Bench of Baltimore City shall have
power to fill such vacancy until the gen-
eral election of Delegates to the General
Assembly, to be held next thereafter,
when a Clerk of said Court shall be
elected to serve for six years thereafter;
and the provisions of this Article in rela-
tion to the appointment of Deputies by
the Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the
Counties shall apply to the Clerks of the
Courts in Baltimore City.
Sec. 38. The Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas shall have authority to
issue within said City, all marriage and
other licenses required by Law, subject
to such provisions as are now, or may be
prescribed by Law. The Clerk of the
Superior Court of said City shall re-
ceive and record all Deeds, Conveyances,
and other papers, which are, or may be
required by Law, to be recorded in said
City. He shall also have custody of all
papers connected with the proceedings
on the Law, or Equity side of Baltimore
County Court, and of the Dockets
thereof, so far as the same have relation
to the City of Baltimore, and shall also
discharge the duties of Clerk to the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, un-
less otherwise provided by Law.
Sec. 39. The General Assembly shall,
whenever it may think the same proper
and expedient, provide, by Law, another
Court for the City of Baltimore, and
prescribe its jurisdiction and powers; in
which case there shall be elected by the
voters of said City, qualified under this
Constitution, another Judge of the Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore City, who
shall be subject to the same constitu-
tional provisions, hold his office for the
same term of years, receive the same
compensation, and have the same pow-
ers, as are herein provided for the
Judges of said Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City; and all of the provisions of
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this Constitution relating to the assign-
ment of Judges to the Courts, now
existing in said City, and for the dis-
patch of business therein, shall apply to
the Court, for whose creation provision
is made by this Section. And the Gen-
eral Assembly may reapportion, change,
or enlarge the jurisdiction of the several
Courts in Baltimore City. Until other-
wise provided by Law, the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, of the
Court of Common Pleas, of the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, of the Balti-
more City Court, and of the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, shall each give Bond
in such penalty as is now prescribed, by
Law, to be given by the Clerks of the
Courts, bearing the same names, under
the present Constitution.
PART V-ORPHANS' COURTS.
Sec. 40. The qualified voters of the
City of Baltimore, and of the several
Counties, shall on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November
next, and on the same day in every
fourth year thereafter, elect three men
to be Judges of the Orphans' Courts of
said City and Counties, respectively, who
shall be citizens of the State, and resi-
dents for the twelve months preceding,
in the City, or County, for which they
may be elected. They shall have all the
powers now vested in the Orphans'
Courts of the State, subject to such
changes as the Legislature may prescribe.
Each of said Judges shall be paid a per
diem for the time they are actually in
session, to be regulated by Law, and to
be paid by the said City, or Counties
respectively. In case of a vacancy in the
office of Judge of the Orphans' Court,
the Governor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation, or rejection by the Senate,
some suitable person to fill the same for
the residue of the term.
See. 41. There shall be a Register of
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