COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Sec. 33. The said Supreme Bench of	See those provisions of the proposed constitu-
	Baltimore City shall have power, and it	tion applicable to the Superior Court.
	shall be its duty, to provide for the holding
	of as many general Terms as the perfor-
	mance of its duties may require, such general
	Terms to be held by not less than three
	Judges; to make all needful rules and
	regulations for the conduct of business in
	each of the said Courts, during the session
	thereof, and in vacation, or in Chambers,
	before any of said Judges.
	Sec. 34. No appeal shall lie to the	See those provisions of the proposed constitu-
	Supreme Bench of Baltimore City from the	tion applicable to the Superior Court.
	decision of the Judge, or Judges, holding the
	Baltimore City Court, in case of appeal
	from a Justice of the Peace; but the decision
	by said Judge, or Judges, shall be final; and
	all writs and other process issued out of
	either of said Courts, requiring attestation,
	shall be attested in the name of the Chief
	Judge of the said Supreme Bench of
	Baltimore City.
	Sec. 35. Three of the Judges of said	See those provisions of the proposed constitu-
	Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, shall	tion applicable to the Superior Court.
	constitute a quorum of said Court.
	Sec. 36. All causes depending, at the	See those provisions of the proposed constitu-
	adoption of this Constitution, in the Superior	tion applicable to the Superior Court.
	Court of Baltimore City, the Court of
	Common Pleas, the Criminal Court of
	Baltimore, and the Circuit Court of Balti-
	more City shall be proceeded in, and
	prosecuted to final judgment, or decree, in
	the Courts, respectively, of the same name
	established by this Constitution, except cases
	belonging to that class, jurisdiction over
	which is by this Constitution transferred to
	the Baltimore City Court, all of which shall,
	together with all cases now pending in the
	City Court of Baltimore, be proceeded in,
	and prosecuted to final judgment in said
	Baltimore City Court.
	Sec. 37. There shall be a Clerk of each	See Section 533, Clerk of Court, p. 56.
	of the said Courts of Baltimore City, except
	the Supreme Bench, who shall be elected
	by the legal and qualified voters of said
	City, at the election to be held in said City
	on the Tuesday next after the First Mon-
	day of November, in the year nineteen
	hundred and fifty-eight, 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 thereto,
	subject to be removed for willful neglect of
	duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on

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