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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [JUDICIAL BRANCH] COMPARISON

Headnotes

Present
Constitution

Constitution of
1867

Constitution of
1864

Constitution of
1851

Constitution of
1776

Amendments to
1776 Constitution

 

 

such decision may be made;
and the several Circuit
Courts shall regulate, by
rules, 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 deci-
sion in the premises, and
conclusive, as against the
party, at whose motion said
points, or questions were
reserved; but such decision
in banc shall not preclude
the right of Appeal, or writ
of error to the adverse
party, in those cases, civil
or criminal, in which ap-
peal, or writ of error to the
Court of Appeals may be
allowed by Law. The right
of having questions reserved
shall not, however, apply to
trials of Appeals from judg-
ments of Justices of the
Peace, nor to criminal cases
below the grade of felony,
except when the punish-
ment is confinement in the
Penitentiary; and this Section
shall be subject to such
provisions as may hereafter
be made by Law.

decision may be made; and
the several Circuit Courts
shall regulate, by rules, the
mode and manner of pre-
senting such points, or ques-
tions 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
motion said points, or ques-
tions were reserved; but
such decision in banc shall
not 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 Ap-
peals may be allowed by
Law. The right of having
questions reserved shall not,
however, apply to trials of
Appeals from judgments of
Justices of the Peace, nor
to criminal cases below the
grade of felony, except
when the punishment is con-
finement in the Peniten-
tiary; and this Section shall
be subject to such provisions
as may hereafter be made
by Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Circuit Court
decisions:
Required within
two months.

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.

Sec. 23. The Judges of
the respective Circuit
Courts of this State, and
of the Courts of Baltimore
City, shall render their de-
cisions, in all cases argued
before them, or submitted
for their judgment, within
two months after the same
shall have been so argued
or submitted.

Sec. 30. The judges of
the respective Circuit
Courts of this State, and of
the Courts of Baltimore
city, shall render their de-
cisions in all cases argued
before them, or submitted
for their judgment, within
two months after the same
shall have been so argued
or submitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salary of
Circuit Court
Judges:
Prohibition
against reduc-
tion during office.

Sec. 24. The salary of
each Chief Judge and of
each Associate Judge of the
Circuit Court shall not be
diminished during his con-
tinuance in office.

Sec. 24. The salary of
each Chief Judge, and of
the Judge of the Court of
Appeals from the City of
Baltimore shall be three
thousand five hundred dol-
lars, and of each Associate

Sec. 28. The salary of
each Judge of the Circuit
Court shall be twenty-five
hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, and shall
not be increased or dimin-
ished during his con tin u-

 

 

 

 

 

 

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