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be subject to such provisions as may hereafter be made by Law.
Shueey v. Stoner, 47 Md 167. Costigin v. Bond, 65 Md. 122.

SEC. 23. The Judges of the respective Circuit Courts of this
'State, and of the Courts of Baltimore City, shall render their

decisions, in all cases argued before them, or submitted for their
judgment, within two months after the same shall have been
. so argued or submitted.

SEC. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge, and of the Judge of
the Court of Appeals from the City of Baltimore shall be three
thousand five hundred dollars, and of each Associate Judge of
the Circuit Court, shall be two thousand eight hundred dollars
per annum, payable quarterly, and shall not be diminished

during his continuance in office.

SEQ. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for each
County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the qualified voters
<of said County, ond shall hold his office for six years from the
time of his election, and until his successor is elected and
qualified, and be re-eligible, subject to be removed for wilful
neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on conviction in
a Court of Law. In case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of a
Circuit Court, the Judges of said Court shall have power to fill
such vacancy until the general election for Delegates to the
General Assembly, to be held next thereafter, when a successor
shall be elected for the term of six years.

Dowling v. Smith, 9 Md. 242. Stansbury v. Middleton, 11 Md. 296.

SEC. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint, subject to the confir-
mation of the Judges of their respective Courts, as many deputies
under them, as the said Judges shall deem necessary to perform,
together with themselves, the duties of the said office, who shall
be removable by the said Judges for incompetency, or neglect of
duty, and whose compensation shall be according to existing, or
future provisions of the General Assembly.

Part IV. —Courts of Baltimore City.
SEC. 27. There shall be in the Eighth Judicial Circuit, six

Courts, to be styled the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court of Common Pleas,
the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit Court of Baltimore City,
and the Criminal Court of Baltimore.