Part II—Court of Appeals.

SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of the
Chief Judges of the first seven of the several judicial circuits
of the State and a judge from the city of Baltimore specially
elected thereto, one of whom shall be designated by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as
the Chief Judge; and in all cases until action by the Senate
can be had, the judge so designated by the Governor shall act
as Chief Judge. The Judge of the Court of Appeals from the
city of Baltimore shall be elected by the qualified voters of
said city at the election of judges to be held therein, as hereinbefore
provided; and in addition to his duties as Judge of
the Court of Appeals, shall perform such other duties as the
General Assembly shall prescribe. The jurisdiction of said
Court of Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits of the
State, and such as now is or may hereafter be prescribed by
law. It shall hold its sessions in the city of Annapolis, on
the first Monday in April, and the first Monday in October;
[on the second Monday in January, the first Monday in
April and the first Monday in October]* of each and every
year, or at such other times as the General Assembly may by
law direct. Its sessions shall continue not less than ten
months in the year, if the business before it shall so require;
and it shall be competent for the judges temporarily to trans-
fer their sittings elsewhere upon sufficient cause.

SEC. 15. Four of said judges shall constitute a quorum;
no cause shall be decided without the concurrence of at least
three; but the judge who heard the cause below shall not
participate in the decision; in every case an opinion, in writ-
ing, shall be filed within three months after the argument or
submission of the cause; and the judgment of the court shall
be final and conclusive; and all cases shall stand for hearing
at the first term after the transmission of the record.

SEC. 16. Provision shall be made by law for publishing re-
ports of all causes argued and determined in the Court of
Appeals, which the judges shall designate as proper for pub-
lication.

SEC. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of the
State, who shall hold his office for six years, and until his
successor is duly qualified 1 he shall be subject to removal by
the said court for incompetency, neglect of duty, misde-
meanor in office, or such other cause or causes as may be
prescribed by law; and in case of a vacancy in the office of
said clerk, the Court of Appeals shall appoint a clerk of said

* Terms thus arranged by Act of 1886. Chapter 185.
1Amended by Article XVII, Section 1.