LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1843.

ing witnesses in the civil and criminal docket—swearing
and charging the Grand Jury, and such other business as
may be brought before the court connected with the civil
jurisdiction thereof—and also to the disposal of such cri-
minal business as may be necessary, except the trial of
criminal cases; and that the first three days of the second
week of each term, be devoted to the trial and disposal of
criminal cases and such other business connected with the
criminal jurisdiction of the court as may be brought before
the court; —that the appeals from the decisions of Magis-
trates shall be taken up on the second Thursday of each

CHAP. 13.

term and all tried or disposed of before any other business
of the said court is taken up; provided, all the criminal
cases shall have been tried of disposed of before the said
second Thursday: and if all of said criminal cases shall not
have been tried or disposed of before the said second
Thursday, then the appeal cases shall be postponed until
said criminal business is disposed of; and said appeal cases
shall then be taken up and tried or disposed of before any
other business shall be done in said court—unless on mo-
tion by consent of the counsel of the parties.

Proviso.

Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That all witness-
es attending said court in cases on the civil docket shall
be discharged from attendance when the court adjourns on
the first Saturday of the term, until nine o'clock on the
third Monday of the term—and on the third Monday of
the term, if all the criminal and appeal cases shall have
been tried or disposed of, the trial of cases on the civil
docket which have not been disposed of, shall he resu-
med and tried or disposed of; —but if the whole of the cases
on the criminal and appeal dockets shall not have been
tried or disposed of before the third Monday of the term,
the trial of cases remaining on the civil docket shall he
postponed until after all of said criminal and appeal cases
shall have been tried or disposed of.

Arrangement
of business.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the trial and
disposal of said criminal and appeal cases shall not occu-
py the whole of the time of the court during the second
week of the term, the court shall during such intervals, hear
arguments of cases on the equity side of said court, and
of such questions of law or such other cases as may be
brought before the court by consent of counsel.

Court at in-
tervals to hear
arguments, &c

Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That said court shall
not require parties to proceed in any of the business of the
court in any other manner or at any other periods of the
term than as herein before prescribed.

Not to re-
quire parties
to proceed, &c

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the fifth sec-
tion of the act to which this is a supplement, and all other

Repealed.