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[Art. 4, Sec. 29] MARYLAND MANUAL 613
Laws of Maryland, and the supervision and control of the
Trustees thereof.
SEC. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore City shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in Equity within the limits of said
city, and all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit Court
of Baltimore City has; provided, the said Court shall not
have jurisdiction in applications for the writ of habeas
corpus in cases of persons charged with criminal offenses.
SEC. 30. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have
and exercise all the jurisdiction, now held and exercised by
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in such appeal
cases as are herein assigned to the Baltimore City Court.
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 office.
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-
' See note to Article 4, Section 24, above.
' Added by Chapter 116, Acts of 1924, ratified November 2, 1926. See footnote
to Article 4, Section 24, above.

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