lii CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. 4,

in any other County of the Circuit, and who has the next highest
number of votes shall be declared elected. The said Judges-
shall hold not less than two Terms of the Circuit court in each
of the Counties, composing their respective Circuits, at such
times as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed, to which Jurors-
shall be summoned; and in those Counties, where only two such
Terms are held, two other and intermediate Terms, to which
Jurors shall not be summoned; they may alter or fix the times
for holding any, or all Terms until otherwise prescribed, and shall
adopt Rules to the end that all business not requiring the inter-
position of a Jury shall be, as far as practicable, disposed of at
said intermediate Terms. One Judge, in each of the above
Circuits, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business; and the said Judges, or any of them, may hold Special
Terms of their Courts, whenever, in their discretion, the business
of the several Counties renders such Terms necessary.
Gambrill v. Parker, 31 Md. 1.

SEC. 22. Where any Term is held, or trial conducted by less
than the whole number of said Circuit Judges, upon the decision,
or determination of any point, or question, by the Court, it shall
be competent to the party, against whom the ruling or decision
is made, upon motion, to have the point, or question reserved for
the consideration of the three Judges of the Circuit, who shall
constitute a Court in banc for such purpose; and the motion for
such reservation shall be entered of record, during the sitting, at
which such decision may be made; and the several Circuit Courts
shall regulate, by rules, the mode and manner of presenting such
points, or questions to the Court in banc, and the decision of the
said Court in banc shall be the effective decision in the premises,
and conclusive, as against the party, at whose motion said points,
or questions were reserved; but such decision in banc shall not
preclude the right of Appeal, or writ of error to the adverse
party, in those 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, nor to
criminal cases below the grade of felony, except when the punish-
ment is confinement in the Penitentiary; and this section shall