MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 21

Acts of 1960.,

The situation is no better as to Baltimore
City. Art. IV, §31 of the Constitution
simply permits the legislature to establish
the number of judges of the Supreme Bench.
This has been accomplished by §§22-68
through 22—74 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Baltimore City (1969)
(respectively, Ch. 194, 1888;Ch. 218, 1922;
Ch. 269, 1955; Ch., 386, 1959; Ch- 18, 1st.
Sp. Sess., 1964; Ch. 456, 1967; and Ch.
694, 1968) and by several uncodified laws
(Ch. 284, 1884; Ch. 95, 1896; Ch. 234,
1906); see also Const. Art. IV, §31, prior
to its amendment in 1968.

Art. IV, §21 of the Constitution really
requires rewriting along the lines proposed
in S.B. 400 (1972). Pending that, however,
§ 1-503 improves the situation by providing
a list, in simple tabular form, of the
number of resident judges authorized for
each county and Baltimore City; see S.B.
799 (1972), and compare Art. 26, §141(a),
as amended by Ch. 57, S.B. 181, Acts of
1973, as to the District Court. The number
of judges allocated to a circuit can be
readily determined by adding the number of
judges authorized for each county in the
circuit.

The section reflects Ch. 606, Acts of 1973,
which added a judge for Harford County,
effective July 1, 1974.

SUBTITLE 6. DISTRICT COURT.

SEC. 1-601. DISTRICT COURT ESTABLISHED; COURT OF
RECORD.

THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND IS ESTABLISHED.
IT IS THE COURT OF LIMITED JURISDICTION CREATED BY
ARTICLE IV, §§1 AND 41A - 41-I OF THE CONSTITUTION.
IT IS A COURT OF RECORD AND SHALL HAVE A SEAL.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This is basically Art. 26, §139.
Provisions regarding the number of judges
appear in a later section. The third
sentence of §1—601 is taken from Art. 26,
§150(b). While all courts listed in Art.