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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 pre-
senting 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 deci-
sion 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 punishment is confinement in the peni-
tentiary; and this section shall be subject to such provisions
as may hereafter be made by law.

Shueey v. Stoner, 47 Md 107 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.

o 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 hun-
dred dollars per annum payable quarterly, and shall not be
diminished during his continuance in office.*

Sec. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each County, who shall be elected by a plurality of the quali-
fied voters of said County, and 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

*By the Act of 1892, ch 388, the salary of the Chief Judges was Increased to four thous-
and five hundred dollars, and of the Associate Judges to three thousand six hundred
dollars per annum.