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44 MARYLAND MANUAL.. 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 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 questions were reserved; but such decision in banc shall not preclude the right •of appeal or writ of er,ror to the adverse party, in those . cases, civil or criminal, in which appeal, or writ of error to the Court of Appeals maybe 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 confinement in the Penitentiary; and this Section shall be subject to such provisions as may hereafter be made by Law. DECISIONS IN 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. SALARIES NOT TO BE DIMINISHED. SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge, and of the -Judge of the Court of Appeals from the City of Balti- more, shall be three thousand five hundred dollars, and of each Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, shall be two thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, payable •quarterly, and shall not be diminished during his con- tinuance in office. CLERKS TO BE ELECTED—REMOVAL—VACANCY. SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for each county, who shall beelected by a plurality of the qualified voters of said county, and shall hold his office for six years from the time of his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, and here-eligible^ |
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