514 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4, Sec. 23]
reserved shall not, however, apply to trials of Appeals from
judgments of Justices of the Peace, nor to criminal cases
below the grade of felony, except when the punishment is
confinement in the Penitentiary; and this Section shall be
subject to such provisions as may hereafter be made by
Law.
SEC. 23. The Judges of the respective Circuit Courts of
this State, and of the Courts of Baltimore city, shall render
their decisions, in all cases argued before them, or sub-
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(3) and the Criminal Court (4) of Baltimore.
1 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. See
also sections 14 and 31A of this Article.
2 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
3 Circuit Court No. 2 established by Chapter 194, Acts of 1888.
4 Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench Dec. 21 1897
See Jackson T. State, 87. Md. 181.
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