Art. 4.] State of Maryland. 53

Sec. 40. The present Clerk of the Superior Court of
Baltimore city and of the Court of Common Pleas, and of
the Criminal Court of Baltimore, shall continue to act as
Clerks of said Courts respectively during the time for

Clerks continued.

which they were severally elected, and until their successors
are elected and qualified, and in case of the death, resig-
nation 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 other
disqualification may occur, shall have the power to appoint
a Clerk as provided by the Thirty-ninth Section of this
Article. The present Clerk of the Circuit Court of Balti-
more city shall continue to act as Clerk of said Court,
until the first election for county officers next after the
adoption of this Constitution, when a Clerk of said Court
shall be elected in the same manner, and hold his office for
the same time, and be subject to the same provisions of
this Constitution, as the Clerks of the Courts in said city.

Vacancy.

Sec. 41. The General Assembly shall, whenever it may
think the same proper and expedient, provide by law
another Court for the city of Baltimore, to consist of one
Judge, to be elected by the legal and qualified voters of
said city, who shall be subject to the same constitutional
provisions, hold his office for the same term of years, and
receive the same compensation as the Judge of the Supe-
rior Court of said city, and said Court shall have such
jurisdiction and powers as may be prescribed by law; and

Another Court in
Baltimore city.

1853, ch.122.
do. 391.

the General Assembly may re-apportion the civil jurisdic-
tion among the several Courts in Baltimore city from time
to time, as in their judgments the public interest and con-
venience may require.

Civil Jurisdiction
of Courts in. Balti-
more city.

Sec. 42. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
have authority to issue within said city, all marriage and
other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions
as the General Assembly have now or may hereafter pre-
scribe, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of said city,
shall receive and record all deeds, conveyances, and other
papers which are required by law to be recorded in said

Authority of
Clerks of Common
Pleas and Superior
Court.