The Judge of the Court of Appeals from the City of Bal-
timore shall be elected by the qualified voters of said
city at the election of Judges to be held therein, as here-
inbefore provided; and in addition to his duties as Judge
of the Court of Appeals, shall perform such other duties

Chief Judge.

as the General Assembly shall prescribe. The jurisdic-
tion of said Court of Appeals shall be co-extensive with
the limits of the State, and such as now is or may here-
after be prescribed by Law. It shall hold its sessions in
the City of Annapolis, on the first Monday in April, and
the first Monday in October; [on the second Monday in
January, the first Monday in April and the first Monday
in October]* of each and every year, or at such other

Jurisdiction.

times as the General Assembly may by Law direct. Its
sessions shall continue not less than ten months in the
year, if the business before it shall so require; and it
shall be competent for the Judges temporarily to trans-
fer their sittings elsewhere upon sufficient cause.

Van Nostrand v. Carr, 30 Md. 128. State v. Shields, 49 Md.
301. Sevinsky v. Wagus, 76 Md. 335.

*Terms thus arranged by Act of 1886, ch. 185.

Sessions.