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The Maryland Code, Public General Laws, 1888
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Mil CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. 4-

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powers, as are herein provided for the Judges of said Supreme-
Bench of Baltimore City; and all of the provisions of this Con-
stitution relating to the assignment of Judges to the Courts, now
existing in said City, and for the dispatch of business therein,
shall apply to the Court, for whose creation provision is made by
this Section. 1 And the General Assembly may reapportion,
change or enlarge the jurisdiction of the several Courts in Balti-
more City. Until otherwise provided by Law, the Clerk of the-
Superior Court of Baltimore City, of the Court of Common
Pleas, of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, of the Baltimore-
City Court, and of the Criminal Court of Baltimore, shall each
give Bond in such penalty as is now prescribed by Law to be
given by the Clerks of the Courts, bearing the same names, under
the present Constitution.

Part V—Orphans' Courts.

SEC. 40. The qualified voters of the City of Baltimore, and of
the several Counties, shall on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November next, and on the same day in every fourth
year thereafter, elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans'
Courts of said City and Counties, respectively, who shall be citi-
zens of the State, and residents for the twelve months preceding,
in the City, or County, for which they may be elected. They
shall have all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of"
the State, subject to such changes as the Legislature may pre-
scribe. Each of said Judges shall be paid a per diem for the-
time they are actually in session, to be regulated by Law, and to-
be paid by the said City, or Counties, respectively. In case of a
vacancy in the office of Judge of the Orphans' Court, the Gover-
nor shall appoint, subject to confirmation, or rejection by the
Senate, some suitable person to fill the same for the residue of
the term.

SEC. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county of"
the State, and the City of Baltimore, to be elected by the legal
and qualified voters of said Counties and City, respectively, who
shall hold his office for six years from the time of his election,,

1 Under this section, the General Assembly, by the Act of 1888, chapter 194,.
established the Circuit Court No 2 of Baltimore city, conferring upon it the-
same jurisdiction as that possessed by the Circuit Court of Baltimore city.

 

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