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returned elected, or the one who has been commissioned by the Gov-
ernor, the House of Delegates shall order a new election within thirty
days.

Sec. 13. All Public Commissions and Grants shall run thus: "The
State of Maryland, &c.," and shall be signed by the Governor, with
the Seal of the State annexed; all writs and process shall run in the
same style, and be tested, sealed and signed as heretofore, or as may
hereafter be provided by law; and all indictments shall conclude,
"against the peace, government and dignity of the State."

Part II.—Court of Appeals.

Sec. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of the Chief
Judge of the first seven of the several Judicial Circuits of the State
and a Judge from the City of Baltimore specially elected thereto,
one of whom shall be designated by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, as the Chief Judge; and in all
cases until action by the Senate can be had, the Judge so designated
by the Governor shall act as Chief Judge. The Judge of the Court
of Appeals from the City of Baltimore shall be elected by the qualified
voters of said city at the election of Judges to be held therein, as here-
inbefore provided; and in addition to his duties as Judge of the
Court of Appeals, shall perform, such other duties as the General
Assembly shall prescribe. The jurisdiction of said Court of Appeals
shall be co-extensive with the limits of the State, and such as now is or
may hereafter be prescribed by Law. It shall hold its sessions in the
City of Annapolis, on the first Monday in April, and the first Monday
in October; [on the second Monday in January, the first Monday in
April and the first Monday in October]* of each and every year, or
at such other times as the General Assembly may by Law direct. Its
sessions shall continue not less than ten months in the year, if the
business before it shall so require; and it shall be competent for the
Judges temporarily to transfer their sittings elsewhere upon sufficient
cause.

Sec. 15. Four of said Judges shall constitute a quorum; no cause
shall be decided without the concurrence of at least three; but the
Judge who heard the cause below shall not participate in the decision;
in every case an opinion, in writing, shall be filed within three months
after the argument or submission of the cause; and the judgment of
the court shall be final and conclusive; and all cases shall stand for
hearing at the first term after the transmission of the record.

Sec. 16. Provision shall be made by law for publishing reports of
all causes argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, which the
Judges shall designate as proper for publication.

Sec. 17. There shall be a Clerk of the Court of Appeals, who
shall be elected by the legal and qualified voters of the State, who

*Terms thus arranged by Act of 1886, Ch. 185.