"140 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. IV

Sec. 57. The Legal rate of Interest shall be' six per cent, per
annum, unless otherwise provided by the General Assembly.

Bandel v Isaac, 13 Md 202 Birmingham v Md. Land and Perm. Home-
stead Association of Balto. Co , 45 Md. 541. Citizens' Land Co. v. Uhler,
48 Md 455.

Sec. 58. The Legislature, at its first session after the ratifi-

-cation of this Constitution, shall provide by Law for State and
municipal taxation upon the revenues accruing from business
done in the State by all foreign corporations.

Sec. 59. The office of "State Pension Commissioner" is
hereby abolished; and the Legislature shall pass no law

creating such office, or establishing any general pension system
within this State.

ARTICLE IV.

JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

Part I:—General Provisions.

Section 1. The Judicial power of this State shall be vested
in a Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, such
Courts for the City of Baltimore as are hereinafter provided
for, and Justices of the Peace; all said Courts shall be Courts
of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authen-
tication of all process issuing therefrom. The process and
official character of Justices of the Peace shall be authenticated
as hath heretofore been practised in this State, or may here-
after be prescribed by Law.

Ex parte O'Neill, 8 Md 227. Shafer v. Mumma, 17 Md. 331

Sec. 2. The Judges of all of the said Courts shall be citizens
of the State of Maryland, and qualified voters under this
Constitution, and shall have resided therein not less than five
years, and not less than six months next preceding their elec-
tion or appointment in the judicial circuit, as the case may be,
for which they may be respectively elected or appointed. They
shall be not less than thirty years of age at the time of their
election or appointment, and shall be selected from these who
have been admitted to practice Law in this State, and who are
most distinguished for integrity, wisdom and sound legal
knowledge.

Sec. 3. The Judges of the said several Courts shall be elected
in the Counties by the qualified voters in their respective
Judicial Circuits as hereinafter provided, at the general election