756 COURTS. [ART. 26

1888, art. 26, sec. 34. 1860, art. 29, sec. 28. 1886, ch 185.

35. The court of appeals shall hold its sessions on the
second Monday in January, the first Monday in April, and the
first Monday in October of each and every year; no action in
the court of appeals shall continue longer than the end of the
fourth term after the same shall have been instituted, unless by
consent of the parties.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1860, art 29, sec. 43. 1806, ch. 94. 1862, ch. 107
1868, ch. 30. 1890, ch. 95.

36. It shall be the duty of the crier appointed by the court
of appeals to be in attendance at the rooms of said court every
day in the year, legal holidays and Sundays excepted; and he
shall receive for his services one thousand dollars per annum,
payable in quarterly instalments; and whenever in the judg-
ment of said court the attendance or services of a sheriff may
be required in said court, the judges thereof may direct a
sheriff to attend or perform such services, for which attend-
ance and services the said sheriff shall be entitled to a per
diem of three dollars and fifty cents; and the judges of said
court shall, at the end of each session of the said court, give
such sheriff a certificate of the number of days for which he
is entitled to said per diem.

1892, ch. 353. 1894, ch. 255, sec. 35 A.

37. The judges of the court of appeals are authorized to
appoint a messenger to the court, and he shall receive one
thousand dollars to be paid to him in quarterly instalments.

Circuit Courts for the Counties.

1888, art. 26, sec. 36. 1860, art. 29, sec. 44. 1773, ch. 1. 1785, ch. 87.
1804, ch. 55. 1805, ch. 65.

38. The circuit courts for the several counties are the
highest common law courts of record and original jurisdiction
within this State, and each has full common law powers and
jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases within its county
(except where by law the jurisdiction has been taken away or
conferred upon another tribunal); and all the additional powers
and jurisdiction given by the constitution and by law.

State v. Tibbs, 3 H. & McH. 83. Briscoe v Ward, 1 H. & J 165. Whit-
tington v. Polk, 1 H. & J. 236. Harris v. Dorsey, 1 H. & J. 416. Johnson
v. Medtart, 4 H. & J. 24. Bevans v. Briscoe, 4 H. & J. 140. State v. Chase,
5 H. & J. 297. State v. Buchanan, 5 H. & J. 361. Offutt's Adm'rs v. Offutt,