for willful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office, on
conviction in a court of law. In case of a vacancy in the office
of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of said court shall have
power to fill such vacancy until the general election for Dele-
gates to the General Assembly, to be held next thereafter,
when a successor shall be elected for the term of six years.

SEC. 26. The said clerks shall appoint, subject to the con-
firmation of the judges of their respective courts, as many
deputies under them as the said judges shall deem necessary
to perform, together with themselves, the duties of the said
office, who shall be removable by the said judges for incom-
petency, or neglect of duty, and whose compensation shall be
according to existing or future provisions of the General As-
sembly.

Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City.

SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit six
courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court of Common
Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court of Balti-
more City* and the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
of Common Pleas and the Baltimore City Courts shall each
have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common law cases,
and concurrently all the jurisdiction which the Superior
Court of Baltimore city and the Court of Common Pleas now
have, except jurisdiction in equity, and except in applica-
tions for the benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland, and
in cases of appeal from judgments of Justices of the Peace in
said city, whether civil or criminal, or arising under the ordi-
nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of all of
which appeal cases the Baltimore City Court shall have ex-
clusive jurisdiction; and the said Court of Common Pleas
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all applications for the
benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland, and the supervision
and control of the trustees thereof.

SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in equity within the limits of said city,
and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit Court of Bal-
timore City has; provided, the said court shall not have juris-
diction in applications for the writ of habeas corpus in cases
of persons charged with criminal offenses.

* Circuit Court No. 2 established by Act of 3888, Chapter 194.
+ Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, Decem-
ber 21, 1897. See 87 Md., 191.
+ The jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and

the Court of Common Pleas was enlarged by the Act of 1870, Chapter 177.