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ART. 4. ] STATE OP MARYLAND. 49
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SEC. 23. The Court of Appeals shall appoint its own
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Clerk to be ap-
pointed.
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Clerk, who shall hold his office for six years, and may be
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re-appointed at the end thereof; he shall be subject to
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removal by the said Court for incompetency, neglect of
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duty, misdemeanor in office, or such other cause or causes
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as may be prescribed by law.
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PART III. — CIRCUIT COURTS.
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SEC. 24. The State shall be divided into thirteen Judi-
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Thirteen Judicial
Circuits.
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cial Circuits, in manner following: The Counties of St.
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Mary's and Charles shall constitute the First Circuit; the
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Counties of Anne Arundel and Calvert, the Second; the
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Counties of Prince George's and Montgomery, the Third;
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the County of Frederick, the Fourth; the County of
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Washington, the Fifth; the County of Allegany, the
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Sixth; the Counties of Carroll and Howard, the Seventh;
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the County of Baltimore, the Eighth; the Counties of
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Harford and Cecil, the Ninth; the Counties of Kent and
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Queen Anne's, the Tenth; the Counties of Talbot and
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Caroline, the Eleventh; the Counties of Dorchester,
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Somerset and Worcester, the Twelfth; and the city of
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Baltimore, the Thirteenth.
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SEC. 25. One Court shall be held in each county of the
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One Court in each
County.
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State; the said Courts shall be called Circuit Courts for
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the county in which they may be held, and shall have and
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exercise all the power, authority and jurisdiction, original
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Its Jurisdiction.
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and appellate, which the present Circuit Courts of this
State now have and exercise, or which may hereafter be
prescribed by law.
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1852, ch 16 31, 75,
111. 136. 219, 336,
and 314
1853, ch 181, 238,
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SEC. 26. For each Circuit (the Thirteenth excepted)
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One Judge for each
Circuit.
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there shall be one Judge, who shall be styled Circuit
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Judge, who, daring his term of office, shall reside in one
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of the counties composing the Circuit for which he may be
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elected; the said Judges shall hold a term of their Courts
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in each of the counties composing their respective Circuits
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at such times as now are or may hereafter be fixed by law,
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such terms to be never less than two in each year in each
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Two Terms In
each year.
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county; special terms may be held by said Judges in their
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