cations, &c., of Judge. Salary, Qualifi- thousand dollars a year and shall be subject to the provisions of this Constitution with regard to the election and qualifications of judges, term of office, and removal therefrom. Clerk of Circuit 1853, ch. 134. Term of Office. of Com'n Pleas, and of Criminal Court. SEC. 14. There shall be in each county a Clerk of the Circuit Court, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county, and the person receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared and returned duly His Election and elected Clerk of said Circuit Court for the said county, and shall hold his office for the term of six years from the time of his election, and until a new election is held; shall be re-eligible thereto, and subject to removal for wilful neglect of duty, or other misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a court of law. There shall Clerks of Court also be a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Super'r Court, in Baltimore city, and a Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, and there shall also be a Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore Their Election city, and each of the said clerks shall be elected as aforesaid by the qualified voters of the city of Baltimore, and shall hold his office for six years from the time of his election, and until a new election is held, and be re-eligible thereto, subject, in like manner, 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, the judge or judges 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 to fill such vacancy. and Term of Office. Vacancies. Powers and Du of the two Civil Courts in Balti more City. 1853, ch. 86. SEC. 15. The Clerk of the Court of Com- The respective mon Pleas for Baltimore city, shall have autho- ties of the Clerks rity to issue within the said city, all marriage and other licenses required by law, subject to such provisions as the Legislature shall hereafter prescribe; and the Clerk of the Superior Court for said city, shall have the custody of all deeds, conveyances, and other papers now remaining in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county 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 the custody 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 Baltimore city. ties of the Clerks SEC. 16. That the Clerk of the Court of Powers and DuAppeals, and the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of Court of Ap peals and Circuit Courts respec tively. 1852, ch. 173. do. 308. do. do. 1 Md. 374. 409. 444. in the several counties, shall respectively perform all the duties and be entitled to the fees which appertain to the offices of the Clerks of 1853, ch. 134. Court of Appeals for the Eastern and Western Shores and of the Clerks of County Courts, and the Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas, the Superior Court and the Criminal Court for Baltimore city, shall perform all the duties appertaining to their respective offices, and heretofore vested in the Clerks of Baltimore County Court and Baltimore City Court respectively, and be entitled to all the fees now allowed by law; and all laws relating to the Clerks of Court of Appeals, Clerks of the several County Courts and Baltimore City Court, Judges of Orphans' Courts. elected. 1852, ch. 20. do. 48. do. 62. do. 73. do. 139. do. 247. do. 290. do. 341. 1853, ch. 81. do. 147. do. 271. do. 333. do. 385. shall be applicable to the Clerks respectively of the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, the Court of Common Pleas, the Superior Court, and the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, until otherwise provided by law; and the said clerks, when duly elected and qualified according to law, shall have the charge and custody of the records and other papers belonging to their respective offices. SEC. 17. The qualified voters of the city of Baltimore, and of the several counties of the When and how State, shall, on the first Wednesday of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and on the same day of the same month in every fourth year forever thereafter, elect three men to be Judges of the Orphans' Court of said city and counties respectively, who shall be citizens of the State of Maryland, and citizens of the city or county for which they may be severally elected at the time of their election. They shall have all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of this State, subject to such changes therein as the Legislature may preCompensation. Scribe, and each of said Judges shall be paid at a per diem rate, for the time they are in session, to be fixed by the Legislature, and paid by the said counties and city respectively. Jurisdiction. Register of Wills. His Election. SEC. 18. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county of the State, and in the city of Baltimore, to be elected by the legal and qualified voters of said counties and city respecTerm of Office. tively, who shall hold his office for six years from the time of his election, and until a new election shall take place, and be re-eligible thereto, subject to be removed for wilful ne glect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, in the Number of Jusand Constables tices of the Peace to be fixed. 1852, ch. 274. and Term of Of increased. 1853, ch. 102. SEC. 19. The Legislature at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall fix the number of Justices of the Peace and Constables for each ward of the city of Baltimore, and for each election district in the several counties, who shall be elected by the legal Their Election and qualified voters thereof respectively, at the ficc. next general election for delegates thereafter, and shall hold their offices for two years from the time of their election, and until their successors in office are elected and qualified; and the Legislature may, from time to time, in- Number may be crease or diminish the number of Justices of the Peace and Constables to be elected in the 1854, ch. 302. several wards and election districts, as the wants and interests of the people may require. They shall be, by virtue of their offices, con- Duties and Comservators of the peace in the said counties and 1852, ch. 76. city respectively, and shall have such duties 1853, ch. 201. and compensation as now exist, or may be vided for by law. In the event of a vacancy Vacancies. in the office of a justice of the peace, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve as justice of the peace, until the next regular election of said officers, and in case of a vacancy in the office of constable, the county com pro pensation. do. 239. 1854, ch. 225. do. 236. Appeals. 5 Md. 337. missioners of the county, in which a vacancy may occur, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall appoint a person to serve as constable until the next regular election thereafter for said officers. An appeal shall lie in all civil cases from the judgment of a Justice of the Peace to the Circuit Court, or to the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore city, as the case may be, and on all such appeals, either party shall be entitled to a trial by jury, according to the laws now existing, or which may be hereafter enacted. And Police of Balti- the Mayor and City Council may provide, by ordinance, from time to time, for the creation and government of such temporary additional police, as they may deem necessary to preserve the public peace. Jury Trial. more City. Sheriffs. Their Election. Term of Office. Bond. Vancancies. SEC. 20. There shall be elected in each county and in the city of Baltimore, every second year, two persons for the office of sheriff for each county, and two for the said city, the one of whom having the highest number of votes of the qualified voters of said county or city, or if both have an equal number, either of them, at the discretion of the Governor, to be commissioned by the Governor for the said office, and, having served for two years, such persons shall be ineligible for the two years next succeeding; bond with security, to be taken every year, and no sheriff shall be qualified to act before the same be given. In case of death, refusal, disqualification or removal out of the county, before the expiration of the said two years, the other person chosen as aforesaid, shall be commissioned |