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business nof requiring the inter-position of the jury shall be,
as far as practicable, disposed of at said intermediate terms.

One judge in each of the above circuits, including the third
circuit, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business; and the said judges, or any of them, may hold
special terms of their Courts, whenever in their discretion, the
business of the several counties renders such terms necessary.

The additional associate judge for the third circuit herein
provided for, shall be elected by the qualified vofers of Balti-
more and Harford counties, at the first election that shall be
held in said counties subsequent to the adoption of this amend-
ment, and the judge so elected shall be subject to the same
constitutional provisions, hold his office for the same term of
years, receive the same compensation and have the same
powers as are herein provided for the ofher associate judges
in the third circuit.*

SEC. 22. Where any term is held, or trial conducted, by
less than the whole number of said Circuit Judges, upon the
decision or determination of any point or question by the
court, it shall be competent to the party against whom the
ruling or decision is made, upon mofion, to have the point or
question reserved for the consideration of the three judges of
the Circuit, who shall constitute a court in banc or such pur-
pose; and the mofion 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 roles, the
mode and manner of presenting such points or questions to
the court in banc, and the decision of the said court in banc
shall be the effective decision in the premises, and conclusive,
as against the party at whose mofion said points or questions
were reserved; but such decision in banc shall nof 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 nof, however, apply to
trials of appeals from judgments of Justices of Peace, nor to
criminal cases below the grade of felony, except when the
punishment is confinement in the penitentiary; and this sec-
tion shall be subject to such provisions as may hereafter be
made by law.

Shueey vs. Stoner, 47 Md., 107. Costidan vs. Bond, 66 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 submitted
for their judgment, within two months after the same shall
have been so argued or submitted.

*Thus Amended by Chapter 515, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people No-
vember 4, 1913.