[Art. 4, Sec. 35] MARYLAND MANUAL 341

SEC. 3'5. Three of the Judges of said Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, shall constitute a quorum of said Court.

SEC. 36. All causes depending, at the adoption of this
Constitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
and the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, shall be proceeded
in, and prosecuted to final judgment, or decree, in the Courts,
respectively, of the same name established by this Consti-
tution, except cases belonging to that class, jurisdiction
over which is by this Constitution transferred to the Balti-
more City Court, all of which shall, together with all case&
now pending in the City Court of Baltimore, be proceeded
in and prosecuted to final judgment in said Baltimore City
Court.

SEC. 37. There shall be a Clerk of each of the said Courts
of Baltimore city, except the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters of said City, at the
election to be held in said City on the Tuesday next after
the First Monday of November, in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, and shall hold his office for six years from
the time of his election, and until his successor is elected
and qualified, and be re-eligible thereto, subject to be re-
moved for willful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in
office, on conviction in a Court of Law. The salary of each of
the said Clerks shall be thirty-five hundred dollars a year,
payable only out of the fees and receipts collected by the
Clerks of said City, and they shall be entitled to no other
perquisites, or compensation. In case of a vacancy in the
office of Clerk of any of said Courts, the Judges of said
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, shall have power to fill
such vacancy until the general election of Delegates to the
General Assembly, to be held next thereafter, when a Clerk
of said Court shall be elected to serve for six¹ years there-
after ; and the provisions of this Article in relation to the
appointment of Deputies by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts
in the Counties shall apply to the Clerks of the Courts in
Baltimore City.

SEC. 38. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
have authority to issue within said City, all marriage and
other licenses required by Law, subject to such provisions

' Modified by Article XVII, Sec. 1.