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Sec. 1—403 picks up various procedural and
administrative provisions contained in the
last portion of present §130. In
§ 1—403 (c) , the quorum of the court in banc
is raised from five to six, because in 1972
the number of judges was increased from
nine to ten. References to "a majority of
the judges of the Court" or "of the entire
court" have been changed to refer to a
majority of the incumbent judges, thus
eliminating an ambiguity and providing for
readier action by the court in bane if
there are vacancies.

The § 130 language dealing with
compensation appears in subtitle 7 of this
title.

Jurisdictional statutes pertaining to this
Court are found chiefly in Title 12 of the
Courts Article.

Present Art. 26, §131 seems to be nothing
but a restatement of authority granted the
legislature in the Constitution, or of
limitations on rights provided for in the
Constitution. Thus, §131 is proposed for
repeal.

SUBTITLE 5. TRIAL COURTS OF GENERAL JURISDICTION.
SEC. 1-501. JURISDICTION AND POWERS IN GENERAL.

THE CIRCUIT COURTS ARE THE HIGHEST COMMON-LAW AND
EQUITY COURTS OF RECORD EXERCISING ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION WITHIN THE STATE. EACH HAS FULL
COMMON-LAW AND EQUITY POWERS AND JURISDICTION IN ALL
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES WITHIN ITS COUNTY, AND ALL
THE ADDITIONAL POWERS AND JURISDICTION CONFERRED BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND BY LAW, EXCEPT WHERE BY LAW
JURISDICTION HAS BEEN LIMITED OR CONFERRED EXCLUSIVELY
UPON ANOTHER TRIBUNAL.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §30. Applicable Constitutional
provisions are found in Art. IV, §§1, 19,
and 21; as to Baltimore City, see Art. IV,
§§27—39. By virtue of the definition in
§ 1—101(b), this section now applies to
Supreme Bench courts. The only other
changes made are in style.