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-— 1 ‘ n ** ■*’ -u---. —_ • ! B Y G. A. MILLE K, Terms $2 00 A Year, in Advance. the UPSON PILOT, Thomaston, Georgia. O. A. MILLER, Editor and Proprietor. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. Terms of Subscription^ - In advance, for 1 year, - -- -- - $2 00 If payment be delayed 6 months, ... 250 If delayed until the end of the year - - 300 Club Rates. Single copy, $2 00 •Five copies, 8 00 Ten copies, 15 00 Flubs exceeding ten, in the same proportion Si,so each. Payment always in advance. (Office over A. WorriU .V Co.'s Grocery Store.) Rates of Advertising. Advertisements w ill be charged at the rate of ope I wiiar per square of ifjjtfa,or less, and buy cents for > subsequent insertion. Professional Cards, not exceeding ten lines, will be | tr.sertetl 12 mouths for 312. Liberal contracts made with Merchants ami others Rishinj to advertise bv the year. I'sr Announcement of Candidates $3. invariably In i “advance. M images and Deaths inserted free, vber: accompa nied by a responsible name. Ouiluanen of over 10 j li >es charged as Advertisements. TVe commend th following Kates of Advertiaing bv contract to business men generally. We have placed j tiimn at the lowast figures, and they will in no instance ■ be departed from : BV CON’!!! \CT. { 3 nos. , 6 tuie. ’•* mos. 1 year. ON"H SUCARE. | Without change, $6 00 $8 00 $lO 00 sl2 00 Changed quarterly 700 10 00 12 qo 10 00 Changed at will, 800 12 00 ]-* qq lb 00 TWO fUJCARCS. Without change. 10 00 15 OO ?0 00 25 00 Changed quarterly I*2 00 lb 00 24 00 2b 00 Changed at will, 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 lliaiirt BUCABKd. iTillimU Chlnge, 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 C.O Change l quarterly 18 00 22 Op j Stt> 0024 00 Changed at will, ’ 20 00 20 00 j 22 00 40 00 i IUI.F COLCMS, Without change, 2-5 of> 20 pp • 40 00 50 00 i Change 1 quarterly 28 00 32 no : 45 00 55 00 Changed at will, 35 00 45 pp 1 50 00 00 00 j one county, Without change. 00 00 70 qo ■ 80 qq 100 po . CHangad quarterly 1 t-5 On ! 75 pp j 00 pn | 110 OO i range ia’ will, | 70 00 i 85 o 0 100 pp ; 125 00 Legal Advertising. r> f T s>ds and Negroes, by adnii*d*trntor*. Ex- i Lir >rs a i I itu.trniiMs. a-e re ni’.-e 1 by law to be held I.*, the rtfst l'U*sdavi’i tit*’ mt'Ufh. tietwrcqu the hours ; I ten in the forenoon and three in t..<? iflernooii, at the , | ’ ou!*t llou ‘e in the count v in which Ihe property is sit- j ■ sir i N jtice ,Hi these sales ma tbe given in a pub- : a gs.'etie f ir r yda vs previous *<> the day of sale. I \ nice tor th * -:a >f pers/.nnl property must be 1 .* ies tK•da vs previous *•. tne dhy of sate. II \o 1 -e i<> I* ..vs an i Cificiitors of au Estate tons: > .... e oh r ru lie itio.i will be inr.de to tb.e C< nr* ■> I iiv for leave to s ,: ! Laud or Negroes, must be 1. ,i vpk v for Iv o morti s, . , , i ’ jiiio js t'.,r Si .u.iistratton nn* be t*tj J*: ;lirr vi. *•* —for Di^npv*oi from A •Iniini'-Ci *ti*S i J ‘.-if j. . sji" ’ liii-v —ioi lnstm-sjoii Uoiu * u-w *i4*tur J ‘ ■•>* *•> ‘-SL. . j 1 R’gis fo'” F >. *•;’ r"r‘ •i r M-vlga :;•'<>; .be ptii>‘ ..am ! Rno i’i'v A*” four months —for os;ki,’-img les. paper.’ | j ii*e full spe. -e of thre** mouths —for contpeUmt; ti ! l tifi vn Kvs'iii ‘M or \ imi. isiraa*i>. nliere a l*t ( .i ■ n i,” r i ."•* • it- tiie deceased, the fall space oJ three • I ’in’ uti vn will i 1 nr? lie cont’nn *d accordsiifr to j Jso > jjal re pnre.iieaU, u ijos* utiwrwi. e ordered, 1 K via* follow big R\rr: j Citation on T.otters of .Vliuinixtratmn. f- 50 Dbiuissory froia Administration, no “ * ! “ Guardianship, 550 j to Neil Lend or Negroes. 5 00 fciLu of personal property, in days, 1 *q. Sales oT land or negroes hv Executors, 3 50 E'travs, tm * 5n Sheriffs Ba’**s. t>o dats, 5 00 30 “* 2 50 * •?** Motley sent hr mail is ft the risk of the Editor, |'Mr Pd. if the remittance miscarry, a receipt be ex- I ’Aired from the Post Master. ’ Professional (f arils. P. XV. Alexander, 11 TTOR Xi: Y A T LA W,\ Tfiomaston, Georgia. I nor 25, 1859 1 y G. A. MILLKIt, ATTO RN E V A T LA\V , Thoinaston, Georgia. C. X. Gooob Warren & Goode, Utto j; y E YS A T LA W Perry, Houston Cos., Ga. I 18, 1858—ts THOMAS BEALL, j ATTO RN E Y A T LA\Y , Thomaston, Georgia. I HU iß6o—ly E. A* & J. W. Spivey, IA TTO RN E Y S A T LA W , THOMASTON, GEORGIA. I An* 27, 1859. . n4l ts. William G. Horsley, ] ATTORNEY AT LAW, Thomaston, Georgia. I T ILL practice in Upson. Talhot, Taylor, Crawford, I Monroe. Pike and Merriwether Counties. 1 Vil 7. 1859— 1 y. ke.nvov. r. h. rrLLQCH. KENNON & BULLOCH, ‘ITORNEFS AT LAW, | Hamilton, Geor2ia. 11\ TL practice in all the counties of the Chaffa [ h l "tehee Circuit. Troup and Merriwether, and in 1. Joining counties in Alabama. • Prompt attention given to collections. . business entrusted to their care will receive , ‘‘l’ l attention. *. ~ eOl tile firm will he found at the office at all ’ Office on the East side of the public square in ‘ c k building. T ®°* of the Courts ik Harris.—Superior -'l Monday in April and October. Inferior : 1 Monday in January and July. Ordinary s c,.,’ >r in each month. ly. -A.. C. IVloore, i Dentist, ( V FI TIIOMASTON, GA. 1 ‘ ‘>.:° T Ver DR - THOMPSONS’ Store, 1 of i arn to attend to I ‘ b - Operations* My work THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OP GEOUGIA. Article 1. Declarations of Fundamental Principles. 1. The fundamental principles of Free Government cannot be too well understood, nor too often recurred to. 2. God has ordained that men shall live under government, but as the forms and administration of civil government are in human, and, therefore, fallible hands, they may he altered, or modified, whenever the safety or happiness of the governed requires it. No government should be changed for light or transient causes ; nor unless upon reasonable assurance that a better will be established. 3. Protection to person or property is the duty of Government ; and a Govern* mi nt which, knowingly and persistently denies, or withholds from the governed such protection, when within its power, re leases them from the obligation of obedi ence. 4. No citizen shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, except by due process ot law ; aod ot life or liberty, only by the judgment of his j eers. 5. The writ of “habeas corpus ” shall not be suspended, unless in case of rebel lion or invasion, the public safety may re quite it. 6. 1 lie right ot the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 7. No religious test shall he required for the tenure ol any oilice • and no religion shall be established by law, and no citizen shall be deprived of any right or privilege by reason of his religious beii*f. 8. Freedom of thought and opinion, free dom ot speech, and freedom of the press, are inherent elements of political liberty’. Hut while every citizen may freely speak, write, and print, on any subject, he shall be responsible for the abuse? ot the liberty. y. The right of the people to appeal to the courts ; to petition Government on all matters of legitimate cognizance ; and peaceably to assemble for the consideration of any matte*- of public concern—shall nev er be impuin and. 10. For every light, there should be pro vided a remedy ; and every citizen ought to obtain justice without purchase, with out d< trial, and without delay—comforma bly to the laws ol'the land. 11. Fv tv person charg'd wi-li an <>{- i* nee against the laws ot the State shall have n:t piivilege and benefit of counsel : Fund. Ik* furnished* on demand, with a co. y of lie. a • usatioio and wit-h a lUt of the witnesses against him : {shall have compulsory process to obtain the attend .nee - t bis own witness: j— Lc*ll ‘ C'-nfroiited with the witnesses Ustiiving against him. tit and Shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury. 12. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty mure than once tor the same offence. 13. No conviction shall work corrup- : tion of Mood, or general forfeiture of es tate. • ii 14. Excessive bail shall not be require!!, nor excessive tint's imposed, nor cruel and unusual i unishments inflicted. Ij. The power of the courts to punish for contempt shall be limited by legislative acts. 1(5. A faithful execution of the laws is essential to good order, and good order in society is essential to liberty. 17. legislature acts in violation of the fundamental law tire void, and the Judici ary shall so declare them. ‘lB. Ex p oat facto laws and laws impair ing the obligation ot contracts, and retro active legislation injuriously affecting the i right of the citizen, are prohibited. 10. Laws should have a gen ral opera tion ; and no general law shall be varied in a particular case by special legislation, ex cept with consent of all persons to be affec ted thereby. 20. The right of taxation can be grant ed only by the people, and shall be exer i eised only to raise revenue lor the support'j of Government, to pay the public debt, to provide for the common defence, and for such other purposes as are specified, in the I grant of powers. 21. In cases of necessity, private ways and the right to carry water over-land, for the purpose of mining and draining, may be granted upon compensation being first paid ; and with this exception, private property shall not be taken, except for pub lic use, and then only upon just compensa tion —such compensation, except in cases of pressing necessity, to be first provided and paid. 22. The right of the people to he secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seiz ures, shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and partic ularly describing the place or places to be searched, and the persons and things to be seized. 23. Martial law shall not be declared, except in cases of extreme necessity. 24. Large standing aituies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty. 25. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner ; nor in time of war, but id a . manner prescribed by law. 25. The person of a debtor shall not be detained in prison after delivering bdna fide all his estate for the use of his credi- , 27 The enumeration of rights herein contained shall not be construed to deny I to the people any inherent rights which ‘THE UNION OF THE STATES; --DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS ; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.” TIIOMASTON, (iEORUIA, SATrBMV MURNIMiTAPHIL IX l-fil. ! they have hitherto enjoyed. 28. This declaration is a part of this Constitution, and shall never be violated on any pretence whatever. ARTICLE 11. Sec. 1 —l. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments shall be distinct, and each department shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy. No persoh or collection of persons, being of one de partment, shall exercise any power proper ly attached to cither of the others, except in cases herein expressly provided. 2. The legislative power shall he vested in a General Assembly, which shall con sist of a Senate and House ot Representa tives. 3. The meeting of the General Assem bly shall he annual, and on tbe first Wednesday in November, until such day of meeting shall be altered by law. A ma jority of each house shall constitute a quo rum to transact business ; but a similar nilmber may adjourn from day today, and compel the attendance of their members in such manner as each house shall pre scribe. No session of the General Assem bly shall continue for more than forty days, unless the Same shall be done by a voice of two-thirds of each branch thereof. 4. The compensation of the members and officers of the General Assembly shall he fixed by law, at the first session subse quent to the adoption of this Constitution; and the same shall not. be increased so as to affect the compensation ot the members or officers of the Assembly by which the increase is adopted. 5. No person holding any military com mission or appointment, havingany emolu ment. or compensation annexed thereto, un der tills Siaie or Hie oomeuerate States, or either of them (except Justices of the Peace, and officers ot the militia, j nor any defaulter t->r public money, or for legal taxes required of him, shall have a seat in either branch of the General Assembly ; nor shall anv Senator or Representative, after his qualification as such, he elected to any office or appointment by the General Assembly having any emoluments or com pensation annexed thereto, during the time for which he shall have linen elected. 6. No person convicted ot any felony, in volving nay species of the crimen julsi, be i fore any court in this IState or the Cont d* orate States, shall be eligible to an) office or appoint merit, of honor, profit, or trust, within this State. 7. No person who is a collector or hoi der of public money, shall be eligible to any office iii \lils fstate, unit’ tie sane i.-< accounted for and paid into the Treasury. Sec. 2. 1 The Senate shall consist, of forty-four members, one to be chosen from each Senatorial District, which district shall he composed of three contiguous counties. If anew county is established, it shall be added to a district which it ad joins, until there shall he another arrange ment of the Senatorial Districts. The Sen atorial Districts shall not be changed, ex cept when anew census shall have been ta- I ken. 2. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of twen ty-five years, and be a citizen ot the Con federate States, and have beers for three years an inhabitant ot this State, and for one yeui <t resident of the district from which he is cliogen. 3. The presiding officer shall he styled the President of the Senate, and shall be elected viva voce from their own body. 4. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. \\ hen sitting for that purpose, they shall he on oath or affirmation ; arid no person shall be convic ted without the concurrence <>t two-thirds of the members present. Judgment, iii cases of impeachment, shall not extend further that! removal from office and dis qualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, profit or trust vvilhin this State; hut the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. Sec. 3 —l. The House of Representa tives shall he composed as follows: ihe thirty-seven counties having the largest representative population shall have two Uepresentatives each. Every other coun ty shall have one Uepreseutative. The de signation of the counties having two Uep reseiiiatives shall b * made by the General Assembly immediately after the taking of each census. 2. No person shall be a representative who shall no’ have attained to the age of twenty-one years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and have been for three years an inhabitant ot this State, and for one year a resident of the county which he represents. 3. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall bestyled the Speaker, and shall be elected viva vuca from their own body. 4. They shall have the sole power to im peach all persons who have been or may be in office. 5. All bills for raising revenue, or ap propriating money, shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate mav propose or concur iu amendments as in othei hills. ec 4 —l. Each House shall he the judge of the election returns, and qualifi cations of its own members ; and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct, by censure, fine, imprisonment, or expulsion ; hut no mem ber shall be expelled except by a vote of two-thirds of the House from which he is expelled. . # ; i 2. Each House may punish, by impris- onment not extending beyond the season, any person not a member, who shall he guilty*of a contempt, by any disorderly behavior iu its presence, or who, during j the session, shall threaten injury to the person or estate of any member, for any thing said or done in either House, or who j shall assault any member thereof, or who shall assault or arrest any witness going to or fettiming therefrom, or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue, any person arrested by.order of either llotiife. i 3. The members of both Houses shall he free from arrest, during their attend ance on the General Assembly, and in go ing to or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.— And no member shall be liable to answer, in any otner place, for anything spoken in debate in either House. 4. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them imme diately after its adjournment-. The yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of the mem bers present, be entered on the journals. The original journals shall be preserved ’ (after publication) in the office of the Secretary of State ; but there shall he no other record thereof. 5. Every bill, before it shall pass, shall be read three times, and on three separate and distinct days, in each House, unless in cases of actual invasion of irisUrfection.— Nor shall any law or ordinance p >ss which refers to more than one subject matter, or contains matter different Horn what is ex pressed in the title thereof. (j. AH acts shall be signed by the Presi dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; ‘>*>4 hill, <>* ii-uoluilon I mend eh to have the effect of law, which shall be again pro posed under the same or any other title, without tin* consent of two-thirds of the House by which the same was rejected. 7. Neither House shall adjourn for more than three days / nor to any other place, without the consent of the other ; and in case of disagreement between the Houses on a question of adjournment, the Govern or may adjourn them. 8. Every Senator and Representative, before taking his seat, shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the Confederate States and of this State; and also that he hath not practised any unlawful means, either directly or in directly, to procure his election. And eve ry person convicted of having given or of fered a bribe, shall be disqualified from ir; * r Jitc ii i *> l clllld IX* H ISIJ the lei in for which he was elected. ( J. \Vhenever this Constitution requires an act to he passed by two-thirds ol both Houses, the yeas and nays on the passage Ti reuf shall be entered on the journal of each. Sec. 5. 1. The General Assembly shall have power to make all laws and ordinan ces, consistent with this Constitution and not repugnant, to the Constitution of the Confederate States, which they shall deem necessary and proper for the welfare ot the ; State. .. , , i 2. They may alter the boundaries of counties, and lay off and establish new counties, but. every bill to establish anew county shall he passed by at least two thirds of the members present, in both branches of the General Assembly. S. They shall provide for the taking of a census or enumeration of the people of the people of this State, at regular decades lof years, commencing at such times as they may presribe. 4 The General Assembly shall have power to appropriate money for the pro motion of learning and science, and to provide for ilie education of the people. 6 The Gi petal Assembly shall have power, by a vote of two-thirds of each branch, to grant pardons in cases of final conviction for treason, or to pardon ,or commute in cases of final conviction for murder. Bec. G.—l. The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies, except to banking, insurance, railroads, canal, plank road, navigation, mining, express, lumber, and telegraph companies ; nor to make or change election precincts : nor to establish bridges and ferries; nor toelmng*- names, or legitimate children; but shall by law prescribe the manner in which such power shall he exercised by the courts. — hut no bank charter shall be granted or ex tended, and no act passed authorizing the suspension of specie payment by any chartered Dank, except by a vote of two thirds of each brunch of the General As sembly. 2. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of this State, except by appro priation made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipt afid expenditure of all public money shall be published from time to time. 3. No vote, resolution, law or order shall pass, granting a donation or gratuity iu fatof of any person, except by the concur rence of two-thirds of each branch of the General Assembly. 4. No law shall be passed by which a j citizen shall be compelled, directly, or in- I directly, to become a stockholder in or con tribute to a railroad or other work of in- j ternal improvement, without his consent ; ! except the.inhabitants of a corporate tovhi or city. This provision shall not be con-j strued to deny the power of taxation for the purpose of making levees or dams to prevent the overflow of rivers. Sec. 7.—1. The importation or intro duction of negroes fioin any foreign coun try, other thau the slaveholdiug States or Territories of the Uffiifed States of Amer ica, is forever prohibited. 5. The General Assembly may prohibit the introduction of negroes from any State; but they shall have no power to prevent immigrants from bringing their slaves with , them. 3. The General Assembly shall have no power to pr,ss laws for the emancipation of slaves. 4. Any person who shall maliciously kill or maim a slave, shall suffer such punish ment as would be inflicted in case the like offence had beeu committed ouafree white person. ARTICLE 111. Sec. 1. The Executive power shall be vested in a Governor* who shall hold his office during the term of two years, and until such time as a successor shall be chosen and qualified. He shall have a competent salary fixed by law, which shall not be increased df diminished during the peril and for which he shall have been elected \ neither shall he receive, within that period, any other emolument from the Confederate States, or either of them, or from any for eign power. 2. Tiie Governor shall be elected by the persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, on the first Wed nesday in October, in the year of our Lord 1861 ; and on the first Wednesday in Oc tober in every second year thereafter, until such time be altered by law ; which elec tion shall be held at the place of holding general elections, in the several counties of the Htate, in manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assem bly. The returns f<o* *• O Uovornor U 1 be sealed up by the Diana j gets separately from other returns, and di- j rected to the President of the Senate and Speakei of the House of Representatives, and transmitted to the Governor, or the! person exercising the duties of Governor for the time being, who shall, without opening the said returns, cause the same to be laid before the Senate, on the day after the two Houses shall have been or ganized J and they shall be transmits and by the Senate to the House of Representa tives. The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Rep resentative chamber, and the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall open and publish the returns m presence of the General As sembly ; and the person having the ma jority of the whole number of votes given in fill 11 TANARUS.,. .1.-1... V 1 Julj clcuuru uuvmmi’ of this State ; but if no person have such majority, then from the two personshav ing tiie highest niithfier of votes, who shall be in life, and shall not decline au election at the time appointed tor the Legislature to elect, the General Assembly shall imme diately elect a Governor viva voce ; and in all cast's of election of a Governor by the General Assembly, a majority of the votes ot tiie members present shall he necessary for a choice. Contested elections shall be determined by both Houses of the General Assembly, in such manner as shall be pre scribed by law. 3. No person shall he eligible to the of fice of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the Confederate States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath not attained the age of thirty years. 4. In case of the death, resignation, or disability of the Governor, the President of the Senate shall exercise the Executive powers of the Government until such disa bility be removed, or a successor is elected and qualified. And in case of the death, resignation, or disability of the President of the >cnute, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the Execu tive power of the Government until the re moval of the disability, or the election and qualification of a Governor. 5. The Governor shall, before he rfitef” on the duties of his office, take the follow ing oath or affirmation : i; I do solemnly swear or affirm (as the ea.se may be,) that [ will faithfully execute the office of Gov ernor of the State of Georgia ; and will, to the best of toy abilities, preserve, pro tect and defend the Constitution thereof.” Sec. 2.—1. The Governor shall be Com mander-in-Chief of the army and navy of this State, and of the militia thereof. 2 He shall have power to grant re prieves for offences against the State, ex cept in cases of impeachment, and to grant pardons, or to remit any part ot a sentence in all casesafter conviction; except for trea son or murder, in which cases he may res pite the execution, and make report thereof to the next General Assembly. 3. He shall issue writs of elections to fill vacancies that happen in the Senate or House of Representatives, and shall have power to convene the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions ; and shall give them, from time to time, information of the state of the Republic, and recommend to J their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary and expedient. 4. When any office shall become va cant by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, unless otherwise provided for by law ; and persons so appointed shall con tinue in office until a successor is appoint ed agreeably to the mode pointed out by this Constitution, or by law in pursuance thereof. 5. A person once rejected by the Senate shall uot be re-appointed by the Governor to the same office, during the same session, or the recess thereafter. 6. The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by both Houses, before the same shall become laws, but two-thirds Idditor and I^roprietor* Volume 3—N timber 2L of each House may pass a law, notwith standing his dissent sand if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days (Sundays excepted) after it has been presented to him, the same shall he a law. , unless the General Assembly, by their ad journment. shall prerent its return. Ho may approve any appropriation and disap , prove any other appropriation in the same i bill, and the latter shall not bo effectual unless passed by two-thirds of each House. 7. Kvtry vote, resolution, or order, to which the concurrence of both House® ipav he necessary, except on a quest fob of eN*e* 1 1ion or adjournment, shall hs preserved to | the. Governor ; and before it shall take ef fect. be approved bv him, or being disap proved, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of eacli Ueus', according to the rules and l;in : Itations prescribed in case of a bill. S. There shall be a Secfetary of State, a | Comptroller General, a Treasurer, and Surveyor Genera], elected by the General ! Assembly, and they shall hold their offices for the like period a® the Governor, and shall have a competent salary, which shall not be increased or diminished du ing tho period for which they shall have been elec -1 ted. The General Assembly may at any I time consolidate any two of th’se odices, and require all the duties to be discharged i by one officer. 0. The great seal of the State shall bo j deposited in the office of the Secretary of | State, and shall not be affixed to any in -1 strumeut of writing, but. by order of the Governor or General Assembly ; and the General Assembly shall, at their first ses , sion, after the rising of this Convention, by ItVW f'.HIICP tlo lliUfr^U, 10. The Governor shall have power toap j point his own Secretaries, not exceeding two in number. ARTICLE. IV. Sec. l.yi—l The Judicial powers of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court for the correction of errors, Superior, Infe ! rior, Ordinary, and Justices’ Courts, and jin such other courts as have been, or may 1 be established by law. , 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, who shall be appointed by , the Governor, with the advice and Cohserlfe of two-thirds of the Senate, tor such term 1 of years as! shall be prescribed by lliw, &hct shall continue in office until their success ! ors shall be appointed and qualified, re i movable by the Governor on the address of j two-thirds of each branch of the G< neral ’ Assembly, or by impeachment and convic a. I il 4 VViJi 3. The said court shall have no original jurisdiction, hilt shall be a court alone for the trial and correction of errors in law and equity from the Superior Cottrts of theeev- eral circuits, and shall sit at least once a year, at a time prescribed by law, in each of one or more judicial districts, designa ted by the General Assembly for that pur pose, at such point hi each district, as shall by the General Assembly, be ordained, for the trial and,-detefmihation of writs of error frorri the several Superior Courts Included in such judicial districts. 4. The said Court shall dispose of and finally determine every case on the docket of such com tat the first or second terra after such writ of error brought ; and in case the plaintiff in error shall not be pre pared at the first term of such court, after error brought, to prosecute the cause, un less precluded by some Providential cause from such prosecution; it shall be stricken from the docket, and the judgment below shall stand affirmed. ty Sec. 2. 1. The Judges cf the Superior ! Courts shall be appointed in the same man . tier a 0 Judges of ilie Supreme Court, from the circuits in which they are to serve, sos the term of four years, and shall continue in office until their successors shall be ap pointed and qualified, removable by the Governor on the address of two thirds of I each branch of the. General Assembly, or by impeachment and conviction there in. 2. The Superior Court shall have exclu -1 sive jurisdiction in all cases of divorce, both total and partial ; b it no total divorce shall hr granted, except on the concurrent ver dicts of two special juries. In each divorce case, the court shall regulate the rights and disabilities of the parties. The Superior Court shall also have ex clusive jurisdiction in all criminal cases, except as relates to people of co’pr j fines fur neglect of duty, contempts of Court, vi olations of road laws, and obstructions of water courses, jurisdiction of which shall he vested in such judicature or tribunal a< shall be or may have been pointed out by law ; and except in all other minor offen ces committed hv free white persons, and which do t'ot subject the offender or offen ders to loss of life, limb, or member, or to confinement in the penitentiary ; in all such cases, Corporation Courts, such as now ex ist, or may hereafter be constituted, in any incorporated city, or town, may be vested with jurisdiction, such rules and reg ulations as the Legislature may hereafter by law direct. 4. All criminal cases shall be tried in thg ; county where the crime was committed, eX-* cept in cusiß where a jury cannot be ob- I tained. 5. The Superior Court shall have exclu sive jurisdiction in all respecting ti | ties to land, which shall be tried in 11 6 county where the land lies, and also in 411 equity causes, which shall be tried in th 6 county where one or more of the defend ants reside, against whom substantial re lief is prayed. 6. It shall have appellate jurisdiction iff all such cases as may be provided by h*W, 7. It shall have power to correct erfors in inferior judicatories by writ of certiofa-