ART. IV.] CONSTITUTION. 61
as practicable, to make and publish rules and regulations
for the prosecution of appeals to said appellate court
whereby they shall prescribe the periods within which ap-
peals may be taken, what part or parts of the proceedings |
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in the court below shall constitute the record on appeal and
the manner in which such appeals shall be brought to hear- |
Record. |
ing or determination, and shall regulate, generally) the prac-
tice of said Court of Appeals so as to prevent delays and
promote brevity in all records and proceedings brought |
Practice. |
into said court, and to abolish and avoid all unnecessary
costs and expenses in the prosecution of appeals therein;
and the said judge shall make such reductions in the fees
and expenses of the said court, as they may deem advisable. |
Costs. |
It shall also be the duty of said Judges of the Court of
Appeals, as soon after their election as practicable, to
devise and promulgate by rules or orders, forms and modes
of framing and filing bills, answers and other proceedings
and pleadings in equity; and also forms and modes of taking
and obtaining evidence, to be used in equity cases; and to
revise and regulate, generally, the practice in the Courts of
' Equity of this State, so as to prevent delays, and to pro-
mote brevity and conciseness in all pleadings and proceed-
ings therein, and to abolish all unnecessary costs and ex-
penses attending the same. And all rules and regulations
hereby directed to be made shall, when made, have the force
of law until rescinded, changed or modified by the said
judges, or the General Assembly.
B. & 0. R. R. Co. v. State, 29 Md., 252. Gabelein v. Plaenker, 36
Md., 61. Meloy v. Squires, 42 Md., 378.
Part III—Circuit Courts.
SEC. 19. The State shall be divided into eight judicial cir- |
Rules In
Equity. |
cuits, in manner following, viz: The counties of Worcester,
Somerset, Dorchester and Wicomico,* shall constitute the
First Circuit; the counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen
Anne's, Kent and Cecil, the Second; the counties of Balti-
more and Harford, the Third; the counties of Allegany,
Washington and Garrett, + the Fourth; the counties of Car-
roll, Howard and Anne Arundel, the Fifth; the counties of
Montgomery and Frederick, the Sixth; the counties of
Prince George's, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's, the Sev-
enth, and Baltimore city, the Eighth. |
Judicial Cir-
cuits. |
SEC. 20. A court shall be held in each county of the State,,
to be styled the Circuit Court for the county in which it may
*Wicomico formed since the adoption of this Constitution.
+Garrett formed since the adoption of this Constitution. |
County
courts, |
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