COURT OF APPEALS

Chief Judge:
Frederick W. Brune, Fourth Appellate Circuit..Baltimore, 1971

Associate Judges:

Stephen R. Collins1, First Appellate Circuit...Chestertown, 1957
Hall Hammond, Second Appellate Circuit... ....Stevenson, 1959
Stedman Prescott, Third Appellate Circuit.......Rockville, 1958
William L. Henderson, Fourth Appellate Circuit....Baltimore, 1961
James Lloyd Young, Clerk of the Court
Virginia T. Sandrock, First Deputy Clerk
John C. Hyde, Second Deputy Clerk
Olive Jane Richards, Third Deputy Clerk
Edward H. Hammond, The State Reporter

Court of Appeals Bldg., Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 3.4261

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 it sat at
Easton on the Eastern Shore, as well. 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 Governor designates the
Chief Judge.

The Court hears appeals from the decisions of the Circuit Courts for the
counties and the several courts of Baltimore and also considers applications
for leave to appeal denial of writ of habeas corpus. The Court also admits
all eligible candidates to the State Bar. The term of the Court begins the
second Monday of September 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 makes rules for the conduct
of its own practice and procedure and that of the various trial courts of the
State (Const. 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, also appointed by the Court, is responsible for the
publication of the Maryland Reports, which contain the official opinions
of the Court.

Appropriations 1957 1958
General Funds ...... $228,431 $89,694
Staff: 13

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 Genera]
Assembly of 1955 (Chapter 343). The office is headed by a director ap-

1 Term expired November 2, 1957: replaced on November 6, 1957, by William B.
Horney, Centreville, 1958.