CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	Constitution, an appropriation bill to pro-	tirement and removal provided in Sections
	vide for the payment of any obligation of	3 and 4 of this Article, and in Section 26
	the State within the protection of Section	of Article III of this Constitution.
	10 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the
	United States.	Sec. 7. No Judge shall sit in any case
		wherein he may be interested, or where
	(13) The General Assembly may, from	either of the parties may be connected with
	time to time, enact such Laws not incon-	him, by affinity or consanguinity, within
	sistent with this section, as may be neces-	such degrees as now are, or may hereafter
	sary and proper to carry out its provisions.	be prescribed by Law, or where he shall have
	(14) In the event of any inconsistency	been of counsel in the case.
	between any of the provisions of this Sec- tion and any of the other provisions of the Constitution, the provisions of this Section	Sec. 10. The Clerks of the several Courts, created, or continued by this Constitution,
	shall prevail. But nothing herein shall in	shall have charge and custody of the
	any manner affect the provisions of Section	records and other papers, shall perform
	34 of Article 3 of the Constitution or of	all the duties, and be allowed the fees,
	any laws heretofore or hereafter passed in	which appertain to their several offices, as
	pursuance thereof, or be construed as pre-	the same now are, or may hereafter be
	venting the Governor from calling extra-	regulated by Law. And the office and busi-
	ordinary sessions of the General Assembly,	ness of said Clerks, in all their departments,
	as provided by Section 16 of Article 2, or	shall be subject to the visitorial power of
	as preventing the General Assembly at such	the Judges of their respective Courts, who
	extraordinary sessions from considering any	shall exercise the same, from time to time,
	emergency appropriation or appropriations.	so as to insure the faithful performance
	(15) If any item of any appropriation bill passed under the provisions of this Section shall be held invalid upon any	of the duties of said officers; and it shall be the duty of the Judges of said Courts respectively, to make, from time to time,
	ground, such invalidity shall not affect the	such rules and regulations as may be neces-
	legality of the bill or of any other item	sary and proper for the government of
	of such bill or bills.	said Clerks, and for the performance of
		the duties of their offices, which shall have
	Sec. 57. The Legal Rate of Interest shall	the force of Law until repealed, or modified
	be six per cent per annum; unless other-	by the General Assembly.
	wise provided by the General Assembly.
		Sec. 13. All Public Commissions and
	Sec. 58. The Legislature shall provide	Grants shall run thus: "The State of Mary-
	by Law for State and municipal taxation	land, etc.," and shall be signed by the Gov-
	upon the revenues accruing from business	ernor, with the Seal of the State annexed;
	done in the State by all foreign corporations.	all writs and process shall run in the
	Sec. 59. The office of "State Pension Commissioner" is hereby abolished; and the Legislature shall pass no law creating such office, or establishing any general pension	same style, and be tested, sealed and signed, as heretofore, or as may hereafter be, provided by Law; and all indictments shall conclude, "against the peace, government and dignity of the State."
	system within this State.
		Sec. 14. ... It shall hold its sessions
	Sec. 60. The General Assembly of Mary-	in the City of Annapolis at such time or
	land shall have the power to provide by	times as it shall from time to time by rule
	suitable general enactment (a) for the sus-	prescribe. Its session or sessions shall con-
	pension of sentence by the Court in crim-	tinue not less than ten months in each year,
	inal cases; (b) for any form of the in-	if the business before it shall so require,
	determinate sentence in criminal cases, and	and it shall be competent for the judges
	(e) for the release upon parole in whatever	temporarily to transfer their sittings else-
	manner the General Assembly may pre-	where upon sufficient cause.
	scribe, of convicts imprisoned under sentence
	for crimes.	Sec. 15. Any judge of the Court of Ap-
		peals or of an intermediate court of ap-
	Article IV.	peal who heard the cause below either as
		a trial judge or as a judge of any inter-
	Sec. 4B(d). This section is alternative to,	mediate court of appeal as the case may be
	and cumulative with, the methods of re-	shall not participate in the decision. In

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