CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS

[JUDICIAL BRANCH]

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Headnotes	Present Constitution	Constitution of 1867	Constitution of 1864	Constitution of 1851	Constitution of 1776	Amendments to 1776 Constitution
	Judges of the Supreme Bench the annual sum of five hun- dred dollars, authority is hereby given to said Mayor and City Council to pay to each of said Judges such further annual sum as an addition to their respective salaries as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall from time to time deem right and proper, provided, that any such sum being once granted shall not be diminished during the con- tinuance of said Judges in office.
Baltimore City Supreme Bench Judges: Assign- ment and dis- ability.	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 hold- ing of each of the aforesaid Courts, by the assignment of one, or more of their number to each of the said Courts, who may sit either, separately, or together, in the trial of cases; and the said Supreme Bench of Bal- timore City may, from time to time, change the said as- signment, as circumstances may require, and the public interest may demand; and the Judge, or Judges, so as- signed to the said several Courts, shall, when holding the same, have all the pow- ers and exercise all the juris- diction, 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 dis- ability of any Judge or Judges, assigned as afore- said, to provide for the hear- ing of the cases, or transac- tion of the business assigned	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 hold- ing of each of the aforesaid Courts, by the assignment of one, or more of their number to each of the said Courts, who may sit either, separately, or together, in the trial of cases; and the said Supreme Bench of Bal- timore City may, from time to time, change the said assignment, as circumstances may require, and the public interest may demand; and the Judge, or Judges, so assigned to the said several Courts, shall, when holding the same, have all the pow- ers and exercise all the jur- isdiction, 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 disabil- ity of any Judge or Judges, assigned as aforesaid, to pro- vide for the hearing of the cases, or transaction of the business assigned to said
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