the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the Court of Common Pleas, the Balti-
more City Court, the Circuit Court of
Baltimore City, and the Criminal Court
of Baltimore.
Sec. 28. The Superior Court of
Baltimore City, the Court of Common
Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court
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 applications 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
ordinances of the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, of all of which appeal
cases the Baltimore City Court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction; and the said Court
of Common Pleas shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in all applications for the
benefit of the Insolvent Laws of Mary-
land, and the supervision and control
of the Trustees thereof.
Sec. 29. The Circuit Court of Balti-
more City shall have exclusive jurisdic-
tion in Equity within the limits of said
city, and all such jurisdiction as the
present Circuit Court of Baltimore City
has; provided, the said Court shall not
have jurisdiction in applications for the
writ of habeas corpus in cases of persons
charged with criminal offences.
Sec. 30. The Criminal Court of
Baltimore shall have and exercise all the
jurisdiction, now held and exercised by
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except
in such Appeal Cases as are herein
assigned to the Baltimore City Court.
Sec. 31. There shall be elected by
the legal and qualified voters of said
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City, at the election, hereinbefore pro-
vided for,, one Chief Judge, and four
Associate Judges, who, together, shall
constitute the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City, and shall hold their offices
for the term of fifteen years, subject to
the provisions of this Constitution with
regard to the election and qualifications
of Judges, and their removal from office,
and shall exercise the jurisdiction, here-
inafter specified, and shall each receive
an annual salary of three thousand five
hundred dollars, payable quarterly,
which shall not be diminished during
their term of office; but authority is
hereby given to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to pay to each of
the said Judges an annual addition of
five hundred dollars to their respective
salaries;; provided, that the same, being
once granted, shall not be diminished,
nor increased, during the continuance
of said Judges in office.
Sec, 32. It shall be the duty of the
said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
as soon as the Judges thereof shall be
elected and duly qualified, and from
time to time, to provide for the holding
of each of the aforesaid Courts, by the
assignment of one, or more of their num-
ber to each of the said Courts, who may
sit either, separately, or together, in the
trial of cases; and the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City may, from time
to time, change the said assignment, as
circumstances may require, and the pub-
lic interest may demand; and the Judge,
or Judges, so assigned to the said sev-
eral Courts, shall, when holding the
same, have all the powers and exercise
all the jurisdiction, which may belong to
the Court so being held; and it shall
also be the duty of the said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, in case of the
sickness, absence, or disability of any
Judge or Judges, assigned as aforesaid,
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