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appellate jurisdiction of these courts of appeal, and all other powers necessary for the operation of such courts. 1 SEC. 14B. No member of the General Assembly at which the addition of Section 14A was proposed, if other- wise qualified, shall be ineligible for appointment or election as a judge of any intermediate court of appeal, established by law by the General Assembly pursuant to said Section 14A, by reason of his membership in such General Assembly. * SEC. 15. Any Judge of the Court of Appeals or of an intermediate court of appeal who heard the cause below either as a trial Judge or as a Judge of any intermediate court of appeal as the case may be, shall not participate in the decision. In every case an opinion, in writing, shall be filed within three months after the argument or sub- mission of the cause; and the judgment of the Court of Appeals shall be final and conclusive. " SEC. 16. Provision shall be made by Law for publishing Reports of all causes, argued and determined in the Court of Appeals and in the intermediate courts of appeal, which the Judges thereof, respectively, shall designate as proper for publication. * SEC. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals, who shall be appointed by and shall hold his office at the pleasure of said Court of Appeals. » SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the Court of Appeals to make and publish rules and regulations for the prosecution of appeals to the appellate Courts, whereby they shall prescribe the periods within which appeals may be taken, what part or parts of the proceedings in the Court below shall constitute the record on appeal, and the manner in which such appeals shall be brought to hearing or determination, and shall regulate, generally, the practice of said Court of Appeals and any intermediate Courts of Appeal, so as to prevent delays, and promote brevity in all records and proceedings brought into said Courts, and to abolish and avoid all unnecessary costs and expenses in the prosecution of appeals therein; and the said Judges shall make such reduction in the fees and expenses of the said Courts as they may deem advisable. It shall also be the duty of said Judges of the Court of Appeals to devise, and promulgate by rules, or orders, forms and modes of fram- 1 Added by Chapter 10, Acts of 1966, ratified November 8, 1966. 2 Thus amended by Chapter 10, Acts of 1966. ratified November 8. 1966. 3 Thus amended by Chapter 10, Acts of 1966. ratified November 8, 1966. 4 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956. 5 Thus amended by Chapter 789, Acts of 1969, ratified November 3, 1970. |
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