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as a Judge of the Court of Appeals or of any intermediate Court of Appeal (as the case may be) in lieu of a judge of such court. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals also may designate and assign, to sit as a Judge of the Circuit Court for any county or the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City and of any other court or courts of Balti- more City which may be held by a Judge of said Supreme Bench, either alone or with one or more other judges, in any case or cases or for a specified period, any Judge of the Court of Appeals or of any intermediate Court of Appeal or of any other circuit court or of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. Any judge designated and assigned by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals pursuant to this section shall have all the power and authority pertaining to a judge of the court to which he is so assigned; and his power and authority shall continue with respect to all cases (in- cluding any motions or other matters incidental thereto) which may come before him by virtue of such designation and assignment until his action thereon shall be completed. In the absence of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals the provisions of this section shall be applicable to the senior judge present in said Court of Appeals. The powers of the Chief Judge under the aforegoing provisions of this section shall be subject to such rules and regulations, if any, as the Court of Appeals may make. The Court of Appeals from time to time shall make rules and regulations to revise the practice and procedure in the appellate courts and in the other courts of this State, which shall have the force of law until rescinded, changed or modified by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law. The power of the courts other than the Court of Appeals to make rules of practice and procedure shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law. Part III—Circuit Courts. ^ SEC. 19. The State shall be divided into eight Judicial Circuits, in manner following, viz.: The Counties of Wor- cester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Dorchester, shall consti- tute the First Circuit; the Counties of Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent and Cecil, the Second; the Counties of Baltimore and Harford, the Third; the Counties of Alle- gany, Garrett, and Washington, the Fourth; the Counties of Carroll, Howard and Anne Arundel, the Fifth; the Counties of Montgomery and Frederick, the Sixth; the Counties of Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's, the Seventh; and Baltimore City, the Eighth. 'Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. |
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