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 transfer
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 writing,
shall be filed within three months after the argument or sub-
mission 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.

17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals, who,
after the expiration of the current term of the present incum-
bent, shall be appointed by and shall hold his office at the
pleasure of said Court of Appeals'

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals, as soon after their election under this Constitution
as practicable, to make and publish rules and regulations for
the prosecution of appeals to said appellate court whereby
they shall prescribe the periods within which appeals may be
taken, what part or parts of the proceedings in the court be-
low shall constitute the record on appeal and the manner in
which such appeals shall be brought to hearing or determina-
tion, and shall regulate, generally, the practice of said Court
of Appeals so as to prevent delays and promote brevity in all
records and proceedings brought into said court, and to abol-
ish and avoid all unnecessary costs and expenses in the prosecu-
tion of appeals therein; and the said judge shall make such
reduction in the fees and expenses of the said court, as they may

* Terms thus arranged by Act of 1886, Chapter 185.

(1) This amendment was submitted by Ch. 40, 1939, and adopted by the people November,
1940.