A majority of the members of either of thefe courts, and not fewer, fhall be a quorum. But in the Court of Appeals nine members 'fhall be neceffary to do bufi- nefs. Any fmaller numbers however may be authorifed by the legiflature to adjourn their refpe^Sive courts.
They fliall be allowed for the prefent each by the year, payable quarterly out of [ 420 J a«y money which fhall be in the public treafury. Their falaries however may be increafed or abated, from time to time, at the difcretion of the legiflature, provided fdch increafe or abatement fliall not by any ways or means, be made to afFeft, either then, or at any future time, any one of thofe then aftuaily in office. At the end of each quarter their falary fliall be divided into equal portions by the number of days on which, during that quarter, their re- fpedive courts fat, or fliould have fat, and one of thefe portions fliall be withheld from each member for every of the faid days, which, without caufe allowed good by his court, he failed to attend^ or departed before adjournment without their leave.
If no court fliould have been held during the quarter, there fliall be no dedudion.
There fliall moreover be a Court of Im- peachments to confiil: of three members of the Council *of State, one of each of the fuperior Courts of Chancery, Common Law, and Admiralty, two members of the houfe of delegates and one of the Senate, to be chofen by the body refpeftively of [ 421 i which they are. Before this court any member of the three branches of government, that is to fay, the governor, any member of the council, of the tvi^o houfes of legiflature, or of the fuperior courts, may be impeached by the governor, the council, or either of the faid houfes or courts, and by no other, for fuch mifbeha- viour in office as would be fufficient to remove him therefrom: and the only fen- tence they fliall have authority to pafs ftiall be that of deprivation and future incapacity of office. Seven members Ihall be requi- fite to make a court, and two thirds of thofe prefent mud concur in the fentence»