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Sec. —. There shall be a Clerk of each of the said Supe-
rior, Common Pleas and Criminal Courts, who shall he elected
by the qualified voters of the city of Baltimore, hold their
respective offices for the term of six years, and until a new
election is held, and their successors duly qualified, and be
re-eligible thereto, but removable for willful neglect of duty,
or other misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of
Law, or for such other causes as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. —. The Clerk of the present Superior Court shall con-
tinue to act as Clerk of the Superior Court, as herein consti-
tuted, until the end of the time for which he was elected; and
the Clerks of the present Court of Common Pleas and Crimi-
nal Court shall continue to act as Clerks of said Courts re-
spectively until the end of the time for which they were
elected, and to exercise and perform the same powers and
duties as they now exercise and perform, or such as may be
prescribed by law.

Mr. Scott gave notice that at the proper time he would sub-
mit the following amendment to the report of the Committee
on the Judiciary Department:

"The Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be elected by
the people of the State, by general ticket; the Court of Ap-
peals shall appoint the Judges of the Circuit Courts, and the
Circuit Courts shall appoint the Justices of the Peace in their
respective Circuits. "

The Convention then proceeded to the consideration of the
report of the Committee on the Executive Department.

Mr. Valliant submitted the following amendment:

Section 5, line 2, strike out the word "five, " and insert the
word "ten; "

Decided in the negative.

Mr. Abbott submitted the following amendment:

Section 5, line 2, strike out the words "been for five years, "
and insert the words "being a native born; "

The question being on the adoption of the amendment,

Mr. Sands demanded the yeas and nays;

The demand being sustained,

The yeas and nays were called, and appeared as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Abbott, Bond, King—3.