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
three thousand five hundred dollars, and of each Associate
Judge of the Circuit Court shall be two thousand eight hun-
dred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and shall not be
diminished during bis continuance in office. ****

SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each county, who shall be elected by a plurality of the quali-
fied voters of said county) and shall hold his office for six
years from the time of his election, and until his successor 13
elected and qualified, and be re-eligible, subject to be removed
for wilful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor in office, on
conviction in a court of law.* In case of a vacancy in the
office of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of said court
shall have power to fill such vacancy until the general elec-
tion for Delegates to the General Assembly, to be held next
thereafter, when a successor shall ha elected for the term of
six years. "

SEC. 26. The said clerks shall appoint, subject to the con-
firmation of the judges of their respective courts, as many
deputies under them as the said judges shall deem necessary
to perform, together with themselves, the duties of the said
office, who shall be removable by the said judges for incom-
petency, or neglect of duty, and whose compensation shall be
according to existing or future provisions of the General
Assembly.

Part IT—Courts of Baltimore City.

SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit six
courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court of Common
Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court of Balti-
more City* and the Criminal Courts of Baltimore.

SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
of Common Pleas and the Baltimore City Courtt shall each

**** By the Act of 1927, Chapter 235, the salary of the Chief Judges was. in
creased to eleven thousand five hundred dollars, and each Associate Judge to eight'
thousand five hundred dollars.
1Amended by Article XVII, Section 1.
2Cf Supra

* Circuit Court No. 2 established by Act of 1888, Chapter 194
t Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench. December
21, 1897. See 87 Md. 191.

t The jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and the
Court of Common Plea» was enlarged by the Act of 1870, Chapter 177.