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SEC. 40. The present Clerk of the Superior Court of

Clerks continued.

Baltimore city and of the Court of Common Pleas, and of

the Criminal Court of Baltimore, shall continue to act as

Clerks of said Courts respectively during the time for

which they were severally elected, and until their successors

Vacancy.

are elected and qualified, and in case of the death, resig-

nation or disqualification of either of said Clerks before the

expiration of the time for which they were elected, the

Judge of the Court where such death, resignation or other

disqualification may occur, shall have the power to appoint

a Clerk as provided by the Thirty-ninth Section of this

Article. The present Clerk of the Circuit Court of Balti-

more city shall continue to act as Clerk of said Court,

until the first election for county officers next after the

adoption of this Constitution, when a Clerk of said Court

shall be elected in the same manner, and hold his office for

the same time, and be subject to the same provisions of

this Constitution, as the Clerks of the Courts in said city.

SEC. 41. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may

Another Court in
Baltimore city.

think the same proper and expedient, provide by law

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another Court for the city of Baltimore, to consist of one

do 391.

Judge, to be elected by the legal and qualified voters of

said city, who shall be subject to the same constitutional

provisions, hold his office for the same term of years, and

receive the same compensation as the Judge of the Supe-

rior Court of said city, and said Court shall have such

jurisdiction and powers as may be prescribed by law; and

the General Assembly may re-apportion the civil jurisdic-

Civil Jurisdiction
of Courts in Balti-

tion among the several Courts in Baltimore city from time

more city.

to time, as in their judgments the public interest and con-

venience may require.

SEC. 42. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall

Authority of

Clerks of Common

have authority to issue within said city, all marriage and

Pleas and Superior
Court.

other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions

as the General Assembly have now or may hereafter pre-

scribe, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of said city,

shall receive and record all deeds, conveyances, and other

papers which are required by-law to be recorded in said