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612 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4, Sec. 25]
^ 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" and the Criminal Courts of Baltimore.
SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
of Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court (4) shall,
each, have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common Law
cases, and concurrently, all the jurisdiction which the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore City and the Court of Common
Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in Equity, and except
in applications for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of
Maryland, and in cases of Appeal from judgments of Jus-
tices of the Peace in said City, whether civil or criminal,
or arising under the ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, of all of which appeal cases the
Baltimore City Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction; and
the said Court of Common Pleas shall have exclusive juris-
diction in all applications for the benefit of the Insolvent
i Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
' Circuit Court No. 2 established by Chapter 194, Acts of 1888.
' Criminal Court No. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, Dec. 21, 1897.
See Jackson v. State, 87 Met. 191.
'The Jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court, and the Court
of Common Pleas wan enlarged by Chapter 177, Acts of 1870.

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