[Art. 4, Sec. 31] MARYLAND MANUAL 675
SEC. 31. There shall be elected by the legal and quali-
fied voters of said city, at the election, hereinbefore pro-
vided for, one Chief Judge, and four Associate Judges, who,
together, shall constitute the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, and shall hold their offices for the term of fifteen
years, subject to the provisions of this Constitution with
regard to the election and qualifications of Judges, and their
removal from office, and shall exercise the jurisdiction, here-
inafter specified, and shall each receive an annual salary of
three thousand five hundred dollars' payable quarterly,
which shall not be diminished during their term of office;
but authority is hereby given to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore to pay to each of the said judges an annual
addition of five hundred dollars to their respective salaries;
provided, that the same, being once granted, shall not be
diminished, nor increased, during the continuance of said
Judges in office.
SEC. 31A. In addition to the authority granted to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the preceding sec-
tion to pay to each of the judges of the Supreme Bench the
annual sum of Five Hundred Dollars, authority is hereby
given to said Mayor and City Council to pay to each of said
judges such further annual sum as an addition to their
respective salaries as the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more shall from time to time deem right and proper, pro-
vided, that any such sum being once granted shall not be
diminished during the continuance of said judges in officer
SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the said Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, as soon as the Judges thereof shall be
elected and duly qualified, and from time to time, to pro-
vide fur Llie holding of each of the aforesaid Courts, by the
assignment of one, or more of their number to each of the
said Courts, who may sit either, separately, or together, in
the trial of cases; and the said Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City may, from time to time, change the said assign-
ment, as circumstances may require, and the public interest
may demand; and the Judge, or Judges, so assigned to the
said several Courts, shall, when holding the same, have all
the powers and exercise all the jurisdiction, which may
belong to the Court so being held; and it shall also be the
duty of the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, in case
of the sickness, absence or disability of any Judge or Judges,
assigned as aforesaid, to provide for the hearing of the
cases, or transaction of the business assigned to said Judge
^ See note to Article 4, Section 24, aJbove.
"Added, by Chapter 116, Acts of 1924, ratified November 2, 1926. See footnote
to Article i. Section 24, above,
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