for hearing at the first term after the transmission of the
Record.

SEC. 16. Provision shall be made by Law for publishing
Reports of all causes, argued and determined in the Court
of Appeals, which the Judges shall designate as proper for
publication.

SEC. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
who shall be appointed by and shall hold his office at the
pleasure of said Court of Appeals'

" SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Court
of Appeals to make and publish rules and regulations for
the prosecution of appeals to said appellate Court, whereby
they shall prescribe the periods within which appeals may
be taken, what part or parts of the proceedings in the
Court below shall constitute the record on appeal, and the
manner in which such appeals shall be brought to hearing
or determination, and shall regulate, generally, the practice
of said Court of Appeals, so as to prevent delays, and pro-
mote brevity in all records and proceedings brought into
said Court, and to abolish and avoid all unnecessary costs
and expenses in the prosecution of appeals therein; and the
said Judges shall make such reduction in the fees and ex-
penses of the said Court as they may deem advisable. It
shall also be the duty of said Judges of the Court of Ap-
peals to devise, and promulgate by rules, or orders, forms
and modes of framing and filing bills, answers, and other
proceedings and pleadings in Equity; and also forms and
modes of taking and obtaining evidence, to be used in
Equity cases; and to revise and regulate, generally, the
practice in the Courts of Equity of this State, so as to pre-
vent delays, and to promote brevity and conciseness in all
pleadings and proceedings therein, and to abolish all un-
necessary costs and expenses attending the same. And all
rules and regulations hereby directed to be made, shall,
when made, have the force of Law, until rescinded, changed,
or modified by the said Judges, or the General Assembly.

(3) SEC. ISA. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
shall be the administrative head of the judicial system of
the State. He shall from time to time require, from each
of the judges of the Circuit Courts for the several counties
and of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, reports as
to the judicial work and business of each of the judges and
their respective courts. He may, in case of a vacancy or

' Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
'Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
8 Thus added by Chapter 772, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944.