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[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
he 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
framing and filing bills, answers, and other proceedings
and pleadings in Equity; and also forms and modes of
taking and obtaining evidence, to be used in Equity
cases; and to revise and regulate, generally, the
practice in the Courts of Equity of this State, so as to
prevent delays, and to promote brevity and conciseness in
all pleadings and proceedings therein, and to abolish all
unnecessary costs and expenses attending the same. And
all rules and regulations hereby directed to be made,
shall, when made, have the force of Law, until rescinded,
changed, or modified by the said Judges, or the General
Assembly. ]
[18A. ] 18.
(A) The Court of Appeals from time to time shall
make rules and regulations to revise the practice and
procedure in and the administration of the appellate
courts and in the other courts of this State, which shall
have the force of law until rescinded, changed or
modified by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by lav.
The power of courts other than the Court of Appeals to
make rules of practice and procedure, or administrative
rules, shall be subject to the rules and regulations
prescribed by the Court of Appeals or otherwise by law.
(B) The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall
be the administrative head of the Judicial system of the
State. He shall from time to time require, from each of
the judges of the Circuit Courts for the several
counties, of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, of the
District Court and of any intermediate courts of appeal,
reports as to the judicial work and business of each of
the judges and their respective courts. He may, in case
of a vacancy, or of the illness, disqualification or
other absence of a judge or for the purpose of relieving
an accumulation of business in any court assign any judge
except a judge of the Orphans1 Court to sit temporarily
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