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city, and each of the said Clerks shall be elected by the legal
and qualified voters of said city, and shall hold his office for
six years from the first day of January succeeding his elec-
tion, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and be
re-eligible thereto, subject to be removed for wilful neglect
of duty or other misdemeanor in office on conviction in a
Court of Law. In case of a vacancy in the office of a Clerk
of any of said Courts the Judge of the Court, of which he
was Clerk, shall have the power to appoint a Clerk until the
general election of Delegates held next thereafter, when a
Clerk shall be elected for the residue of the term thus made
vacant. "

Strike out section 33, and insert:

"See. 33. That Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, shall
have authority to issue within said city, all marriage and
other licences required by law, subject to such provisions as
the Legislature have now or may hereafter prescribe, and the
Clerk of the Superior Court of said city shall have the custody of
all deeds, conveyances and other papers now remaining in
the office of said Court, and shall hereafter receive and record
all deeds, conveyances and other papers which are required
by law to be recorded in said city. He shall also have custo-
dy of all other papers connected with the proceedings on the
Law or Equity side of Baltimore County Court, and of the
dockets thereof so far as the same have relation to the city of
Baltimore. "

Strike out section 34, and insert the following:

"Sec. 34. The present Clerk of the Superior Court, and of
the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Criminal Court, shall
continue to act as Clerks of said Courts respectively, for the
time which they were severally elected, and in case of the
death, resignation or disqualification of either of said Clerks
before the expiration of the time for which they were elected,
the Judge of the Court, where such death, resignation or dis-
qualification may occur, shall have the power to appoint a
Clerk as provided by the 33rd section of this Article. The
Clerk of the present Circuit Court of Baltimore city, shall
continue to act as Clerk of the Equity Court of Baltimore
city, until the first election for members of the General As-
sembly, when a Clerk of said Equity Court shall be elected,
in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. "

Strike out section 35, and insert the following:

"Sec. 35. All the cases and proceedings pending and un-
disposed of, on the Equity side of the Superior Court, shall