such officers; and said Judge or Judges shall, from time to
time, investigate the expenses, costs and charges of their
respective courts, with a view to a change or reduction
•thereof, and report the result of such investigation to the
General Assembly for its action.

SEC. 10. The Clerks of the several Courts, created, or
continued by this Constitution, shall have charge and cus-
tody of the records and other papers, shall perform all the
duties, and be allowed the fees, which appertain to their sev-
eral offices, as the same now are, or may hereafter be regu-
lated by Law. And the office and business of said Clerks, in
all their departments, shall be subject to the visitorial power
of the Judges of their respective Courts, who shall exercise
the same, from time to time, so as to insure the faithful per-
formance of the duties of said officers; and it shall be the
duty of the Judges of said Courts respectively, to make,
from time to time, such rules and regulations as may be
necessary and proper for the government of said Clerks,
and for the performance of the duties of their offices, which
shall have the force of Law until repealed or modified by
the General Assembly.

SEC. 11. The election for Judges, hereinbefore provided,
and all elections for Clerks, Registers of Wills, and other
officers, provided in this Constitution, except State's Attor-
neys, shall be certified, and the returns made, by the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts of the Counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, to the Gov-
ernor, who shall issue commissions to the different persons
for the offices to which they shall have been, respectively,
elected; and in all such elections, the person having the
greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected.

SEC. 12. If in any case of election for Judges, Clerks of
the Courts of Law and Register of Wills, the opposing can-
didates shall have an equal number of votes, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order a new election; and in case
of any contested election, the Governor shall send the re-
turns to the House of Delegates, which shall judge of the
election and qualification of the candidates at such election;
and if the judgement shall be against the one who has been
returned elected, or the one who has been commissioned by
the Governor, the House of Delegates shall order a new
election within thirty days.

SEC. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run
thus: "The State of Maryland, etc.," and shall be signed by
the Governor, with the Seal of the State annexed; all writs