[Art. 4] JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT 101

authority and jurisdiction, original 'and appellate, which the present Cir-
cuit Courts of this State now have and exercise, or which may hereafter be
prescribed by Law.

Under this section and art. 15, sec. 2, the circuit court for Anne Arundel county was
held to be clothed with all the powers possessed by its predecessor and was authorized
to dispose of the pending case as if it had originated with it. Truett v. Gill, 32 Md. 150.

For a case dealing with the jurisdiction of the circuit courts under the Constitution of
1851, to issue writs of error, and how the Constitution should be construed, see Manly v.
State, 7 Md. 145.

This section referred to in construing art. 23, sec. 415, of Code—see notes thereto.
Public Serv. Commn. v. Byron, 153 Md. 476.

Cited in dissenting opinion in In re. Rickell's Estate, 158 Md. 665.

See notes to secs. 19 and 21.

Sec. 21. For each of the said circuits, excepting the eighth, the second,
the third and the sixth, there shall be a chief judge and two associate judges,
to be styled judges of the Circuit Court, to be selected or appointed as
herein provided, and for the second circuit, the third circuit and the sixth
circuit, there shall be a chief judge and three associate judges to be styled
judges of the Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed as herein provided.
And no two of said associate judges, for any of the said circuits, except
the third and sixth circuits shall, at the time of their election or appoint-
ment or during the term for which they may have been elected or ap-
pointed, reside in the same county. If two or more persons shall be candi-
dates for associate judge in the same county in any of the circuits, except
the third and sixth circuits, that one only in said county shall be declared
elected who has the highest number of votes in the circuit. In case any
two candidates for associate judge in any of the circuits, except the third
and sixth circuits, residing in the same county shall have an equal number
of votes greater than any other candidates for associate judge in the cir-
cuit, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order a new election for one
associate judge; but the person residing in any other county of the circuit
and who has the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. The
said judges shall hold not less than two terms of the Circuit Court in each
of the counties composing their respective circuits, at such times as are
now or may hereafter be prescribed to which jurors shall be summoned;
and in those counties where only two such terms are held, two other and
intermediate terms, to which jurors shall not be summoned; they may
alter or fix the times for holding any or all terms, until otherwise pre-
scribed, and shall adopt rules to the end that all business not requiring
the interposition of the jury shall be, as far as practicable, disposed of at
said intermediate terms. One judge in each of the above circuits, including
the second, the third and sixth circuits, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business; and the said judges or any of them may
hold special terms of their courts, whenever in their discretion the business
of the several counties renders such terms necessary. The additional asso-
ciate judge for the third circuit elected in accordance with the terms of
the Constitutional Amendment heretofore submitted and adopted shall be
subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his office for the same
term of years, receive the same compensation and have the same powers
as are herein provided for the other associate judges in the third circuit.

The additional associate judge for the second circuit herein provided for
shall be a resident of Cecil County, shall be appointed by the Governor
after the expiration of six (6) months after the adoption of this amend-
ment and shall serve until the first general election for members of the
General Assembly that shall be held in said circuit subsequent to the