in office, or such other cause or causes as may be prescribed
by law; and in case of a vacancy in the office of said clerk,
the Court of Appeals shall appoint a clerk of said court, who
shall hold his office until the election and qualification of his
successor, who shall be elected at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly; and the person so elected
shall hold his office for the term of six years from the time
of election.

Wells vs. Monroe, 86 Md., 450.

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of 'the Judges of the Court of
Appeals, as soon after their election under this Constitution
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-
low shall constitute the record on appeal and the manner in
which such appeals shall be brought to hearing or determina-
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-
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
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of law until rescinded, changed or modified by the said judges,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. & O. 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-
cuits, in manner following, viz.: The counties of Worcester,
Somerset, Dorchester and Wicomico,* shall constitute the

Wicomico formed since the adoption of this Constitution.