may be.] of candidacy in a form to be supplied by the
Supervisors.

Unless his office shall have been abolished pursuant to this
section, each Judge of said Court shall continue to hold
office after the expiration of his period of appointment or
term until a successor shall qualify. As used in this section,
"Congressional election" means any of the biennial elections
at which members of the House of Representatives are
regularly chosen.

Said Court shall have such jurisdiction (which may be
made exclusive as to any class or classes of civil cases in
Baltimore City), with such right of appeal, therefrom, and
the Chief Judge and Associate Judges thereof shall have
such powers and duties, as the General Assembly shall
prescribe from time to time by law. The Judges of said
Court shall have full power to regulate by rules the ad-
ministration, procedure and practice of said Court; such
rules shall have the force of law until rescinded or modified
by said Judges or the General Assembly. Unless otherwise
provided by law, (1) all powers granted by this section or
by law to said Court or the Judges thereof as a body may
be exercised by a majority of the Judges thereof, and (2)
said Court shall not be a Court of Record.

There shall be a Chief Constable of said Court, who shall
perform therein the duties prescribed for Clerks of Court
by Section 10 of this Article and such other duties as shall
be prescribed by law or by rule of said Court. Such Chief
Constable shall be appointed, in the manner hereinafter
prescribed, by the Judges of said Court; and such Chief
Constable shall appoint, in the manner hereinafter pre-
scribed, all original, subsequent and additional constables
and clerks employed pursuant to this section, and shall
supervise and direct the work of all such constables and
clerks. There shall be appointed originally fourteen such
constables and sixteen such clerks; the number of either
may, on the joint recommendation of said Court; and said
Chief Constable, be increased by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore City; no vacancy in the position of any con-
stable or clerk, however arising, shall be filled by said Chief
Constable unless the Judges of said Court and said Chief
Constable shall expressly find that the filling of such va-
cancy is necessary for the efficient operation of said Court.
The positions of said Chief Constable and of all such con-
stables and clerks shall be positions in the Classified City
Service of Baltimore and the provisions of the Charter
of said City with respect to said City Service are hereby