ART. IV.] CONSTITUTION. 49
SEC. 9. The judge or judges of any court may appoint
such officers for their respective courts as may he found neces-
sary ; and such officers of the Courts in the city of Baltimore
shall he appointed by the judges of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city. It shall he the duty of the General Assembly
to prescribe by law a fixed compensation for all such officers,
and said judge or judges shall from time to time investigate
the expenses, costs and charges of their respective courts,
with a view to a change or reduction thereof, and report the
result of such investigation to the General Assembly for its
action.
Prince George's Co. vs. Mitchell, 97 Md., 330. |
Officers of
court; how
appointed. |
SEC. 10. The clerks of the several courts created or con-
tinued by this Constitution shall have charge and custody of |
Records. |
the records and other papers; shall perform all the duties,
and be allowed the fees which appertain to their several of-
fices, as the same now are or may hereafter be regulated by |
Fees. |
law. And the office and business of said clerks, in all their
departments, shall be subject to the visitorial power of the
judges of their respective courts, who shall exercise the same,
from time to time, so as to insure the faithful performance
of the duties of said offices; and it shall be the duty of the |
Visitorial
powers. |
judges of said courts, respectively, to make from time to time
such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper
for the government of said clerks, and for the performance
of the duties of their offices, which shall have the force of law
until repealed or modified by the General Assembly.
Peter vs. Prettyman, 62 Md., 566, |
Rules. |
SEC. 11. The election for judges hereinbefore provided,
and all elections for Clerks, Registers of Wills and other
officers provided in this Constitution, except State's Attor-
neys, shall be certified, and the returns made by the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts of the counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, to the Gov- |
Election
returns. |
ernor, who shall Issue commissions to the different persons for
the offices to which they shall have been respectively elected;
and in all such elections the person having the greatest num-
ber of votes shall be declared elected.
Brooke vs. Widdicombe, 39 Md., 386. Groome vs. Gwinn, 43 Md., 572. |
Commissions. |
SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of
the Courts of Law, and Register of Wills, the opposing can-
didate shall have an equal number of votes, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order a new election; and in case of
any contested election the Governor shall send the returns tc |
Tie elections. |
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