ART. IV.] CONSTITUTION. 57
tion, except cases belonging to that class, jurisdiction over
which is by this Constitution 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 vs. Boehm, 49 Md., 72. |
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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 the year eighteen hundred and |
Clerks. |
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
willful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office, on con-
viction in a court of law. The salary of each of the said clerks |
Term. |
shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year, payable only out
of the fees and receipts collected by the clerks of said city,
and they shall be entitled to no other perquisites or compensa- |
Salary. |
tion. 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 elec-
tion of Delegates to the General Assembly to be held next
thereafter, when a clerk of said court shall be elected to serve
for six years thereafter; and the provisions of this Article in
relation to the appointment of deputies by the clerks of the
Circuit Courts in the counties shall apply to the clerks of the
courts in Baltimore city.
Wells vs. Monroe, 86 Md., 450. Vansant vs. State, 96 Md., 127.
SEC. 38. The clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall |
Vacancies. |
have authority to issue within said city all marriage and other
licenses required by law, subject to such provisions as are
now or may be prescribed by law. The Clerk of the Superior
Court of said city shall receive and record all deeds, convey-
ances and other papers which are or may be required by law
to be recorded in said city. He shall also have custody of all
papers connected with the proceedings on the law or equity
side of Baltimore County Court and the dockets thereof, so
far as the same have relation to the city of Baltimore, and
shall also discharge the duties of Clerk to the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore city unless otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may |
Licenses. |
thing the same proper and expedient, provide, by law, an-
other court for the city of Baltimore, and prescribe its juris-
diction and powers; in which case there shall be elected by |
Court. |
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