COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		in the name of the State, for such sums of
		money as may be collected by him, and
		forthwith make return of and pay over the
		same to the proper accounting officer. And
		the State's Attorney of each county, and
		the City of Baltimore, before he shall enter
		on the discharge of his duties, and from
		time to time thereafter, shall give such
		corporate surety bond as may hereafter be
		prescribed by Act of the General Assembly.
	ARTICLE 5. JUDICIAL BRANCH
	Section 5.01. Judicial Power.	See Art. 8, Declaration of Rights, at
	The judicial power of the State shall be	Section 3.01 for separation of powers.
	vested exclusively in a unified judicial system composed of the Court of Appeals, the In- termediate Appellate Court, the Superior	ARTICLE IV. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
	Court, and the District Court.	Part I. General Provisions.
		Section 1. The Judicial power of this
		State shall be vested in a Court of Appeals,
		and such intermediate courts of appeal, as
		shall be provided by law by the General
		Assembly, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts,
		such Courts for the City of Baltimore, as
		are hereinafter provided for, and Justices
		of the Peace; all said Courts shall be Courts
		of Record, and each shall have a seal to be
		used in the authentication of all process
		issuing therefrom. The process and official
		character of Justices of the Peace shall be
		authenticated as hath heretofore been prac-
		ticed in this State, or may hereafter be
		prescribed by Law.
	Court of Appeals
	Section 5.02. Jurisdiction.	Sec. 14..... The jurisdiction of the Court
	The Court of Appeals shall be the highest	of Appeals shall be co-extensive with the
	court of the State and shall have the appel-	limits of the State and such as now is or may
	late jurisdiction prescribed by law and the	hereafter be prescribed by law.......
	original jurisdiction prescribed by this Con- stitution.	Sec. 15... . . and the judgment of the
		Court of Appeals shall be final and con-
		clusive.
	Section 5.03. Rule-Making Power.	Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the
	The Court of Appeals shall have power to	Judges of the Court of Appeals to make and
	prescribe rules governing practice and proce-	publish rules and regulations for the pros-
	dure in all courts; governing the admission	ecution of appeals to the appellate Courts,
	of persons to practice law in this State and	whereby they shall prescribe the periods
	their discipline; and governing the adminis-	within which appeals may be taken, what
	tration of the courts, officers of the judicial	part or parts of the proceedings in the
	branch, and officers of the executive branch	Court below shall constitute the record on
	to the extent that their duties directly relate	appeal, and the manner in which such
	to the enforcement of judicial orders. The	appeals shall be brought to hearing or
	General Assembly shall have concurrent pow-	determination, and shall regulate, generally,
	er to regulate by law the matters enumerated	the practice of said Court of Appeals and
	in this section, except when these matters are	any intermediate courts of appeal so as

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