other or different Judicial Circuits for designated and limit-
ed periods, for the purpose of relieving accumulation of
business or because of the indisposition or disqualification of
any judge. And any judge so assigned by the Court of Ap-
peals shall have all the power and authority pertaining to
the judge of the court to which he is assigned.

Part II—Court of Appeals.

SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of five
Judges, two from the City of Baltimore; one from the First
Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting of Cecil, Kent, Queen
Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester
and Somerset Counties; one from the Second Appellate
Judicial Circuit, consisting of Harford, Baltimore, Anne
Arundel, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's
Counties; and one from the Third Appellate Judicial Cir-
cuit, consisting of Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, Fred-
erick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett Counties. The
City of Baltimore shall, for the purposes of this section, be
designated as the Fourth Appellate Judicial Circuit. The
Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective Appellate Judicial Cir-
cuits, their terms to begin on the date of their qualification.
One of the judges of the Court of Appeals shall be desig-
nated by the Governor as the Chief Judge. The jurisdiction
of the Court of Appeals shall be co-extensive with the limits
of the State and such as now is or may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law. It shall hold its sessions in the City of An-
napolis at such time or times as it shall from time to time
by rule prescribe. Its session or sessions shall continue not
less than ten months in each year, if the business before it
shall so require, and it shall be competent for the judges
temporarily to transfer their sittings elsewhere upon suf-
ficient cause. The salary of each judge of the Court of Ap-
peals shall be that now or hereafter prescribed by the Gen-
eral Assembly and shall not be diminished during his con-
tinuance in office. Three of the judges shall constitute a
quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of a quorum
shall be sufficient for the decision of any caused

" SEC. 15. The Judge who heard the cause below shall
not participate in the decision; in every case an opinion, in
writing, shall be filed within three months after the argu-
ment, or submission of the cause; and the judgment of the
Court shall be final and conclusive; and all cases shall stand

'Thus amended by Chapter 772, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944; and
by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, adopted November 6, 1956.
' Thos amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, adopted November 6, 1956.