COURT OF APPEALS

Chief Judge:
Frederick W. Brune, Fourth Appellate Circuit....... Baltimore, 1956

Associate Judges:

Stephen R. Collins, First Appellate Circuit......Chestertown, 1957
Hall Hammond, Second Appellate Circuit............Stevenson, 1959
Edward S. Delaplaine, Third Appellate Circuit......Frederick, 1957
William L. Henderson, Fourth Appellate Circuit.... .Baltimore, 1961
Maurice Ogle, Clerk of the Court
James Lloyd Young, Chief Deputy Clerk
Edward H. Hammond, The State Reporter

Court of Appeals Bldg., Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 3-4261-2411

The Court of Appeals is the highest tribunal of the State of Maryland.
It was created by the Constitution of 1776. From 1777 to 1805 the Court
sat in Annapolis, on the Western Shore. Between 1805 and 1851 Easton
on the Eastern Shore, as well as Annapolis, was the meeting place of the
Court. Since 1851 the Court has met only at Annapolis.

By the terms of the reorganization Act of 1943, the Court is composed
of five judges, one being elected from each of the first three Appellate
Judicial Circuits and two from the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit
which is Baltimore City. The terms of the Judges are for fifteen years.
(Const. 1867, Art. IV, sec. 14 [as amended 1944]. The Chief Judge of the
Court is designated by the Governor.

The Court hears appeals from the decisions and verdicts of the Circuit
Courts and also consider applications for habeas corpus. The Court
also admits all eligible candidates to the State Bar. The term of the
Court begins the first Monday of October in each year.

The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals is the chief administrative officer
of the State's judiciary. The Court of Appeals is empowered to make rules
for the conduct of the practice and procedure in that Court and the various
Circuit Courts of the State (IV, 18A). The Chief Judge may also assign
the Judges of the various Circuits to duties in other Circuits and to the Court
of Appeals for any purpose.

The Clerk of the Court of Appeals is appointed by the Court (IV, 17).
He is the administrative officer of the Court. He maintains the docket, re-
ceives the briefs and transcripts of all appeals filed with the Court, and
maintains official custody of the decisions of the Court, the Acts of the
General Assembly, and of all other records which the law may require
to be filed with the Court.

The State Reporter, who is also appointed by the Court, is responsible
for the publication of the Maryland Reports which contain the official
opinions of the Court.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund................ $219,417 $216,012

Staff; 17

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS
Frederick William Invernizzi, Director
621 Courthouse, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 9-6033

The Administrative Office of the Courts was established by the General
Assembly of 1955 (Chapter 343). The office is headed by a director ap-
pointed by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland and serves
at his pleasure.