176                              Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 99

of the Court of Special Appeals shall be designated by the Governor
as Chief Judge. [The Court of Special Appeals shall have appellate
jurisdiction only, which shall be coextensive with the limits of the
State and which shall, unless and until otherwise expressly changed
by law, include direct appeals from that division of the highest court
of GENERAL TRIAL jurisdiction specially assigned to hear juvenile
causes and from the circuit courts of the counties and from the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City in all criminal cases where the sen-
tence is other than death, subject in each such case to a further appeal
to the Court of Appeals as provided by Section 21A of Article 5 of this
Code, as amended from time to time.] The Court of Special Appeals
shall hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis and at such time or
times as it shall from time to time by rule prescribe. Its session or ses-
sions shall continue not less than ten months in each year if the busi-
ness before it shall so require. The salary of each judge of the Court
of Special Appeals shall be that prescribed in [Section 47(l-a)] Sec-
tion 47(b) of this article and shall not be diminished during his con-
tinuance in office. [Four of the judges shall constitute a quorum,
and the concurrence of a majority of the entire Court shall be neces-
sary for the decision of any cause. Nothing herein contained shall
authorize the Court to sit in one or more panels or divisions.] Cases
before the Court of Special Appeals shall be heard and determined
by a panel of not less than three judges, unless a hearing or rehearing
before the Court in banc is ordered by a majority of the judges of
the Court. Panels of the Court of Special Appeals shall be consti-
tuted and shall sit at such times and hear such cases as the Chief
Judge of the Court of Special Appeals may direct from time to time.
Five judges shall constitute a quorum of the Court in banc, and a
quorum of a panel of the Court shall consist of one less than the
number of judges designated to serve on the panel, but never fewer
than three judges. The concurrence of a majority of the entire
Court in the case of a hearing or rehearing in banc, or of a majority
of a panel, shall be necessary for the decision of any cause.

131.

The General Assembly may from time to time provide by law for
additional judges of the Court of Special Appeals and designate the
[special] appellate judicial circuits from which such judges shall be
appointed and/or elected or provide for the appointment and/or elec-
tion of such judges from the State at large, consistent with the
method of appointment and/or election of such judges set forth in
the State Constitution. Whenever provision is so made by the Gen-
eral Assembly another judge of the Court of Special Appeals shall
be appointed [by the Governor and submitted for confirmation by
the Senate.] and/or elected by the voters of the appropriate appel-
late judicial circuit or of the entire State, as the case may be. He
shall be subject to the same constitutional provisions, hold his office
for the same term, receive the same compensation and have the same
powers as are or shall be provided by the Constitution or laws of this
State for the judges of the Court of Special Appeals.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 1, 6, 7, 18, 19, 21, and 21A of Article 5 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1968 Replacement
Volume), title "Appeals," subtitle "Appeals to Court of Appeals,"
subheadings "Appeals from Courts of Law," "Appeals from Courts