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to be made, shall, when made, have the force of Law, until rescinded,
changed, or modified by the said Judges, or the General Assembly.

18A. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be the admin-
istrative head of the judicial system of the State. He shall from time
to time require, from each of the judges of the Circuit Courts for
the several counties and of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and
of any intermediate courts of appeal, reports as to the judicial work
and business of each of the judges and their respective courts. He

may, in case of a vacancy or of illness, disqualification or other

absence of one or more judges of the Court of Appeals or of any

intermediate courts of appeal designate, or for the purpose of reliev-
ing an accumulation of business as to the Court of Appeals, any judge
of any of the circuit courts for the counties or of the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City or of any intermediate courts of appeal, and as to
any intermediate courts of appeal, any judge of the Court of Appeals

or any judge of any of the said circuit courts or of any court or

courts of Baltimore City, to sit in any case or for a specified period

as a judge of any of the said courts in lieu of a judge of any of these
courts. He may designate, to sit as a judge of the Circuit Court for

any county or of any court or Courts of Baltimore City, either alone
or with one or more judges, in any case or for a specified period, any

judge of the Court of Appeals or of any intermediate courts of

appeal or of any other Circuit Court or of the Supreme Bench of

Baltimore City. Any judge so assigned by the Chief Judge shall have

all the power and authority pertaining to the judge of the court to

which he is assigned. In the absence of the Chief Judge of the Court

MAY, IN CASE OF A VACANCY OR OF THE ILLNESS, DIS-
QUALIFICATION OR OTHER ABSENCE OF ANY JUDGE OF
THE COURT OF APPEALS OR OF ANY INTERMEDIATE
COURT OF APPEAL, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING
AN ACCUMULATION OF BUSINESS IN ANY OF SAID
COURTS, DESIGNATE AND ASSIGN ANY JUDGE OF THE
COURT OF APPEALS (IF THE ASSIGNMENT IS TO BE MADE
TO AN INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEAL), ANY JUDGE
OF ANY INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEAL (OTHER
THAN THAT TO WHICH THE ASSIGNMENT IS TO BE
MADE), ANY JUDGE OF ANY OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS FOR
THE COUNTIES, OR ANY JUDGE OF THE SUPREME BENCH
OF BALTIMORE CITY TO SIT IN ANY CASE OR CASES OR
FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD AS A JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS OR OF ANY INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEAL
(AS THE CASE MAY BE) IN LIEU OF A JUDGE OF SUCH
COURT. THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
ALSO MAY DESIGNATE AND ASSIGN, TO SIT AS A JUDGE OF
THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANY COUNTY OR THE SUPREME
BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY AND OF ANY OTHER
COURT OR COURTS OF BALTIMORE CITY WHICH MAY BE
HELD BY A JUDGE OF SAID SUPREME BENCH, EITHER
ALONE OR WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER JUDGES, IN ANY
CASE OR CASES OR FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD, ANY JUDGE
OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OR OF ANY INTERMEDIATE
COURT OF APPEAL OR OF ANY OTHER CIRCUIT COURT OR
OF THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY. ANY
JUDGE DESIGNATED AND ASSIGNED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE
OF THE COURT OF APPEALS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL HAVE ALL THE POWER AND AUTHORITY PERTAIN-