SEC. 23. The Judges of the respective Circuit Courts of
this State, and of the Courts of Baltimore city, shall render
their decisions, in all cases argued before them, or sub-
mitted for their judgment, within two months after the
same shall have been so argued or submitted.

SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge and of the
Judge of the Court of Appeals from the City of Baltimore
shall be three thousand five hundred dollars, and of each
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, shall be two thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and
shall not be diminished during his continuance in office.1

SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the quali-
fied voters of said County, 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, subject to be
removed for wilful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor
in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. In case of a va-
cancy in the office of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges
of said Court shall have power to fill such vacancy until
the general election for Delegates to the General Assembly,
to be held next thereafter, when a successor shall be elected
for the term of six years.2

SEC. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint, subject to the
confirmation of the Judges of their respective Courts, as
many deputies under them, as the said Judges shall deem
necessary to perform, together with themselves, the duties
of the said office, who shall be removable by the said Judges
for incompetency, or neglect of duty, and whose compen-
sation shall be according to existing, or future provisions
of the General Assembly.

Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City.

SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit
six Courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court
of Baltimore City3 and the Criminal Court4 of Baltimore.

1 By Chapter 81, Acts of 1949, the salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals was set at $17,500; that of each Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals at
$16,500; that of each Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City at $9,500
(this sum being supplemented by the City of Baltimore); and that of each judge
of the first seven judicial circuits at $13,000. See also Sections 14 and 31A of this
Article.

2 Modified by Article XVII, Section 1.

3 Circuit Court No. 2 established by Chapter 194, Acts of 1888.

4 Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, Dec. 21,
1897, See Jackson v. State, 87 Md. 191.