the business of the several counties renders such terms neces-
sary.

The additional associate judge for the third circuit herein
business; and the said judges, or any of them, may hold
special terms of their Courts, whenever in their discretion,
provided for, shall be elected by the qualified voters of Balti-
more and Harford counties, at the first election that shall be
held in said counties subsequent to the adoption of this
amendment, and the judge so elected shall be subject to the
same constitutional provisions, hold his office for the same
term of years, receive the same compensation and have the
same powers as are herein provided for the other associate
judges in the third circuit.*

SEC. 22. Where any term is held, or trial conducted by
less than the whole number of said Circuit Judges, upon the
decision or determination of any point or question by the
court, it shall be competent to the party against whom the
ruling or decision is made, upon motion, to have the point or
question reserved for the consideration of the three judges of
the Circuit, who shall constitute a court in 'banc for such
purpose; and the motion for such reservation shall be entered
of record during the sitting at which 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 bane, and the decision of the said court in
banc shall be the effective decision in the premises, and con-
clusive, as against the party at whose motion said points or
questions were reserved; but such decision in bane 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 Appeals may be allowed by law.
The right of having questions reserved shall not, however,
apply to trials of appeals from judgments of Justices of
Peace, nor to criminal cases below the grade of felony, ex-
cept when the punishment is confinement in the peniten-
tiary; and this section shall be subject to such provisions
as may hereafter be made by law.

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. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge and of the Judge
of the Court of Appeals from the city of Baltimore shall be

' Thus amended by Chapter 515, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people Novem-
ber 4, 1913.