330 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4, Sec. 11]

eral offices, as the same now are, or may hereafter be regu-
lated by Law. And the office and business of said Clerks, in
all their departments, shall be subject to the visitorial power
of the Judges of their respective Courts, who shall exercise
the same, from time to time, so as to insure the faithful per-
formance of the duties of said officers; and it shall be the
duty of the Judges of said Courts respectively, to make,
from time to time, such rules and regulations as may be
necessary and proper for the government of said Clerks,
and for the performance of the duties of their offices, which
shall have the force of Law until repealed or modified by
the General Assembly.

SEC. 11. The election for Judges, hereinbefore provided,
and all elections for Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other
officers, provided in this Constitution, except State's Attor-
neys, shall be certified, and the returns made, by the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, to the Gov-
ernor, who shall issue commissions to the different persons
For the offices to which they shall have been, respectively,
elected; and in all such elections, the person having the
greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected.

SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of
the Courts of Law and Register of Wills, the opposing can-
didates shall have an equal number of votes, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order a new election; and in case
of any contested election, the Governor shall send the re-
turns to the House of Delegates, which shall judge of the
election and qualification of the candidates at such election;

and if the judgment shall be against the one who has been
returned elected, or the one who has been commissioned by
the Governor, the House of Delegates shall order a new
election within thirty days.

SEC. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run
thus: "The State of Maryland, etc.," and shall be signed by
the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs
and process shall run in the same style, and be tested, sealed
and signed, as heretofore, or as may hereafter be, provided
by Law; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the
peace, government and dignity of the State."

^EC. 13A. The General Assembly shall provide by Gen-
eral Law for the assignment by the Court of Appeals of any
of the Chief Judges and any of the Associate Judges of the
several Judicial Circuits of this State, including any Judge
of the Court of Appeals from Baltimore City, and any of the

1 Added by Chapter 796, Acts of 1943, ratified Nov. 7, 1944.