four years from the time of his election, and until his suc-
cessor is elected and qualified, and be re-eligible thereto,
subject to be removed for willful neglect of duty, or other
misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law.
The salary of each of the said Clerks shall be payable as
provided in Section 45 of Article 3 of this Constitution, and
they shall be entitled to no other perquisites, or compensa-
tion. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of any of
said Courts, the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City, shall have power to fill such vacancy until the
general election of Delegates to the General Assembly, to
be held next thereafter, when a Clerk of said Court shall be
elected to serve for four years thereafter; and the provi-
sions of this Article in relation to the appointment of Depu-
ties by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the Counties shall
apply to the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore City.

SEC. 38. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
have authority to issue within said City, all marriage and
other licenses required by Law, subject to such provisions
as are now, or may be prescribed by Law. The Clerk of the
Superior Court of said city shall receive and record all
Deeds, Conveyances and other papers, which are, or may be
required by Law, to be recorded in said City. He shall also
have custody of all papers connected with the proceedings
on the Law, or Equity side of Baltimore County Court, and
the Dockets thereof, so far as the same have relation to the
City of Baltimore, and shall also discharge the duties of
Clerk to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, unless other-
wise provided by Law.

SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall, as often, as it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law for the
election of an additional Judge of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, and whenever provision is so made by the
General Assembly, there shall be elected by the voters of
said City another Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, who shall be subject to the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold his office for the same term of years, receive
the same compensation and have the same powers as are,
or shall be provided by the Constitution, or laws of this
State, for the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, and the General Assembly may provide by laws, or
the Supreme Bench by its rules, for requiring causes in any
of the Courts of Baltimore City to be tried before the Court
without a jury, unless the litigants or some one of them
shall within such reasonable time or times as may be pre-
scribed, elect to have their causes tried before a jury. And