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Jurisdiction of
Circuit Court.

18 Md. 505.

Sec. 35. The Circuit Court of Baltimore city shall have
jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court of Balti-
more city, in all cases in Equity, in cases arising under
the act to direct descents, and its supplements, and shall
exercise all the power that is now conferred by law, pro-
vided said Court shall not have jurisdiction in applications
for the writ of Habeas Corpus, in cases of persons charged
with criminal offences.

Jurisdiction of
Criminal Court.

1852, ch. 314.
1853, ch. 33.

Sec. 36. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have
and exercise all the jurisdiction now held and exercised by
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, except in cases of appeals
from Commissioners for Opening Streets, and shall have
jurisdiction in all cases of appeals from Justices of the
Peace in said city, for the recovery of fines, penalties and
forfeitures.

Present Judges
continued.

Sec. 37. The present Judges of the several Courts of
Baltimore city, shall continue to act as such until the ex-
piration of the terms for which they were respectively
elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Causes pending
continued.

Sec. 38. All causes pending in the several Courts of
Baltimore city at the adoption of this Constitution shall
be prosecuted to final judgment, as though the jurisdiction
of the several Courts in which they may be pending had
not been changed.

Clerks.

Sec. 39. There shall be a Clerk of each of the said
Courts of Baltimore city, who shall be elected by the legal

Term six years,
re-eligible.

and qualified voters of said city, and shall hold his office
for six years from the time of his election, and until his
successor is elected and qualified, and be re-eligible thereto,
subject to be removed for willful neglect of duty, or other

Vacancy.

misdemeanor in office on conviction in a court of law. In
case of a vacancy in the office of a Clerk of any of the said
Courts, the Judge of the Court of which he was Clerk,
shall have the power to appoint a Clerk until the general
election for county officers held next thereafter, when a
Clerk of said Court shall be elected to serve for six years
thereafter.