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[Art. 4, Sec. 35] MARYLAND MANUAL 615 attested in the name of the Chief Judge of the said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. SEC. 35. Three of the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, shall constitute a quorum of said Court. SEC. 36. All causes depending, at the adoption of this Constitution, in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of Baltimore, and the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, shall be proceeded in, and prosecuted to final judgment, or decree, in the Courts, respectively, of the same name established by this Constitution, except cases belonging to that class, jurisdic- tion over which is by this Constitution transferred to the Baltimore City Court, all of which shall, together with all cases now pending in the City Court of Baltimore, be pro- ceeded in and prosecuted to final judgment in said Balti- more City Court. ^ SEC. 37. There shall be a Clerk of each of the said Courts of Baltimore city, except the Supreme Bench, who shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of said City, at the election to be held in said City on the Tuesday next after the First Monday of November, in the year nine- teen hundred and fifty-eight, and shall hold his office for four years from the time of his election, and until his suc- cessor is elected and qualified, and be re-eligible thereto, subject to be removed for willful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. The salary of each of the said Clerks shall be payable as provided in Section 45 of Article 3 of this Constitution, and they shall be entitled to no other perquisites, or compensa- tion. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of any of said Courts, the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Balti- more City, shall have power to fill such vacancy until the general election of Delegates to the General Assembly, to be held next thereafter, when a Clerk of said Court shall be elected to serve for four years thereafter; and the provi- sions of this Article in relation to the appointment of Depu- ties by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the Counties shall apply to the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore City. SEC. 38. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall have authority to issue within said City, all marriage and other licenses required by Law, subject to such provisions as are now, or may be prescribed by Law. The Clerk of the Superior Court of said city shall receive and record all Deeds, Conveyances, and other papers, which are, or may be i Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. |
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