ART. IV. ] CONSTITUTION. 53
the Circuit, who shall constitute a court in banc for such
purpose; and the motion for such reservation shall be entered
of record during the sitting at which such decision may be
made; and the several Circuit Courts shall regulate, by
rules, the mode and manner of presenting such points or
questions to the court in bane, and the decision of the said
court in bane shall be the effective decision in the premises,
and conclusive, as against the party at whose motion said
points or questions were reserved; but such decision in
bane shall not preclude the right of appeal or writ of error
to the adverse party in those cases, civil or criminal, in
which appeal or writ of error to the Court of Appeals may
be allowed by law. The right of having questions reserved
shall not, however, apply to trials of appeals from judg-
ments of Justices of Peace, nor to criminal cases below the
grade of felony, except when the punishment is confinement
in the penitentiary; and this section shall be subject to such
provisions as may hereafter be made by law.
Shueey v. Stoner, 47 Md., 107. Costidan v. Bond, 65 Md., 122.
SEC. 23. The judges of the respective Circuit Courts of |
|
this State and of the courts of Baltimore city, shall render
their decisions in all cases argued before them, or sub-
mitted for their judgment, within two months after the same
shall have been so argued or submitted.
SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge and of the Judge |
Opinions. |
of the Court of Appeals from the city of Baltimore shall
be three thousand five hundred dollars, and of each Asso-
ciate Judge of the Circuit Court shall be two thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and
shall not be diminished during his continuance in office.*
SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for |
Salaries. |
each county, who shall be elected by a purality of the quali-
fied voters of said county, 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, subject to be re-
moved for wilful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in
office, on conviction in a court of law. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of said
court shall have power to fill such vacancy until the general
election for Delegates to the General Assembly, to be held
next thereafter, when a successor shall be elected for the
term of six years.
Dowling v. Smith, 9 Md., 242. Stansbury v. Middleton, 11 Md.,
296. Wells v. Monroe, 86 Md., 449.
*By the Act of 1892, Chapter 388, the salary of the Chief Judges was In.
creased to four thousand five hundred dollars, and of the Associate Judges to
three thousand six hundred dollars per annum. |
Clerics. |
|
 |
