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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 appeals may be
taken, what part or parts of the proceedings in the court be |
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low shall constitute the record on appeal and the manner in
which such appeals shall be brought to hearing or determina- |
Record. |
tion, and shall regulate, generally, the practice of said Court
of Appeals so as to prevent delays and promote brevity in all
records and proceedings brought into said court, and to abol- |
Practice. |
ish and avoid all unnecessary costs and expenses in the prose-
cution 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. It shall also be the duty of said Judges |
Costs. |
of the Court of Appeals, as soon after their election as prac-
ticable, to devise and promulgate by rules or orders, forms
and modes of framing and filing bills, answers and other pro-
ceedings 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 promote brevity and conciseness in all pleadings and pro-
ceedings 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of law until rescinded, changed or modified by the said judges,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. vs. State, 29 Md., 252. Gabelein vs. Plaenker, 36
Md., 61. Meloy vs. 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 Baltimore and
Harford, the Third; the counties of Allegany, Washington
and Garrett,+ the Fourth; the counties of Carroll, 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 Seventh, 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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