CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	the several Circuit Courts shall regulate, by
	rules, the mode and manner of presenting
	such points, or questions to the court in
	banc, and the decision of the said Court in
	banc shall be the effective decision in the
	premises, and conclusive, as against the
	party, at whose motion said points, or
	questions were reserved; but such decision
	in banc shall not preclude the right of
	Appeal, or writ of error to the adverse
	party, in those cases, civil or criminal, in
	which appeal, or writ of error to the Court
	of Appeals may be allowed by Law. The
	right of having questions reserved shall not,
	however, apply to trials of Appeals from
	judgments of Justices of the Peace, nor to
	criminal cases below the grade of felony,
	except when the punishment is confinement
	in the Penitentiary; and this Section shall be
	subject to such provisions as may hereafter
	be made by Law.
	Sec. 23. The Judges of the respective
	Circuit Courts of this State, and of the
	Courts of Baltimore City, shall render their
	decisions, in all cases argued before them,
	or submitted for their judgment, within two
	months after the same shall have been so
	argued or submitted.
	Sec. 24. The salary of each Chief Judge	See Section 5.24, Judicial Compensation, p.
	and of each Associate Judge of the Circuit	51.
	Court shall not be diminished during his
	continuance in office.
	Sec. 25. There shall be a Clerk of the	See Section 533, Clerks of Court, p. 56.
	Circuit Court for each County, who shall be
	elected by a plurality of the qualified voters
	of said County, and shall hold his office for
	four years from the time of his election, and
	until his successor is elected and qualified,
	and be re-eligible, subject to be removed for
	wilful neglect of duty, or other misde-
	meanor in office, on conviction in a Court
	of Law. In case of a vacancy in the office
	of Clerk of a Circuit Court, the Judges of
	said Court shall have power to fill such
	vacancy until the general election for
	Delegates to the General Assembly, to be
	held next thereafter, when a successor shall
	be elected for the term of four years.
	Sec. 26. The said Clerks shall appoint,
	subject to the confirmation of the Judges
	of their respective Courts, as many deputies
	under them, as the said Judges shall deem
	necessary to perform, together with them-
	selves, the duties of the said office, who

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