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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to March and November terms only shall there be
juries summoned and returned.

Trials.

55. That no trial of facts by jury shall take
place at the July term of said court, but all civil
process issuing out of said court shall be returned
thereto at the said July term as to other regular
terms; and the Judge of said court shall open and
hold said July term for the rendition of judgments
in undisputed cases, and for receiving motions and
making rules and orders, and hearing demurrers
and all questions of law or other matters, or ques-
tions that may be tried without jury .

Duty of Clerk.

56. That the Clerk of the said Circuit Court,
upon the close of the March term, shall make up
but one trial docket of civil causes to the ensuing
July and November terms, and not separate trial
dockets to each of said terms, and to which said
trial docket shall be transferred such cases from
the appearance docket of the July term as may
properly belong to the trial docket of the ensuing
November term of said court; and there shall be
no criminal dockets made up to said July term,
nor any criminal process issued or made returnable
thereto, but to the Match and Novembers' only.

To be always
open.

57. There shall be annually six regular equity
or chancery terms of said Circuit Court, the first
of which shall commence on the" first Monday of
February, the second on the first Monday of
March, (that being also the commencement of the
common law March term of said court,) the third
on the first Monday of June, the fourth on the
fourth Monday of July, (that also being the com-
mencement of the common law July term of said
court,) the fifth on the first Monday of October,
and the sixth on the second Monday of November,
(that being also the commencement of the common
law November term of said court,) and to which
said equity or chancery terms of said court all
equity process shall be made returnable respec-
tively; and the said Circuit Court, as a court of
equity, shall be considered as always open for the
transaction of business therein.