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Justices of the Peace, Constables and Coroners, ) or holding any
appointment under any Court of this State, whose pay or com-
pensation is derived from fees, or moneys coming into his hands

for the discharge of his official duties, or, in any way, growing
out of, or connected with his office, shall keep a book in which
. shall be entered every sum or sums of money received by him,
or on his account, as a payment or compensation for his perfor-
mance of official duties, a copy of which entries in said book,
verified by the oath of the officer, by whom it is directed to be
kept, shall be returned yearly to the Comptroller of the State for
his inspection, and that of the General Assembly of the State, to
which the Comptroller shall, at each regular session thereof,
make a report showing what officers have complied with this

Section; and each of the said officers, when the amount received
by him for the year shall exceed the sum which he is by Law
entitled to retain, as his salary, or compensation for the discharge
of his duties, and for the expenses of his office, shall yearly pay
over to the Treasurer of the State the amount of such excess,
subject to such disposition thereof as the General Assembly may
direct; if any of such officers shall fail to comply with the
requisitions of this Section for the period of thirty days after the
expiration of each and every year of his office, such officer shall
be deemed to have vacated his office, and the Governor shall
declare the same vacant, and the vacancy therein shall be filled as
in case of vacancy for any other cause, and such officer shall be
subject to suit by the State for the amount that ought to be paid
into the Treasury; and no person holding any office created by,
or existing under this Constitution, or Laws of the State, or
holding any appointment under any Court in this State, shall
receive more than three thousand dollars a year as a compensa-
tion for the discharge of his official duties, except in cases
specially provided in this Constitution.
Banks v State, 60 Md 305.

. SEC. 2. The several Courts existing in this State at the time of
the adoption of this Constitution, shall, until superseded under its
provisions, continue with like powers and jurisdiction, and in the
exercise thereof, both at Law and in Equity, in all respects, as if
this Constitution had not been adopted; and when said Courts
shall be so superseded, all causes then depending in said Courts,