Court of Appeals to make rules of practice and procedure
shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by
the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law.

Part III—Circuit Courts.

SEC. 19. The State shall be divided into eight Judicial
Circuits, in manner following, viz.: The Counties of Wor-
cester, Somerset, and Dorchester1, shall constitute the First
Circuit; the Counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne's,
Kent and Cecil, the Second; the Counties of Baltimore and
Harford, the Third; the Counties of Allegany and Washing-
ton2, the Fourth; the Counties of Carroll, Howard and Anne
Arundel, the Fifth; the Counties of Montgomery and Fred-
erick, the Sixth; the Counties of Prince George's, Charles,
Calvert and St. Mary's, the Seventh; and Baltimore City,
the Eighth.

SEC. 20. A Court shall be held in each County of the
State, to be styled the Circuit Court for the County in which
it may be held. The said Circuit Courts shall have and
exercise, in the respective counties, all the power, authori-
ty and jurisdiction, original and appellate, which the pres-
ent Circuit Courts of this State now have and exercise, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by Law.

SEC. 21. From and after January 1, 1945, there shall
be at least three judges for the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, and seventh circuits, to be styled judges of the
Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided.
In any of said circuits in which there shall be more than
three judges (including the additional judge of the Court
of Appeals), no successor to the additional judge of the
Court of Appeals shall be appointed or elected as judge of
said circuit. In any of said circuits in which there shall be
only three judges (including an additional judge of the
Court of Appeals), a successor to the additional judge of the
Court of Appeals shall be appointed and elected as judge of
said circuit. The aforesaid number of judges for any of the
circuits shall be subject to increase or decrease by law as
provided in Section 5 of this Article. The senior judge in
length of service shall be the chief judge of the circuit
(unless there is an additional judge of the Court of Ap-
peals) ; the other judge or judges shall be associate judges.

1 Wicomico County has been formed since the adoption of this Constitution from
Worcester and Somerset Counties. Section 5 of Article IS of this Constitution puts
It in the First Judicial Circuit.

2 Garrett County has been formed since the adoption of this Constitution, from
Allegany County.