[HISTORY: Adopted and amended as indicated in text.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 140.
[P.L.L., 1860, Art. 10, sec. 74; 1888, sec. 101: 1930, sec. 132;
1961 Code, sec. 140; 1935, ch. 410, sec. 132; 1955, ch. 104, sec. 132; 1974,
ch. 9, sec. 140]
There shall be two (2) terms of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County
in each year, commencing on the first Monday in each of the months of March
and October.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 7-2, Jury terms, adopted and amended
as follows: P.L.L., 1860, Art. 10, sec. 75; 1888, sec. 102; 1930, sec. 133;
1961 Code, sec. 141; 1935, ch. 410, sec. 133; 1955, ch. 104, sec. 133, 1974,
ch. 9, sec. 141, was repealed 2006, ch. 372, sec. 6.
[P.L.L.. 1860, Art. 10, sec. 76; 1888, sec. 103; 1930, sec. 134;
1961 Code, sec. 142; 1961, ch. 15]
The Judges of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County shall have power
to pass all such rules as shall be necessary to facilitate the transaction
of business in said Court, and said Court shall be considered to be always
open for equity business.
[1961 Code, sec. 143; 1937, ch. 361; 1961, ch. 317, sec. 134A]
It shall be lawful to close the offices of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, Register of Wills, County Treasurer, County Commissioners of Dorchester
County and other county offices all day on Saturday of each week, provided
that any Judge of the Circuit Court or of the Orphans' Court of said
county may order and direct at any time that said office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court and Register of Wills, respectively, be kept open for a specified
period on Saturday and said Clerk and his Deputies and Register of Wills and
his Deputies to remain for such a time as the Judges of said Circuit Court
and Orphans' Court, respectively, may feel necessary for the convenience
of the respective Courts.
[1974, ch. 8]
The Resident Judge of the First Judicial Circuit residing in Dorchester
County is responsible for the employment, discharge and classification of
court personnel whose performance of duties is primarily restricted to the
courtroom or the Judge's chambers. This includes his secretary, law clerk,
bailiff and crier. On or before the first day of February of each year, he
shall determine the compensation for these personnel and submit their proposed
salaries to the County Commissioners. The salaries shall be established in
the sound discretion of the Resident Judge and may be reduced by the County
Commissioners only if the proposed salaries exceed the highest salaries paid
comparable court personnel employed by the other Circuit Courts of the Circuit.
For the purposes of this section, the Senior Resident Judge shall be that
active Judge who first took the oath of office as Judge of the Circuit Court
for Dorchester County.
A.
Employment authorized. The Judges of the First Judicial
Circuit of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to employ competent
stenographers to serve in the respective courts of said Circuit.
[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 10, sec. 135; 1961 Code, sec. 144; 1908, ch.
437, sec. 1 (p. 747); 1961, ch. 16, sec. 135]
B.
Compensation.
[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 10, sec. 136; 1961 Code, sec. 145; 1908, ch.
437, sec. 2 (p. 747); 1935, ch. 67; 1941, ch. 871; 1947, ch. 290; 1949, ch.
648, sec. 136(a); 1953, ch. 471, sec. 136(a); 1959, ch. 83, sec. 136(a); 1959,
ch. 544, sec. 136(a); 1964, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 27, sec. 145(a); 1966, ch.
442, sec. 145; 1967, ch. 524, sec. 145]
(1)
The salary of said stenographer shall be determined and
set by the Judges of the First Judicial Circuit, said salary to be paid as
follows:
(a)
The County Commissioners of Dorchester County, Somerset
County and Worcester County and the County Council of Wicomico County shall
each pay an amount of the salary specified as directed and certified by the
Judges of the Circuit.
(b)
Said payments shall be made in monthly installments during
the service on the presentation of the certificate of the Judges of said Court
to the County Commissioners certifying to the services of said court stenographer.
(2)
The County Commissioners or County Council of the several
counties are hereby directed and empowered to provide for the payment of their
several portions of the salary of said stenographer at once on presentation
of said certificates.
(3)
The several Judges of the respective Circuit Courts are
authorized to provide for the employment of an additional court stenographer
or court stenographers when, in their joint discretion, the volume of work
requires and at the same compensation as provided above.
C.
Appointment and duties. The stenographer so to be appointed
shall be an officer of the Court and shall perform such duties as may be imposed
upon him by the Judges of said Court, or either of them, and shall be required
to furnish typewritten or printed copies to the attorneys of the Court as
the Court may prescribe and direct.
[P.L.L., 1930, Art. 10, sec. 137; 1961 Code, sec. 146; 1908, ch.
437, sec. 3 (p. 748); 1961, ch. 16, sec. 137]
[1961 Code, sec. 147; 1961, ch. 785]
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dorchester County shall not accept
for recording among the land records any plat of a subdivision within the
City of Cambridge unless the plat has been approved by the City Engineer of
Cambridge.
