COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	shall be removable by the said Judges for
	incompetency, or neglect of duty, and whose
	compensation shall be according to exist-
	ing, or future provisions of the General
	Assembly.
	Part IV. Courts of Baltimore City.
	Sec. 27. There shall be in the Eighth	See Section 5.08, Jurisdiction, p. 58.
	Judicial Circuit, six Courts, to be styled
	the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 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.
	Sec. 28. The Superior Court of Balti-
	more City, the Court of Common Pleas, and
	the Baltimore City Court shall, each, have
	concurrent jurisdiction in all civil common
	Law cases, and, concurrently, all the juris-
	diction which the Superior Court of Balti-
	more City and the Court of Common Pleas
	now have, except jurisdiction in Equity,
	and except in applications for the benefit of
	the Insolvent Laws of Maryland, and in
	cases of Appeal from judgements of Justices of the Peace in said city, whether civil or	See Section 5.08, Jurisdiction, p. 58.
	criminal, or arising under the ordinances of
	the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
	of all of which appeal cases the Baltimore
	City Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction;
	and the said Court of Common Pleas shall
	have exclusive jurisdiction in all applications
	for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws of
	Maryland, and the supervision and control
	of the Trustees thereof.
	Sec. 29. The Circuit Court of Baltimore
	City shall have exclusive jurisdiction in
	Equity within the limits of said city, and
	all such jurisdiction as the present Circuit
	Court of Baltimore City has; provided, the
	said Court shall not have jurisdiction in
	applications for the writ of habeas corpus
	in cases of persons charged with criminal
	offenses.
	Sec. 30. The Criminal Court of Balti-
	more shall have and exercise all the
	jurisdiction, now held and exercised by
	the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in
	such Appeal Cases as are herein assigned to
	the Baltimore City Court.
	See. 31. There shall be elected by the	See Section 532, Judicial Term of Office, p.
	legal and qualified voters of said City, at the	51.
	election, hereinbefore provided for, one Chief
	Judge, and four Associate Judges, who,
	together, shall constitute the Supreme Bench

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