and have the same powers as are, or shall be, provided by the
Constitution or laws of this State, for the judges of said Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore City, and the General Assembly
may provide by laws, or the Supreme Bench by its rules for
requiring causes in any of the courts of Baltimore city to be
tried before the court without a jury, unless the litigants or
some one of them shall within such reasonable time or times as
may hereafter be prescribed, elect to have their causes tried
before a jury. And the General Assembly may reapportion,
change, or enlarge the jurisdiction of the several courts in said
city.(t)

Part V..Orphans' Court.

SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore and
of the several counties shall on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November next, and on the same day in every
fourth year thereafter (1) elect three men to be Judges of the
Orphans' Court of said city and counties, respectively, who
shall be citizens of the State, and residents for the twelve
months preceding, in the city or county, for which they may
be elected. They shall have all the powers now vested in the
Orphans' Courts of the State, subject to such changes as the
Legislature may prescribe. Each of said judged shall be paid
a per diem for the time they are actually in session, to be reg-
ulated by law, and to be paid by the said city or counties,
respectively. In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge of
the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person
to fill the same for the residue of the term.

SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county
of the State, and the city of Baltimore, to be elected by the
legal and qualified(2) voters of said counties and city, respec-
tively, who shall hold his office for six years from the time of
his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified(2);
he shall be re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for
willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office in the same
manner that the clerks of the courts are removable. In the
event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills, said
vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans' Court,
in which such vacancy occurs, until the next general election
for Delegates to the General Assembly, when a Register shall
be elected to serve for six years thereafter.(1)

t Thus amended by Chapter 313, Acts of 1892, ratified by the people November 7, 1893.
(1) Amended by Article XVII, Section 3.
(2)Amended by Article XVII, Section 1.
(3)Amended by Article XVII, Section 7.