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office for the same term of years, receive the same compensa-
tion, and have the same powers as are, or shall be, provided
by the Constitution or Laws of this State, for the Judges of
said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and the General
Assembly may provide by Laws, or the Supreme Bench by its
rules for requiring causes in any of the Courts of Baltimore
City to be tried before the court without a jury, unless the
litigants or some one of them shall within such reasonable
time or times as may be prescribed, elect to have their causes
tried before a jury. And the General Assembly may reappor-
tion, change or enlarge the jurisdiction of the several Courts
in said city.] *
Condon v. Gore, 89 Md. 231.

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 citizens 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 prescribe. 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 Governor shall appoint, subject to
confirmation or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person
to fill the same for the residue of the term.
Ijams v. Duvall, 85 Md. 252. Wells v. Munroe, 86 Md. 448.

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, respectively, who
shall hold his office for six years from the time of his election,
and until his successor is elected and qualified; he shall be
re-eligible, and subject at all times to removal for wilful
neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office in the same manner
that the Clerks of the Courts are removable. In the event of
any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills, said vacancy

Thus amended by Chapter 313, Acts of 1892, ratified by the people November 7,