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which the present Superior and Circuit Courts now exercise
jurisdiction, and in all cases pending in the present Superior
Court at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, where
the debt or damage claimed shall exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars, but shall not exceed the sum of one thous-
and, and in all other civil cases not herein after assigned to
the Court of Common Pleas, subject to such modifications as
may be made by law, and the Judges shall so apportion and
distribute the business of their Court as shall best facilitate
the despatch thereof and promote the ends of justice.

Sec. —. Either of the Judges of the said Superior Court
may sit alone for the disposition of all formal and uncontested
business as well as such contested business as the parties liti-
gant shall consent to try before a single Judge; but it shall
be the right of any party to any contested cause pending in
said Court, or that shall be pending in either the present Su-
perior or Circuit Courts of said city, at the time of the adop-
tion of this Constitution, under such rules and regulations as
the Court may prescribe, to require the presence of at least
two of the Judges of said Court at the trial thereof. No
order for an injunction or the appointment of a receiver shall
be passed without the concurrence of at least two of the
Judges therein.

Sec. —. One of the Judges of said Superior Court shall
sit as Chief Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore city.

Sec. —. The Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore city
shall have jurisdiction in all suits where the debt or damage
claimed shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and
shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, and are not
already pending in the Superior Court of Baltimore city; and
shall also have jurisdiction in all cases of appeal from the
judgment of Justices of the Peace in the said city, and shall
have jurisdiction in all applications for the benefit of the in-
solvent laws of the State, and the supervision and control of
the trustees thereof, or such other jurisdiction as may be pre-
scribed by law.

Sec. —. The Criminal Court of Baltimore city shall have
all the jurisdiction now exercised by the present Criminal
Court of said city, or such as may hereafter be prescribed by
law.

Sec. —. Each of the Judges of the said Superior Court,
and the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Criminal
Court, shall receive an annual salary of thirty-five hundred
dollars, which shall not be increased or diminished during
their continuance in office.