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618 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 4 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 (1) and the Criminal Court" of Baltimore. SEC. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court" 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 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 the number of Associate Judges required by the General Assembly, who, together, shall con- 1 Circuit Court No. 2 established by Chapter 194, Acts of 1888. 2 Criminal Court Ho. 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bench, December 21, 1897. See Jackson v. State, 87 Md. 191. 'The jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court, and the Court of Common Pleas was enlarged by Chapter 177, Acts of 1870. 3 Thus amended by Chapter 617, Acts of 1968, ratified November 5, 1968. |
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