the general election for Delegates to the General Assembly,
to be held next thereafter, when a successor shall be elected
for the term of six years. 1.

SEC. 26. The said clerks shall appoint, subject to
confirmation 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 incompetency, or neglect of duty, and whose compen-
sation shall be according to existing or future provisions
of the General Assembly..

Part IV—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 Baltimore City2 and the Criminal Court 3 of Baltimore..

SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas and the Baltimore City Court4 shall
each have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common law
cases, and concurrently all the jurisdiction which the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore city and the Court of Common
Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in equity, and except
in applications for the benefit of the insolvent laws of
Maryland, and in cases of appeal from judgments of Jus-
tices of the Peace in said city, whether civil or criminal,
or arising under the ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, of all of which appeal cases the
Baltimore City Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction; and
the said Court of Common Pleas shall have exclusive juris-
diction in all applications for 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 Baltimore City has; provided, the said court shall not
have jurisdiction in applications for the writ of habeas
corpus in cases of persons charged with criminal offenses..

1 Modified by Article 17, Section 1..

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

4 The jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and the
Court of Common Pleas was enlarged by the Act of 1870, Chapter 177..