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a vital matter as to whether you have five or seven. If
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you are going over seven, I would really be objecting
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very loudly.
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JUDGE WARNKEN: When the bond plan was pre-
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sented to the Legislature, Mr. Chairman, I remember most
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distinctly Judge Solters made considerable of the fact
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that the smaller the number of judges, the more efficien-
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cy, or more efficient it is, and at that time we had
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more than five. The Circuit had eight. The Circuit
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Court of Appeals had three. They have had three ever
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since.
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JUDGE BRUNE: The Fourth Circuit is now con-
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siderably larger.
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JUDGE WARNKEN: Yes, but Judge Solter pounded
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that in, that very strenuous argument that we had, as you
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remember, before the Legislative Committee at Annapolis.
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THE CHAIRMAN: All right. Let's go on to the
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Appellate Court.
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Here again, we don't specify the exact juris-
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diction, but leave it up to the Legislature to provide the
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jurisdiction of the Appellate Court, and in Section (b)
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