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sitting, at which such decision iay be made; and the
several Circuit Courts shall regulate, by rules, the aode
and manner of presenting such points, or questions to the
Court in bane, and the decision of the said Court in bane
shall be the effective decision in the premises, and
conclusive, as against the party, at whose action said
points, or questions were reserved; but such decision in
tanc shall not preclude the right of Appeal, or vrit of
error to the adverse party, in these cases, civil or
criminal, in which appeal, or writ of error to the Court
of Appeals may be allowed by Law. The right of having
questions reserved shall not, however, apply to trials of
Appeals from judgments of [Justices of the Peace] THE
DISTRICT COURT, nor to criminal cases below the grade of
felony, except when the punishment is confinement in the
Penitentiary; and this Section shall he subject to such
provisions as may hereafter be Bade by Law.
28.
The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of
Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court shall[,]
each[,] have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common
law cases, and concurrently, all the jurisdiction which
the Superior Court of Baltimore City and the Court of
Common Pleas now have, except jurisdiction in Equity, and
except in applications for the benefit of the Insolvent
laws of Maryland, and in cases of Appeal from judgments
of [Justices of the Peace] THE DISTRICT COURT in said
City, whether civil or criminal, or arising under the
ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of
all of which appeal cases the Baltimore City Court shall
have exclusive jurisdiction; and the said Court of Common
Pleas shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all
applications for the benefit of the Insolvent laws of
Maryland, and the supervision and control of the Trustees
thereof.
32.
It shall be the duty of the [said] Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, [as soon as the Judges thereof shall be
elected and duly qualified, and] fro« time to time, to
provide for the holding of each of the aforesaid Courts,
by the assignment of one[,] or acre of their number to
each of the [said] Courts, who may sit either[,]
separately£ , ] or together[ , ] in the trial of cases[;].
[and the said] THE Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may,
from time to time, change the [said] assignment, as
circumstances may require, and the public interest may
demand; and the Judge, or Judges, so assigned to the
[said] several Courts, shall, when holding the same, have
all the powers and exercise all the jurisdiction[, ] which
may belong to the Court so being held; and it shall also
be the duty of the [said] Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, in case of the sickness, absence or disability of
any Judge or Judges, assigned as aforesaid, to provide
for the hearing of the cases, or transaction of the


 
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