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Sec. 34. No appeal shall lie to the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City from the decision of the Judge or the
Judges holding the Baltimore City Court in case of
appeal from a Justice of the Peace; but the decision by
said Judge or Judges shall be final; and all writs and
other process issued out of either of said Courts, re-
quiring attestation, shall be attested in the name of the
Chief Judge of the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City. |
Appeals from
Justices |
Sec. 35. Three of the Judges of said Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City shall constitute a quorum of said
Court. |
Quorum. |
Sec. 36. All causes depending, at the adoption of this
Constitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Bal-
timore, and the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, shall
be proceeded in, and prosecuted to final judgment or
decree, in the Courts, respectively, of the same name
established by this Constitution, except cases belonging
to that class, jurisdiction over which is by this Consti-
tution transferred to the Baltimore City Court, all of
which shall, together with all cases now pending in the
City Court of Baltimore, be proceeded in and prosecuted
to final judgment in said Baltimore City Court.
Orrick v Boehm, 49 Md 72 |
Cases pending. |
Sec. 37- There shall be a Clerk of each of the said
Courts of Baltimore City, except the Supreme Bench,
who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of
said city, at the election to be held in said city on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, in |
Clerks. |
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and shall
hold his office for six years from the time of his election,
and until his successor is elected and qualified, and be
re-eligible thereto, subject to be removed for wilful
neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office, on con- |
Term. |
viction in a Court of Law. The salary of each of the
said Clerks shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year,
payable only out of the fees and receipts collected by |
Salary. |
the Clerks of said city, and they shall be entitled to no
other perquisites or compensation. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Clerk of any of said Courts, the Judges
of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City shall have
power to fill such vacancy until the general election of
Delegates to the General Assembly to be held next |
Vacancies |
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