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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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risdiction in all judicial proceedings, except
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viz: the Counties of Worcester, Wicomico,
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as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution
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Somerset, and Dorchester, shall constitute
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or by law. The Superior Court shall have
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the First Circuit; the Counties of Caroline,
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such other jurisdiction as prescribed by law.
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Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent and Cecil, the
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Jurisdiction of the Superior Court shall be
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Second; the Counties of Baltimore and
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uniform throughout the State.
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Harford, the Third; the Counties of
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Allegany, Garrett, and Washington, the
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Fourth; the Counties of Carroll, Howard
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and Anne Arundel, the Fifth; the Counties
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of Montgomery and Frederick, the Sixth;
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the Counties of Prince George's, Charles,
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Calvert, and St. Mary's, the Seventh; and
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Baltimore City, the Eighth.
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Sec. 20. A Court shall be held in each
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County of the State, to be styled the Circuit
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Court for the County, in which it may be
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held. The said Circuit Courts shall have
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and exercise, in the respective counties, all
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the power, authority and jurisdiction,
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original and appellate, which the present
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Circuit Courts of this State now have and
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exercise, or which may hereafter be pre-
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scribed by law.
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The several judges of the Circuit Court
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for Montgomery County on and after the
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Tuesday next after the first Monday in
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November, nineteen hundred and sixty-six,
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shall each, alternately and in rotation and
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on schedules to be established by the said
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judges, sit as an Orphan's Court for said
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County, and shall have and exercise all
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the power, authority and jurisdiction which
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the present Orphans' Courts now have and
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exercise, or which may hereafter be pre-
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scribed by law.
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Part IV. Courts of Baltimore City.
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Sec. 27. There shall be in the Eighth
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Judicial Circuit, six Courts, to be styled
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the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the
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Superior Court of Baltimore City, the Court
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of Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court,
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the Circuit Court of Baltimore City and the
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Criminal Court of Baltimore.
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Sec. 28. The Superior Court of Balti-
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more City, the Court of Common. Pleas, and
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the Baltimore City Court shall, each, have
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concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common
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Law cases, and, concurrently, all the juris-
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diction which the Superior Court of Balti-
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more City and the Court of Common Pleas
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now have, except jurisdiction in Equity,
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and except in applications for the benefit of
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the Insolvent Laws of Maryland, and in
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cases of Appeal from judgements of Justices
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of the Peace in said city, whether civil or
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criminal, or arising under the ordinances
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of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
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