the same compensation and have the same powers as are,
or shall be provided by the Constitution, or laws of this
State, for the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, and the General Assembly may provide by laws, or
the Supreme Bench by its rules, for requiring causes in any
of the Courts of Baltimore City to be tried before the Court
without a jury, unless the litigants or some one of them
shall within such reasonable time or times as may be pre-
scribed, elect to have their causes tried before a jury. And
the General Assembly may reapportion, change or enlarge
the jurisdiction of the several Courts in said City.^

Part V—Orphans' Court.

" SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore,
and of the several Counties, shall on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November nineteen hundred and fifty-
eight, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter,
elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans' Courts of said
City and Counties, respectively, who shall be citizens of the
State, and residents for the twelve months preceding, in the
City, or County, for which they may be elected. They shall
have all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of
the State, subject to such changes as the Legislature may
prescribe. Each of said Judges shall be paid such compen-
sation as may be regulated by law, and to be paid by the
said City, or Counties, respectively. In case of a vacancy
in the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor
shall appoint, subject to confirmation, or rejection by the
Senate, some suitable person to fill the same for the residue
of the term.

[SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore,
and of the several Counties, except Montgomery County,
shall on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and on the same day
in every fourth year thereafter, elect three men to be
Judges of the Orphans' Courts of said City and Counties,
respectively, who shall be citizens of the State, and resi-
dents for the twelve months preceding, in the City, or
County, for which they may be elected. They shall have all
the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of the State,
subject to such changes as the Legislature may prescribe.
Each of said Judges shall be paid such compensation as
may be regulated by Law, and to be paid by the said City,
or Counties, respectively. In case of a vacancy in the office
of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint,

'Thus amended by Chapter 313. Acts of 1892, ratified NoTember 7, 1893.
'Tlina amended by Chapters 99 and 124 oi 1956. ratified Norerober 6, 1956.