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Part II. —Court of Appeals.

SEC. 14. The Court of Appeals shall be composed of the Chief
Judges of the first seven of the several Judicial Circuits of the
State, and a Judge from the city of Baltimore specially elected
thereto, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, as the Chief Judge;
and in all cases, until action by the Senate can be had, the Judge
so designated by the Governor shall act as Chief Judge. The
Judge of the Court of Appeals from the city of Baltimore shall
be elected by the qualified voters of said city at the election of
Judges to be held therein, as hereinbefore provided; and in addi-
tion to his duties, as Judge of the Court of Appeals, shall perform
such other duties as the General Assembly shall prescribe. The
jurisdiction of said Court of Appeals shall be co-extensive with
the limits of the State, and such as now is or may hereafter be
prescribed by Law. It shall hold its sessions in the city of An-
napolis, on the second Monday in January, 1 the first Mon-
day in April and the first Monday in October of each
and every year, or at such other times as the General
Assembly may by law direct. Its sessions shall continue not
less than ten months in the year, if the business before it
shall so require; and it shall be competent for the Judges, tempo-
rarily, to transfer their sittings elsewhere, upon sufficient cause.

Van Nostrand v. Carr, 30 Md 128.

SEC. 15. Four of said fudges shall constitute a quorum;
no cause shall be decided without the concurrence of at least
three; but the Judge who heard the cause below, shall not par-
ticipate in the decision; in every case an opinion, in writing,,
shall be filed within three months after the argument, or submis-
sion of the cause; and the judgment of the Court shall be final!
and conclusive; and all cases shall stand for hearing at the first
term after the transmission of the Record.

John's Ez'r v. Johns, 20 Md. 58.

SEC. 16. Provision shall be made by Law for publishing Re-
ports of all causes, argued and determined in the Court of
Appeals, which the Judges shall designate as proper for publi-
cation.

i Thus amended by Act of 1886, ch. 185.
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