Section 19. Jurisdiction of Superior Court in Baltimore City.

The jurisdiction vested in the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
the Court of Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, and the Criminal Court of Baltimore by
article IV, sections 28-29, and 30 of the prior Constitution shall be
vested in the Superior Court in Baltimore City.

Section 20. Duties of Clerk of Superior Court in Baltimore City.

The duties vested in the various clerks of the courts comprising
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City by sections 37 and 38 of
article IV of the prior Constitution shall be vested in the clerk
of the Superior Court in Baltimore City.

Section 21. Judicial Pensions.

(a) In the case of a judge who in one year had active service
as a member of more than one court including a court existing
under provisions of the prior Constitution, the amount of pension
for that full year shall be calculated yearly at the rate for service
in that court for which the higher pension is allowed, but in no
event shall the maximum pension exceed that prescribed for
judges of the court upon which the judge is serving at death or
retirement, nor shall a judge be credited with more than one par-
tial year's service in a single year.

(b) In the case of a judge who has served as a member of more
than one court, including a court existing under provisions of the
prior Constitution, all such service shall be credited for pension
purposes at the rate provided by the law in effect during such
service, including any local supplementation or local pension pro-
vided prior to January 1, 1968, but in no event shall the maximum
pension exceed that prescribed for judges of the court upon which
the judge is serving at death or retirement.

(c) Any judge not continued in office as a judge pursuant to
the Schedule of Transitional Provisions shall, upon the termina-
tion of his office, be entitled to receive a pension in an amount
equal to that which he would have been entitled to receive had he
attained his sixtieth birthday and retired on the date of abolition
of his office. Such pension shall not be payable until the judge
reaches his sixtieth birthday.

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