[Art. 4, Sec. 23] MARYLAND MANUAL 673
dcciaion or determination of any point, or question, by the
Court, it shall be competent to the party, against whom the
ruling or decision is made, upon motion, to have the point,
or question reserved for the consideration of the three
Judges of the Circuit, who shall constitute a court in bane
for such purpose; and the motion for such reservation shall
be entered of record, during the sitting, at which such deci-
sion may be made; and the several Circuit Courts shall
regulate, by rules, the mode and manner of presenting such
points, or questions to the court in bane, and the decision of
the said Court in bane shall be the effective decision in the
premises, and ^conclusive, as against the party, at whose
motion said points, or questions were reserved; but such de-
cision in bane shall not preclude the right of appeal, or writ
of error to the adverse party, in those cases, civil or crimi-
nal, in which appeal, or writ of error to the Court of Ap-
peals may be allowed by Law. The right of having questions
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'
^Thos amended by Chapter 99, Acta of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. See
also sections 14 and 31A of this Article.
' Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956. ratified NoTember 6, 1956.
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