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discretion, whenever the business of their several counties

renders such terms necessary.

Present Judges
continued in office

SEC 27. The present Judges of the Circuit Courts shall

continue to act as Judges of the respective Circuit Courts

within the Judicial Circuits in which they respectively re-

side, until the expiration of the term for which they were

respectively elected, and until their successors are elected

and qualified, viz: the present Judges of the First, Second,

Third, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Judicial Circuits, as

organized at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,

shall continue to act as Judges respectively of the First,

Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Twelfth Judicial Cir-

New Judges to he
elected.

cuits, as organized under this Constitution; and an elec-

tion for Judges of the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,

Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Circuits shall be held on the

Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of

. November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Salary, $2, 500.

SEC. 28. The salary of each Judge of the Circuit Court

shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, payable

quarterly, and shall not be increased or diminished during

his continuance in office.

Clerics

SEC. 29. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for

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each county, who shall, be elected by a plurality of the

qualified voters of said county; he shall hold his office for

Term six years.

the term of six years from the time of his election, and

until a new election is held and his successor duly quali-

Re-eligible,
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fied; he shall be re-eligible at the end of his term, and

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shall at any time be subject to removal for willful neglect of

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duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a

,

court of law. In the event of any vacancy in the office of

Vacancy

the Clerk of any of the Circuit Courts, said vacancy shall

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be filled by the Judge of said Circuit in which said va-

cancy occurs, until the next general election for county

officers, when a Clerk of said Circuit Court shall be elected

to serve for six years thereafter.

Decisions within
two months

SEC 30. The judges of the respective Circuit Courts of

this State, and of the Courts of Baltimore city, shall ren-

der their decisions in all cases argued before them, or sub-