150 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. IV

for Delegates to the General Assembly, to be held next there-
after, when a successor shall be elected for the term of six
years.

Dowling v. Smith, 9 Md. 242. Sansbury v. Middleton, 11 Md. 296.
Wells v. Munroe, 86 Md. 449.

Sec. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint, subject to the con-
firmation 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 incom-
petency, 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 Courtt of Baltimore.

Sec. 28. The Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
of Common Pleas, and the Baltimore City Court- shall each
have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common law cases, and
concurrently all the jurisdiction which the Superior Court of
Baltimore City and the Court of Common Pleas now have,
except jurisdiction in Equity, and except in applications for
the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of Maryland, and in cases
of Appeal from judgments of Justices of the Peace in said
city, whether civil or criminal, or arising under the ordinances
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of all of which
appeal cases the Baltimore City Court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction; and the said Court of Common Fleas shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit of the
Insolvent Laws of Maryland, and the supervision and control
of the Trustees thereof.

State v. Mace, 5 Md 337. Manly v. State, 7 Md. 135 Abbott v. Gatch,
13 Md. 314. Miller v. Barroll, 14 Md. 173. Van Nostrand v. Carr, 30 Md
128. Page v. Mayor and C. C. of Balto., 34 Md 558. Rohr v. Anderson,
51 Md. 205. Reese v. Hawkes, 63 Md. 130.

*Circuit Court No. 2 established by Act oi 1888, ch. 191

tCriminal Court No 2 established by rule of the Supreme Bencb, December 21, 1897.
See Jackson v State. 87 Md. 191

tThe Jurisdiction of the Baltimore City Court, the Superior Court and the Court of
Common Pleas was enlarged by the Act of 1870, ch. 177.