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the House of Delegates, which shall judge of the election and
qualification of the candidates at such election, and if the
judgment shall he against the one who has been returned
elected, or the one who has been commissioned by the Gov-
ernor, the House of Delegates shall order a new election with-
in thirty days.
Brooke vs. Widdicombe, 39 Md., 386, Ijama vs. Duvall, 85 Md., 252.
Wills vs. Moore, 86 Md., 449. |
Style of Com-
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SEC. 13. All public commissions and grants shall run thus:
"The State of Maryland, etc.," and shall be signed by the
Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs and
process shall run in the same style, and be tested, sealed and
signed as heretofore, or as may hereafter be provided by law;
and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace, gov-
ernment and dignity of the State."
Part II—Court of Appeals.
SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of the
Chief Judges of the first seven of the several judicial circuits |
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Chief Judge. |
of the State and a judge from the city of Baltimore specially
elected thereto, one of whom shall be designated by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as
the Chief Judge; and in all cases until action by the Senate
can be had, the judge so designated by the Governor shall act
as Chief Judge. The Judge of the Court of Appeals from the
city of Baltimore shall be elected by the qualified voters of
said city at the election of judges to be held therein, as herein-
before provided; and in addition to his duties as Judge of the
Court of Appeals, shall perform such other duties as the Gen-
eral Assembly shall prescribe. The jurisdiction of said Court
of Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits of the State, |
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Jurisdiction. |
and such as now is or may hereafter be prescribed by law. It
shall hold its sessions in the city of Annapolis, on the first
Monday in April, and the first Monday in October; [on the
second Monday in January, the first Monday in April and the
first Monday in October] * of each and every year, or at such
other times as the General Assembly may by law direct. Its
sessions shall continue not less than ten months in the year, |
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Sessions. |
if the business before it shall so require; and it shall be com-
petent for the judges temporarily to transfer their sittings
elsewhere upon sufficient cause.
Van Nostrand vs. Carr, 30 Md., 128. State vs. Shields, 49 Md., 301.
Sevinsky vs. Wagns, 76 Md., 335. Hendrick vs. State, 115 Md.
*Terms thus arranged by Act of 1886, Chapter 18B. |
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