[Art. 4, Sec. 16] MARYLAND MANUAL 333

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
Reports of all causes, argued and determined in the Court
of Appeals, which the Judges shall designate as proper for
publication.

SEC. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
who, after the expiration of the current term of the pres-
ent incumbent, shall be appointed by and shall hold his
office at the pleasure of said Court of Appeals.¹

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Court
of Appeals, as soon after their election, under this Consti-
tution, as practicable, to make and publish rules and regu-
lations 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 proceed-
ings in the Court below shall constitute the record on appeal,
and the manner in which such appeals shall be brought to
hearing or determination, 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 abolish and avoid all unnecessary
costs and expenses in the prosecution of appeals therein;

and the said Judges shall make such reduction in the fees
and expenses of the said Court as they may deem advisable.
It shall also be the duty of said Judges of the Court of Ap-
peals, as soon after their election as practicable, to devise,
and promulgate by rules, or orders, forms and modes of
framing and filing bills, answers, and other proceedings and
pleadings in Equity; and also forms and modes of taking
and obtaining evidence, to be used in Equity cases; and to
revise and regulate, generally, the practice in the Courts
of Equity of this State, so as to prevent delays, and to
promote brevity and conciseness in all pleadings and pro-
ceedings therein, and to abolish all unnecessary costs and
expenses attending the same. And all rules and regula-
tions hereby directed to be made, shall, when made, have
the force of Law, until rescinded, changed, or modified by
the said Judges, or the General Assembly.

"SEC. 18A. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
shall be the administrative head of the judicial system of
the State. He shall from time to time require, from each
of the judges of the Circuit Courts for the several counties
and of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, reports as

* Thug amended by Chapter 40, Acts of 1939, ratified November 5, 1940.
'Thus amended by Chapter 772, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944.