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mitted for their judgment, within two months after the
same shall have been so argued or submitted.
SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge and of each
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court shall not be diminished
during his continuance in officer
SEC. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the quali-
fied voters of said County, and shall hold his office for four
years from the time of his election, and until his successor
is elected and qualified, and be re-eligible, subject to be
removed for wilful neglect of duty or other misdemeanor
in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. In case of a va-
cancy in the office of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges
of said Court shall have power to fill such vacancy until
the general election for Delegates to the General Assembly,
to be held next thereafter, when a successor shall be elected
for the term of four years."
SEC. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint, subject to the
confirmation of the Judges of their respective Courts, as
many deputies under them, as the said Judges shall deem
necessary to perform, together with themselves, the duties
of the said office, who shall be removable by the said Judges
for incompetency, or neglect of duty, and whose compen-
sation shall be according to existing, or future provisions
of the General Assembly.
Part IV—Courts of Baltimore City.
SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit
six Courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court
of Baltimore City" and the Criminal Court (4) of Baltimore.
SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas and the Baltimore City Court" shall
each have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common Law
cases, and concurrently, all the jurisdiction which the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore City and the Court of Common
Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in Equity, and except
in applications for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of
i Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956, See
also sections 14 and 31A of this Article.
' Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
" Circuit Court No. 2 established by Chapter 194, Acts of 1888.
4 Criminal Court So. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, Dec. 21, 1897.
See Jackson v. State, 87, Md. 191.
' The jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and the Court
of Common Pleas was enlarged by Chapter 177, Acts of 1870.
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