have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common law cases,
and concurrently all the jurisdiction which the Superior
Court of Baltimore city and the Court of Common Pleas now
have, except jurisdiction in equity, and except in applica-
tions for the benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland, and
in cases of appeal from judgments of Justices of the Peace in
said city, whether civil or criminal, or arising under the ordi-
nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of all of
which appeal cases the Baltimore City Court shall have ex-
clusive jurisdiction; and the said Court of Common Pleas
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all applications tor the
benefit of the insolvent laws of Maryland, and the supervision
and control of the trustees thereof.

SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in equity within the limits of said city,
and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit Court of Bal-
timore City has; provided, the said court shall not have juris-
diction in applications for the writ of habeas corpus in cases
of persons charged with criminal offences.

SEC. 30. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall 'have and
exercise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised by the
Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in such appeal cases as
are herein assigned to the Baltimore City Court.

SEC. 31. There shall be elected by the legal and qualified
voters of said city, at the election, hereinbefore provided for,
one Chief Judge and four Associate Judges, who, together,
shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and
shall hold their offices for terms of fifteen years, subject to
the provisions of this Constitution with regard to the election
and qualifications of judges and their removal from office,
and shall exercise the jurisdiction, hereinafter specified, and
shall each receive an annual salary of three thousand five
hundred dollars, T t payable quarterly, which shall not be
diminished during their term of office; but authority is here-
by given to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to pay
to each of the said judges an annual addition of five hundred
dollars to their respective salaries; provided, that the same
being once granted shall not be diminished nor increased
during the continuance of said judges in office.

SEC. 31-A. In addition to the authority granted to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the preceding sec-
tion to pay to each of the judges of the Supreme Bench
the annual sum of Five Hundred Dollars, authority is
hereby given to said Mayor and City Council to pay to each

t Increased by Acts of 1892, Chapter 388, to four thousand five hundred dol-
lars.

t Increased by Acts of 1927, Chapter 235, to six thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five dollars.