| 1805.
CHAP. 65. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
courts, before they act as such, shall respectively take the following
oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, to wit: " I, A. B.
" chief judge, (or associate judge,) for the _____ judicial district, do
" solemnly promise and swear, (or affirm,) that as judge I will do
" equal right and justice, according to law, in every case in which
" I shall act as judge, freely without sale, fully without any denial,
" and speedily without delay, and will behave myself justly, honestly
" and faithfully, in the said office, according to the best of my
" knowledge and understanding; so help me God." |
| By whom to be administered. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said oaths,
or affirmations,
shall be administered before any judge who shall be in the same
commission, or before any qualified judge or justice of the peace,
which qualification shall be certified by the judge or justice before
whom the same is made, and shall be recorded in any court of which
the judge so qualified is or shall be a member. |
| Judges commission. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the form of commissions
that shall
issue to the judges of the courts of common law shall be as follows,
to wit: " The State of Maryland to A. B. of _____ county, Greeting.
" Be it known, that reposing great trust and confidence in
" your integrity and sound legal knowledge, you are appointed and
" assigned Chief Judge, or Associate Judge, as the case may be,
" of _____ judicial district, (and, in the case of chief judge, insert,
in
" virtue thereof Judge of the Court of Appeals,) to do equal right
" and justice according to law, in every case in which you shall act
" as judge, freely without sale, fully without any denial, and speedily
" without any delay; and you are to execute the said office of judge,
" justly, honestly, diligently and faithfully, according to law; and
" you are to hold and execute the said office for and during your
" good behaviour, and removable only in the manner prescribed by
" the constitution and form of government. Given under the seal
" of the state of Maryland, this _____ day of _____, in the year
" eighteen hundred _____." |
County courts to
be composed of all
the district judges. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the county courts
in each judicial
district shall be composed of all the judges appointed for such district,
any one or more of whom shall have full power to hold the
court, and to exercise all and singular the powers, jurisdictions and
authorities, that might or could be exercised by all the judges when
present. |
Chief judge of the
court of appeals to
be designated in
the commission. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor and
council shall
vary the commission, so as to designate the chief judge of the
court of appeals, which person, so designated, shall, when attending,
preside in said court, and in case of his absence, or on his
withdrawing from the bench in the cases specified by the constitution,
the judge next in seniority, to be determined from the date of
the commission, who shall be present, shall reside therein; and in
case of the death, disqualification, or refusal to act, of the person
appointed chief judge as aforesaid, the person next in seniority as
aforesaid shall be the chief judge of the said court until a new appointment
of a chief judge shall be made as aforesaid.
7. The times prescribed by this
section for holding the court of appeals, have
been altered by 1811, ch. 221, 1815, ch. 215, and 1816, ch. 151.
By the last
mentioned act, the court is held on the second Monday in June, and first
Monday
in December, for the western shore, and on the first Monday in June, and
last
Monday in November for the eastern shore. |
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