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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

Deputy Clerks
of Circuit
Court: Appoint-
ment; number;
removal; com-
pensation.

Sec. 26. The said Clerks
shall appoint, subject to
the confirmation 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 incompetency, or
neglect of duty, and whose
compensation shall be ac-
cording to existing, or fu-
ture provisions of the Gen-
eral Assembly.

Sec. 26. The said Clerks
shall appoint, subject to the
confirmation of the Judges
of their respective Courts,
as many deputies under
them, as the said Judges
shall deem necessary, to per-
form, together with them-
selves, the duties of the said
office, who shall be remov-
able by the said Judges for
incompetency, or neglect of
duty, and whose compensa-
tion shall be according to
existing, or future provisions
of the General Assembly.

 

 

election of delegates held
next thereafter, when a
clerk shall be elected to fill
such vacancy.

 

 

 

 

Baltimore City
Courts:
Composition.

Part IV.
Courts of Baltimore City.

Sec. 27. There shall be
in the Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, six Courts, to be styled
the Supreme Bench of Bal-
timore 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.

Part IV.
Courts of Baltimore City.

Sec. 27. There shall be
in the Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, six Courts, to be styled
the Supreme Bench of Bal-
timore 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.

Part IV.
Courts of Baltimore City.

Sec. 31. There shall be
in the Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit four Courts, to be
styled the Superior Court
of Baltimore city; the Court
of Common Pleas; the Cir-
cuit Court of Baltimore city;
and the Criminal Court of
Baltimore; each Court shall
consist of one Judge, who
shall be elected by the legal
and qualified voters of said
city, and shall hold his of-
fice for the term of fifteen
years, subject to the provi-
sions of this Constitution
with regard to the election
and qualification of Judges,
and their removal from
office, and shall exercise
the jurisdiction hereinafter
specified.

Sec. 10. There shall be
established for the city of
Baltimore one court of law,
to be styled "the Court of
Common Pleas," which shall
have civil jurisdiction in .-ill
suits where the debt or
damage claimed shall be
over one hundred dollars,
and shall not exceed five
hundred dollars; and shall,
also, have jurisdiction in al
cases of appeal from the
judgment of justices of the
Peace in the said city, and
shall have jurisdiction in
all applications for the
benefit of the insolvent laws
of this State, and the super-
vision .and control of the
trustees thereof.

Sec. 11. There shall also
be established, for the city
of Baltimore, another court
of law, to be styled the
superior Court of Baltimore
city, which shall have jur-
isdiction over all suits where
the debt or damage claimed
shall exceed the sum of five

 

 

 

 

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