SEC. 10. The clerks of the several courts created or con-
tinued by this Constitution shall have charge and custody of
the records and other papers; shall perform all the duties,
and be allowed the fees which appertain to their several of-
fices, as the same now are or may hereafter be regulated by
law. And the office and business of said clerks, in all their
departments, shall be subject to the visitorial power of the
judges of their respective courts, who shall exercise the same,
from time to time, so as to insure the faithful performance
of the duties of said offices; and it shall be the duty of the
judges of said courts, respectively, to make from time to time
such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper
for the government of said clerks, and for the performance
of the duties of their offices, which shall have the force of law
until repealed or modified by the General Assembly.

Sac. II. The election for judges hereinbefore provided,
and all elections for Clerks) Registers of Wills and other
officers provided in this Constitution) except State's Attor-
neys, shall be certified, and the returns made by the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts of the counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, to the Gov-
ernor, who shall issue commissions to the different persona
for the offices to which they shall have been respectively
elected; and in all such elections the persons having the
greatest number of votes shall be declared elected.

SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of
the Courts of Law, and Register of Wills, the opposing can-
didate shall have an equal number of votes, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order a new election; and in case of
any contested election, the Governor shall send the returns
to the House of Delegates, which shall judge of the election
and qualification of the candidates at such election, and if
the judgment shall be against the one who has been returned
elected, or the one who has been commissioned by the Gov-
ernor, the House of Delegates shall order a new election
within thirty days.

SEC. 13. All public commissions and grants shall run
thus: "The State of Maryland," etc., and shall be signed .by
the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs
and process shall run in the same style, and be tested, sealed
and signed as heretofore, or as may hereafter be provided by
law; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace,
government and dignity of the State."