Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . attorney-general and a comptroller of the treasury are elected bythe people; the former to represent and advise the state in alllegal matters, and the latter to manage the money affairs of thestate. A treasurer is elected by the General Assembly. For theadministration of justice the state is divided into eight districts,called circuits. Baltimore, which composes the eighth cir-cuit, has a separate system of courts. In each of the other cir-cuits three judges are elected,— a
Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . attorney-general and a comptroller of the treasury are elected bythe people; the former to represent and advise the state in alllegal matters, and the latter to manage the money affairs of thestate. A treasurer is elected by the General Assembly. For theadministration of justice the state is divided into eight districts,called circuits. Baltimore, which composes the eighth cir-cuit, has a separate system of courts. In each of the other cir-cuits three judges are elected,— a chief and two associates. Thechief judges of these circuits, together with a special judge from * A recent amendment to the Con<!titution divides Baltimore City into/ourlegislative districts, giving the citv/out Senators and/oiir times as many dele-gates as the most populous county. 174 LOADING EVENTS OF MARYLAND HISTORY Baltimore city, form the Court of Appeals, the highest court ofthe state. The Constitution provided that every white male citizen oftwenty-one years should have the right to vote, but the word. THE CITY HALL, BALTIMORE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH white was rendered of no effect by the fifteenth amendment tothe Constitution of the United States, which extends the rightof suffrage to negroes. The legislature of Maryland rejectedthis amendment by a unanimous vote, but it received the ap-proval of the necessary number of states and so was adopted. CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT 175 113. Valley of the Patapsco Flooded.—In July,1868, a terrible flood occurred in the valley of the Patapscoriver. Sudden and heavy rainfall caused a great rise of the watersof the stream, and soon houses, trees, and debris of all kinds werehurried along with the current. For several miles above EllicottCity the river flows between steep hills, and here the wateracquired frightful height and velocity. When it reached thetown the water swept everything before it — stores, dwelling-
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