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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 364.
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AN ACT to amend section eight of article four, of
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the Constitution of the State of Maryland.
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Amendment to
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the. General Assembly of
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the Constitu-
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Maryland, three-fifths of all the members of the two
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tion
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Houses concurring, That the following section be and
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the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
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the Constitution of this State, and if adopted by the
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legal and qualified voters thereof, as provided, it may
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be the same to supercede and stand in the place of
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section eight of article four of said Constitution.
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SEC. 8. The parties to any cause may, submit the
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May submit to
the court.
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same to the court for determination without the aid
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of a jury, and in all suits or actions at law, issues
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from the orphans' court, or from any court sitting in
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equity, and in all cases of presentments or indict-
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ments for offences, which are or may be punishable
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by death, pending in any of the courts of law in this
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State, having jurisdiction thereof, upon suggestion
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in writing under oath of either of the parties to said
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Cannot have
fair trial
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proceedings, that such party cannot have a fair and
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impartial trial in the court in which the same may be
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pending, the said court shall order and direct the
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record of proceedings in such suit or action, issue,
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presentment or indictment, to be transmitted to
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some other court having jurisdiction in such case for
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trial; but in all other cases of presentment or indict-
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ment pending in any of the courts of law in this
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State, having jurisdiction thereof, in addition to the
suggestion in writing of either of the parties to
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such presentment or indictment, that such party can-
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not have a. fair and impartial trial in the court in
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which the same may be pending, it shall be neces-
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It shall be
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sary for the party making such suggestion to make it
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necessary
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satisfactorily appear to the court that such suggestion
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is true, or that there is reasonable ground for the
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same; and thereupon the said court shall order and
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direct the record of proceedings in such presentment
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or indictment to be transmitted to some other court,
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having jurisdiction in such cases, for trial; and such
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Such right
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right of removal shall exist upon suggestion in cases
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shall exist.
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when all the judges of said court may be disqualified
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under the provisions of this Constitution to sit in any
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such case; and said court to which the record of pro-
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