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Art. 4] MARYLAND MANUAL 621
on the Law, or Equity side of Baltimore County Court, and
of the Dockets thereof, so far as the same have relation to
the City of Baltimore, and shall also discharge the duties of
Clerk to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, unless other-
wise provided by Law.
' SEC. 39. The General Assembly shall, as often, as it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law for the
election of an additional Judge of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, and whenever provision is so made by the
General Assembly, there shall be elected by the voters of
said City another Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, who shall be subject to the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold his office for the same term of years, receive
the same compensation and have the same powers as arc,
or shall be provided by the Constitution, or laws of this
State, for the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, and the General Assembly may provide by laws, or
the Supreme Bench by its rules, for requiring causes in any
of the Courts of Baltimore City to be tried before the Court
without a jury, unless the litigants or some one of them
shall within such reasonable time or times as may be pre-
scribed, elect to have their causes tried before a jury. And
the General Assembly may reapportion, change or enlarge
the jurisdiction of the several Courts in said City.
Part V.Orphans' Court.
" SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore,
and of the several Counties, except Montgomery County,
shall on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, (nineteen hundred and fifty-eight)' nineteen hundred
and sixty-six, and on the same day in every fourth year
thereafter, elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans'
Courts of said City and Counties, respectively, who shall be
citizens of the State, and residents for the twelve months
preceding, in the City, or County, for which they may be
elected. They shall have all the powers now vested in the
Orphans' Courts of the State, subject to such changes as
the Legislature may prescribe. Each of said Judges shall
be paid such compensation as may be regulated by Law,
and to be paid by the said City, or Counties, respectively.
In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge of the Orphans'
Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation,
or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person to fill the
same for the residue of the term.
'Thus amended by Chapter 813, Acts of 1892, ratified November 7, 1893.
2 Thus amended by Chapter 744, Acts of 1963, ratified November 3, 1964.
3 Thus in the original.

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