[Art. 4, Sec. 16] MARYLAND MANUAL 343
napolis on the second Monday in January in the year 1945,
and thereafter at such time or times as it shall from time
to time by rule prescribe. Its session or sessions shall con-
tinue not less than ten months in each year, if the business
before it shall so require, and it shall be competent for the
judges temporarily to transfer their sittings elsewhere upon
sufficient cause. The salary of each judge of the Court of
Appeals shall be that now or hereafter prescribed by the
General Assembly and shall not be diminished during his
continuance in office. When the number of judges shall have
become reduced to five, three of the judges shall constitute
a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of a quorum
shall be sufficient for the decision of any caused
SEC. 15. Four of said Judges shall constitute a quorum;
no cause shall be decided without the concurrence of at
least three; but the Judge who heard the cause below, shall
not participate in the decision; in every case an opinion, in
writing, shall be filed within three months after the argu-
ment, or submission of the cause; and the judgment of the
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'
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;
i Thus amended by Chapter 772, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944.
' Thus amended by Chapter 40, Acts of 1939, ratified November 5, 1940.
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