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GA. . r . “ * ° ■ : { a on • , tn i; 10 11’ # • . 5: 15. Rt^iortr, 7\ TTORNEY AT JAW. .nt * .♦ a I Circuit t • je 19 ts • s * Attorney at law. THOMASYILLE. GA. • . *’ * , Luscitc S.t ISines, • AT TOBNEY AT LAW. • • * „ E? GA. • m m IJftyan, . A TTOSNEY*AT LAW. JITL BJ . ffHOMASY] GA * E. C.*Mor?an, • ’ , Attorney at law. • , NASHVILLE, BERRIEN CO.fGA. ” ■ in the Counties of the Southern Circuit; • t • .unties of Dool#, \\orth and Dbugherty of the * *• ft Cin kit a Address St PhU Creek PoSt Office, G% •• • • roh ff> * • ts * B. *. Peeples, . ’a ttorney at law. • . NASHVILLE; BERRIEN CO. # . GA. - - . . . *___ Cherokee Baptist ’College, . CASSVILLE,.CASS COUNTY, GEO Jni.so to siftj.so faTJt tor Forty WWts Tui- , tiou. Itonr.f. Loilcing. tVieliins: Fuel, -ml • School luriitnaab for :t Vomit: -Finn. fINHERE ARE >i.\. CLASS®. A A * A four t -* • Stu lents are received at a:iy,rt;ye of preparation and for any studies they may select. TmtiOT payable in advance. Boardinifin private fem lhes-a Provisions f.,.r two hundred students. * • For farther particnlnfts, address • Rev. THOs Ka>;balsT, LL. D . fres't. ■ n Sprirg SE?r..\ opens Thursday, J&nnajy 17. , J TE; • SODAW ATEK. . rpm* DELIGHT El L LEVERAGE—IK IYS PfR ’ K 1 veti"!i—with choice•Svrups— eool .o-.-i AarkW— commt •-♦. - ‘ lay for the season,at the 5 t,,, x ,.t . undersigned. • • • La it i. 5 8 dforaalehr April 2. 1861. o jOWX STARK. °.° o Worl£.. o £ °V)*iF >OH PBCPIKIin TO liO il i 1 i° JOB PRDW'iaG, from a Ykiting Card to , fe ** l er, at the Egterpri • ® i. 0 n n IBBIiI a k .I■* i ~ / • ‘ P^tprictri*. • • - • • • • f O V-TITFTIO>. • a • r • . , * • • .TjtAtc o± <2rCOl’gia. •ARTICLE I • • VRATION OF I ■ ■i’ AL'P VJ A!. PRINCTPLI S , 1. Th fucftlamontal princftpli s <;!• Free Vov- # *• * * b .ittny !• mtl too. • . 2. rd anted that men *gCall live un . fit, but as the and aduainia ro of civil government are in human, and. a vj* whenever their safety or happiness oft hj 9 • it. Ho sh ml M for liirlii or transient causes; .• o S3 upon reasonable .as uranecs Ftnat a or pi < duty of u Government?; and a. Government wlijcli. k•: wiiiglv and ] ersi-itently dcnii-K or • * m ti. rm and such pi< tection, w\ n witldn its power, relei'f them lion* the obligation of obedience. * . • 4. - ’.ti/.en -ha!* be dey riv- oflyfe. liber- xccpt by due* process of lats; 4'.<! w .f Hi or li) •!••.y, only by the of* If is eers. “ * ’j'hcv.i jr nf •dial- as corpta-” slnril not be suspended, unlassjn case of rhbellipn *or ifivi sion, the public safety m.*ly require it. 0. Tlie r lit of the j'enpki # to keejj and t>cf ajiu.- shall not be infringed, 7. No religious test shalfbe required f<v the tenure of*any office; r,o religion shall be established by law, and noVitiznn shall l*e de* prived of any r'ulit or ynvilegColiy reason his Religious belief. • • 8. J’recnotii of thought freedom of eecli, and freeaonf’of the press:, arcainhe- ‘ •*. ; litical* liberty., But white ‘V. n*c::'r. n n.r.y freely speaker rite and pri tubj :ct, he shall be. responsible for the abuse (f til at liUndv. • ! ■ < f the j le to appeal to Jtbe Ci ni ls, to 1.1 tifci n (livcnmicnt on all matters of * ce, at*d>] a ly to as •the c nsideration of uy mattcr.of pub p *•/ *0 li ■ c ncern —jtiall never be imna red. 1 *• . • 1 10. For every light there shall be provided *:•. n iiiodv :.a:: 1 eui'y citiacn O’vjht to obtain ; . . • purchase, wuhopt denial,* with out del y—ci nf< nual]ly tet the lalrs’of the land. •* . • *, ti. l]\x*ii lstin charged with an offence • • :th hitatp shall have the 1 rivilcL*’ and beflefii of'counsol: • *•• • • Sh; -* hi? fm-ni.-U 1, on demand, with a copy of tfio accusation, and with a list of the wit ’ Shall have compul •••ry procw:;* to olitain the • attendance of Lie own witness*: Shall 10 e •*>.!*: :i‘ and with tlic Vitncsses testi> ’ folii . a . ai, -t ’Sin • ‘el ♦. 18 ly triAl l*y an impartial jury. .. * !li. S i l ’ An shall b iit in je< 4 ardy‘ofTife. it.!S c: oiire*ioi‘ the saw* ellenee. • * § • 1 ‘ Na ( !ivi ‘ hull WL-rk corruption of* blood, ir • lieia.l forfeiture of estate.. , • -14 • baili hall not Ue n quircd, fior ■ ? ynpos nor tirucl and ‘unusual* pun* -Inn. ::ts*irdSiv*.<*! *•* * 0 15. Tlic f'ower of the cofirts to punish for’ • . ‘u. 4 SH liruKe ibv legislative af?s. - • Id. A 1 *iul execution of the l;nv* # is es acutial to ler,'j nd good oadcr in society ■*• ° * ft libci 17. J.egislativG qjits in violation .of the furf dmu laVsarc vofd, an 4 shrill ‘so declare tin m. , * 1 ’ -and laws impairing the obligations of contracts, # and retro-active! ij *rii ash affecting the right vs the fit:. 11,: : pi liil.it s l. IS, ].av. aid have :t goneawl operation ;. an !no ncral law ijjhall be varied in a patticu- ; laT ca .. sj eeial legislation, except with con sent of all persons tojbc affegted thereby. . gl of taxation can bp granted] ► . th*c | le, an 1 shall be exercised only J. ... vehue support of # TjrOvern to ITo. the public debt, to provide for the com- j mon defense, and lor such other purposes as are specified in the grant of powers. • ’ ill* In ease jof necessity, private ways, and the right to carry water overland, for the pu*- >ose of mining and draining, may be granted u*pon compensation lacing first paid; and 4rith :..*• ptii n, private shall not be ta cxcept for public use. and then only upon jusf enmpensatl in—-sui h compensation, excep t . - ni ■-’ ty. toj e first provided and paid. 22. The right of the people to be secure in g ra, and effecti,gainst * - arches and selxujes, shall not by violated ; and no warrant shall is-u*’ but upon probafle. cause, supported by oath or affii illa tion, and particularly desCril*ntf the place or place.- *to be searched, and the .pefcons and things to be seized. • . • 23. Martini law shall not be deel ued, # e*xcc]4 in eases.<3fextreme necessity. 24. Large standing in time ofpevc are dangerous to liberty. • ’ . . # > At). soldier shall, in time *f peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of ( owner; nor in time of war. but in a manner pre •cribed*by law * * * • 25. The person qf a debtor shall not be de taine # and in prison*al‘ter delivering bona tide a?! his Cgtata the use of his erc*Blitors.. 36. The of rights herein coti-, tgined >liall mq.be cons try ml to deny to th® ffeople any inherent which they have hitherto enjoyefl. * • . 27. This declaration is a part of this tutioc, and shall*nefer be violated 6n any.pre tence whatever. . 0 • ARLICLK 11. Sea I—*l •I’he*Legislative,*Kxccutive and Judicial Departments shall be. distinct, and Sadi Department slftill jie confident to a “separate body of magistracy.* Xo jirson or collecrion* of persons, being of one Bepartfiienf, shall ex ercise akj power J)roj)erly attached to*eitheiof the others,*except in gases herein •provided. 2. The legislature power shall lye vestcd*in a THOM AS YIL LE* GEORG IA, WEDNESDAY, JI]NE 26, 1861. .. * • A . * * • • ** “ * 4* *.. * • * annual, and on thd first, Wednesday in N vemh r. unt 1 such of meeting shall be* 1 • iw. A majority I • ■ a'quqfu .. to transact business , but a • . . iber may adjoqru from day To • , and compel*the attendance of tl*c*ir meflibers of|hefr members in manner as < ach house shall prescribe. Ifo session of the General Assembly shall continue for more than forty days, ufttess the same shall be done by a voteof two thirds of each branch thereof. • • * * . mpenKation of tue mcmfiijrs and <d’- . tftc : A ■ shall bo f: *ed • O * by law. at the first -s : sequent th* ado; tioii of thi-,Constitution ; and the same shall not 1% increased so as to affect the com * pcn.-atioii of the members or oiyf-ers of the As scmtily bv which ts ; increase is ayloptetl. *-. dso person* holding any mijitifiy coiiTmis ! sion or appointment, naving any emolument or compensate .i aniiexe*l thereto under tlrs Btat,c the*< lei or oth< of thera^ (except .Tu§ties of tR< I •* r Court, Justices < l*the Fca , and . nor any defaulter for public meney, or forjegal tax es iv-juired of Ir.m, havy a se;it*in either branch of the General nor shalf any Senater oi llepresyiititive, after Ids ijualifiea tionjis such be elected to any office or.appoint ftnciit b\*tlie General Assembly any em oluments yr compensation annexed thereto, du ibirr the tinfe for which he have bee*i el *4 O tffted. 6. Xo person convictctl o*f any felony, in-1 valving syiy specifts of*tbe crimen fahi, before any court in this State or the Cite federate States [ shall be eligible to any office or appointment qf * honor*profit*br trust, within this State. ° 7*. Xo persifli who is a collector or holder of public money, shall bo eligible to any office hi this State, u • me is accounted *for ana * • . S e.*2.—*l. The Semje shall consist? of Tor -2?3, one to be chosen from each*] Senatorial district, wlii.;T district shall bfi.com posed’ of tlTrec contiguous couaties. Tt‘ anew county is establi.Jicd, it shall Jjc added to a dis-1 I trict Vi hieh it adjoins, until there shall be miotic ; er ar®ingcnient*of Senatoriai District*. . The Senatorial Districts shall not be changed, except ’ wTie*n a ncv f census shall have l*eeti tukcu. . 2. Xo person shalf b.o a Senator who.shall not have’atfained to the age of twenty-five years and ?>e a citizen*of the Confederate Spates* and have bl cn for three ytfars*an*ifthabitant of this and for one year a resident of the dis- 1 tfict from which he is chosen. • 3. J iic presiding be sty fed the President o riic Senate, and sjndl be clectcri w cSca voc< from their oqn botfy. 4. Th*) Sen *tc*-hal! •iia.ve’vlie solq’power to trv-ail imccachmcnts.. \\ hen sitting for that . ° be on uath or hifirnaation ; and no person shall be convibted yithout th*e cotteurrencc ofi two-thirds of 4he memlei;s*jre sentf Jjid *.icnt, in eases of .ilnpeaclmient 1 shall not extend further than re in ova l *froiii f ---fietfanj Ji* to liofd and enjoy ®nTy uijiee of hflnoi*, profit or trust, Vithin this State; , but the party oireictct shall, upvcrtlfeti'ss, be ; o and to in lictflient, trial* js,idguiept i and punishment aec irdin” to law, • • Sec. 3. —1. The llou-e of Rcprcseniatives ksliail be composed ;*■ follows: The thirty-seTen counties having the * representative, pop i ulatiun shall l* .vc tv,*o repr*'-entulives each.— Every otheTcounty shall have one RepresenTa tivc. two Representatives shuM be made by the Gen- j e.F*al Assembly immediately after, the’takihg of • • * “ i*ach census. 2. Xo person shall be a Representative who slilil 1 not lnv**atta ned to the age of twenty-one rears, and? be a citizen ofi* tlwe Confederate States, and have been for three years an liuiab* itant of tliK BTate.*nd for onS year a resident of the county* he represents. * il. ’1 lie presiding officet ot the House of Re presejtatives jhall he styUd the Bpcakc< and shall be eloct 1 iA a voa •mm their own body, 4. They shall have tfi*e sole power to imp*ach all persdha who liace been fir may bo it? office# •. 5. AH bills for raising revet)ue#cr appropria ’ ting money, shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but the Senate mfiy propose or concur in amendments as in other bills. Sec* -4. —1. Each House shall be the j Ul igc ’ of the electiou*returns#and qualificafions of its* owii # men*l?crs; and shall*have power,to punish them for disorderly behaviowr or iniscomluet. Ry censure, fine, or expulsion * hut noknembvr shall be. expelled except by a. two-thirds <Jf the Hoflsc lVofii which be* is expelled. * . * • 2. Each House may punwgh, by impsisonment iuot tending beyend the sesgion, any pers&n li'.pf.a member, who shall be guilty.of a contdlupt by ftny disorderly behaviour in its jfi'cscnce, Vr .who, Jurflip: the session, shall tiireaten jnjury to the person or estate of any yieinber, for ;?ny-* •thing said or done in • either House, or who ■ : shall assault any member therefor, or who fliall a-.;iT! or arrest any*wi.tness going to or retur- niui* therefrom for who shall rescue or attempt to rescue, any person arrqstcd by ordtir ft)f citl®- er House. • 3. The lumbers of btp..Houses shall be free fronf : . rest, during Jb*ir attendance o*i tb* Gefferal Assembly, and in going to and return* ing tfierwfrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the ; cace. And fto mcyiber shall he liable.th answer, in*any *thca place, for any thing spoken*in debate in either* House. 4. *Effirii House shall a journal of Vi* proceedings, and publish them immediately af ? ter its adjournment- The yeas and aavs of the niembefa on any question shall, ‘at the and of one.-fit'tli of the uiembeft present, be Enter ed OR the journals. The original journals*shall be preserved i tfi'ter publication).ia tl?e office of the Secretary*of State, bfitdthere sliall be* no other recorand *5. J3vcry bill, bcfqpe # it shall *pas.-, .-hall be read three bates, and on three separate and di.-- tfiuj dayy, in each llouse, unkfs in eases of actual iDvasion or ifkurreeti*n. fsor shall any law <?r ordinance pass which refers to more than one subject niakfcr, (X contains matter different frflm a'bat is’expressed in the title thereof. - • 5. All a<*t* shall be signed .by the President cjf the Senate Jnd Speaker of the? House of Rb piesentatives; and no bill, ordinance or resolu- tiou ititended to have the*effect of law, which shall have been •rejected by cither House shall gain j r ip ised undpr the same or ,any*other without the.coospnt of twa-thirds oi the House by which the saute was rejected. . 7. Xeither IloTisc shall adjourn for less th.n three days, npr to any Other t lace, withfiqjt the, • consent of the other; and in case*of disagree tncßf s betwaen the Houses on a question of ad- ; fjournment. the Governor may.trdjoutn tficm. f ■ Senator and Representative, before taking liis seat, shall taken an oath or affirm a- ’ tiou tosupp-.rt the Constitution of the Confed erate State?; an*! of this S f :ate ; and also that he bath not praetie 1 any unlawful, means, either directly, or indy-i rtiy, to procure his election.—• \nl every per.- yv c nr.ictcd of haviifg given or offered a bribe, shall be disqualified from*serv- a member •'!’ either House, lb* tjie terfti for which lie was elected. . t). ‘Whenever t:ds Constitution require* an act to lo # passed fjy two-thifds of botl* Houses, the yqas and nays on tjic pas.re.ge thejeof sliall Be entered c*i Ihe journal off each. o Sec. •>. — 1. The Gnu ral Assembly shall have iwcr to inaj-ie all laws and ordinances, yonsi.*- ♦ent*wilh this Coystitijtion and not repugnant to the Coi*stit ion of the Confederate States, w!iic*i tlfoy shall deem necessary Sfa’ the welfare of*the State. * ’ . ► 2. They m*ay after the. boundaries of couu- | ties, and Dy off and establish new counties, but j flvery bill to cstaWish a flew county shall be jtassed by at least two-thirds of the members • resept, “in both branches of the General As sembly. „ X. sliall provide for the taking of a ecu-* sus or enumeration of the people of this Star*, at regular decades of years, cfinnncncing at such times as they jnay prescribe. . : 4. The General Assembly shall have pdwer to appri'i riftte money for the promotion of lear ning’ and science,*aba to provide for the edyea-j tion *of the people. * ! ’ . 5. The General As.-?embly shall have power, by a vote *of two-thirds of each branch, to , gnant pardons yl fifiyl couviction for treason, or tg cotnmutc or pardon iu cages of final convccti.ij for murder? • . ’ • t;cc. 7.—1. The Gcjjcral Asen?bly shell have no power to grant corporate powers an*l ])rivilegcs to .private companies,gjxflepti*to hajpk ing, fnsurance, Railroads,* canals, plank roads, navigation, mining, express, lumber, and t?le i grajfli companies; mTr. to. make or change (iiectii*n precincts; *nor to establish bridges anu ferries’ imp to change ia?nes, or leglimate chil dren ; .but shall by law prescribe the manner iij . whiqli such power shall he exercised by .the efiurts. Ri?f no banii'eliarter shall be granted ‘ or extended, ayd*no act passed authorizing, the . sfispension of specie by any (*liarter-* ed lenifc* except by a vote of two’tiiTrds* of each branch of the General Assembly. • . * 2. Xo nipney. slfgll be drawn from the Treas ury of this Bfate except by appropriation nmdc by law ; uluUt vegjilaf statement ;nd account of the vdrxdpt anti expenditurq of afl qiublie* mon c; sliiill be ; uWished from time to time. ;*. Xo vote, resolution,, jaw yr odder sliall pass, grim ting a donation or gratuity in favor I *. ‘ * • I, J • .. yt any persfln, exrept by tlit: oontjurrence *ot two thirds of each branah df thc.Gcneal As sembly..* • ’ • 4. # Xo 1 w sTiall be passed by which a#eii zcn*sl::ill be eomjji lied, directly, *or jndirectly,* to Laconic u stockholder in. or contribute to a railroad or othej work of internal improvement without his conseut;*exept the? inliabitants ofh coieiprate town or city, This provision shall not he constwied to dpny the power of taxa tion for the purpose of making or dams •to prevent the ovcvfloif of rivers. ° Sec. 7At 1. The ifnportation*or introduction of negroes from any foreign country, other than the slave betiding .States or Territories of iho United t-dates of America i forever pro -1-i-T ° • o L lubiied. • * . . .*5. Tne General A sembly # ?iiy prohibit the introduction of negroes from any Stato; but they shall hav® no power te prevent immigrafits from bringing their slaves with thcip.* Tito General Assembly shaU have no pow er to pass l;*w.-i for the of stages.* 4. “Any pciison who.shall ‘maliciously kill or niafui a slnv*, -balj su/fey such ‘punishment as wiful‘4 be iufiictedpn ease fhe’liky qffance had been eotinyitted on a fice white person. * • • • Article iij. ••. e • Sec. t—l. The Executive powdr shall he vested in a Governor, who sbyll hold his office* during •he term of 4wo wears, and unti Iris ach time as n Successor shall be chosen and qualified. He slylljmve a •competent salary fixed by .law* which sliall nttt be increased or diminished du ring the period for wlTich lift shall have beefiq I elected; neither yhall he receive, within, vhat pi riod#any other employment from tyo Confed erate States, or cit Tier of ’tkeiii, or from aify for hi gn power. * . * . 2. The.Ggscrnor shall be Blocked by the persons qualified to vote i*a - members of the .General Assembly, on the first Wednesday in • October, in.the year of our Lord and on the first Wednesday in Octrjaciiiu every sccoyd year thereafter f unfil such* time he altered ny’ law; whi(*h election shall be held at the place of holding general* elections, in the .several bounties ii the State, in tla®2 manner prescribed tor 4he electioiiof members of the General As ! seinbly. The returns of every .election of Gov : ernor shall be sealed Tip by managers separately from otHer jot-urns, apd.direcked ty she Presi dent of the iSemtfe ifnd the Speaker of the llutf<e of Representatives, and transnyttcL to tlie.GcTernor, or tie pferson exercising th*e du ties of Governor for the*time Ijeing, who shall, without opefiing the said retm-n§,cause the same to be laid before flic. Senate ‘on the day after the two ftous*es sliall have been organised;* ; and they shall l?c transfijitteS by the Senate to the House of Representatives. • The inc/libers o/ cacli branch f the Ganeral Assembly shall c. in the R'apcscnUtive eliamber, and the k’residont of .the *Senat<?* and, the Speaker of *thfl House of Representatives, shall qpen rand publish the returns ia the presence c4‘ the Gewerjl Assembly; and tfie*person having*the majority of the whole npmber of votes given in, jshall be cUtely elected Govern or ot* ’this Shite ; but if no parson bqve such Tnajori ty, Uien from the 4wo persons*lmvjng the'high est nundaer of votes ? who shall be in life, and •shall nos decline election at the tune ap -1 pointed for the Legislature tc? elect, the Gene o ral Assembly shall immediately, a Govern-? or >f.- ? rfic< ,- and in all cases i*f election of a. .Govt-riKir by the GcyerSl Asscftiblv, a linij iritv ot flie votes of the members prosifiit shall he necessary for 3 ylfoice. Contested* el ciipns pball be determin'd by both Hotises of Jhe.Ge* n< ral Assembly*, in jsucl** mannpr as shall be law. . * . • • .3* Xo per- *n sliall le eligible to.the office p£ Governor who shall not hftve beon a citisen of the Confederate States twcjve years, and an in- ‘ | habitant of theStato.six years, ana who* hath not attained the of thirty.ycars. 4. In case of the deatjh, resignation, or dis ability.o4‘ the rilovernor, the President of the j Senate shall exercise the Executive powers of the Government until suJi disabiMty*-e remov ed, or a successor is elected and qualified.— and in ease of the dearth, resignatiyn, or disa j bility of President of the Seqate, the Spea ker of the.Hou.se of Representatives shall ex -, crcise the Exetfut'wvc ‘power oj,’ the Government, until the rcnfbval otl the disability! or Gie elec tion and qualification of a Governor. 5. The Governo#shall, before he enters on O ‘ the duties of Bis office, take t! following oftth or ;*jfirniatiiai: “1 do sotemnly swearer affirm ! (yis flic case may be.) that L wifi i‘aitßful!\ # cx ecutc tTie office of J.iovcrnor (*f the Sqfte of ; Georgia, afUljvill, to the best of my. abHities, presarve,*protect and defend the‘Constitution thei'eof.” • ® Sec. 21. The Governor shall licTlonniyui-. t der-in-Ghief of tly: •army and na\w of this State, and of the militia thereof. * *2. He shall have poVer to.grant repriwcs.foii qf?ences*Jigainst the State, except in tases*of im peachment, and to* granf pardons, or t<# remit finy part f y sqntcnafi,.i all cases after eon i fiction; except for tnyison or murder, in which cases lie may respite tlic execution, anti make repoi* thereof ty Iho next General Assembly. • 3.11 c shall i.-yi*uc writs of ydcctioys to fill vu i cancies that happen in the Senate or House of Ileyresentatives, and shall have* ppwer. to convene the General Assembly on ex traorJjnary occifions; and sJiall give, them, from time t> time, information of the state of 0 • the Ik'publie, and.recommend to their eonsiiL'-* ration such mens aits as he may deem nccessa • ry and epedieiit. 4. Whflh any office shall become* vacant by deiythf resigimtitm, or otherwise, the Governor shall have power to fill sqch .vacancy, unless otherwise puorided for Ly kfw ; afld persons so appointed shall continue in office, until a.suc- is appointed agreeably to tlic mode*point ed out by fhis Constitution, or by law in pite suancc thereof. • . . £>. A.person once rejected by the. Senate shall not be*re appointed by tlie Governor to the same office, during the tame session, or the recess tlier&aftor.* •* * . * • 0. -The Govy:rr.er shall have the revision* ©f “all. hills passed by botTi liouses, before ilia same shall become laws, hut two-thirds its *aeh house *iyav pars a .late, notwithstanding his dissent; ami >!’ any lyll should not?be returned by tfe (governor within live days (Sundays excepted*) after *t has been presented to bin*, the same shall be a law, unless the General Assembly,, by thii*adjin-nincnt, sijall present its return. He may aaiprowe any appropriation or .disap prove any other approprinfiou in the same bill, and*the lattoiLsliall.not be*effectual uftlims pass ed by two-thyds*of*eucli house. • 7- Ever/ vote, resolution, qr to which ; the cqnburreuce of both houses may be neces sary, except on a question of.election or ad journtißUit, shall be presented to the G.ovcrnor and*beforo it shall take effect® be approved by him, oi* being disappoved, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of .cachToiise, according to the. Pules ;*nd limitations prescribed jn ease ftf if bill.. 8. There shall be a Secretary of State, a •Comptroller General, a Trcasurepyand a Sur veyor General, dlectctßby tlte Gcnpfal Assam-, bly, and‘they -hall ho*l their offices for .a like* period as the flovernorjland shall b-‘ v e a com petent Salary* u*lifell.shall mat he* increased of diminished during the period for which they shall have bt'cu eUetcd*. ‘l’hc.General Assem bly iay at any time consolidate any’two oftim.se : offices, and require all t[ie Antics to be discliarg |cd by one officer. 9. Tin; great sea! of the State shall be de posited in the office of the Secretary of State,, and shall not be .ijUned to any Instrument of writing, but by order of*the Governor or Gen eral Asse*nbly; rend the General Assembly shall, at tlfeir first session, after the rising *f this Convention,* by law cirascjlie great seal be altered.. . * 10. The Governor shall liavc*p.ower to ap point bis own Secretaries,'*not exceeding two in. ifmnber. * . • ARTICLE*IV. * • • SVc. I—l. The Juflieiai powe\s of. this State, shaH be vested ii ® Supreme ‘Court for tlie correction of errors, Superior, lfiferior„Or dinitey and Justice® Courts, and in siTcli .otlier •Courts as have been or may he established bv law. • 2. Tfcc Supreme Court shall consist of threft Judges, who shall be appoyitcd by the Goverji* or, with the advice and consent of ttfo-thirds 1 of the Seriate, for such term of years as shall !*e prescribed by lav,> and sTiall continue in of fice until tiff.Tr sficqcssors be appointees uid qualified, retnovcabTe by the Governor on. the addre*ss‘f)f *t wo-Ihirss of each branch oftlio •General A.- Qml'ky, or by impeachumnt.und con viction thereon. * • 3. Thptsaid Court shall h%ve fto original ju rjfdiction, butshall be a C<3mt alone for tlic trial and correction of* errors in law and equity from tjie Sujicrior*Couats of fhc several circuits, and shall sitriat least once a year, at Hose pre scribed bv law, ifi each of one or more* judicial “diitrieft, designrflcd by the General Assembly • for tlutf purpose, point in each district, ’as shall, by the General AsseVnbly, ordained, for the trial .and determination of writs of er* ror f'rofn the several. Superior Courts* included in such jud’cial districts. . 4. Tlie said (,’ouat shall dispose of anl*linally determine every ease on the docket of such Court at’th’c first or second term softer *BllOll writ of error brouglit; and in case the plaintiff, in errorsball not be prepared at the # ’first term of such Court, after erres- brpught v t.o prosecute the cause, unless *prcelftded*by soyie Rroi’ide.n tiul *fi*pm such prosecutibh, it shall. M stricken frowi*ttie docket, and the judgment be low shall stand affirmed. ; .g cc . 2—i. The -Judges ofi the. Superior 1, TEB-lIV. TWO OOi-S.AISN, j ) * In Aflvaiicr. N • . • Courtis h’ll b> tip] .anted iif t!:-* ; nie tTmsmcr as Jmitres of tf.c Supreme Cm; (Vom t!s** cir *cuits in “which they are to r we, for the tcvfti ! of four years, ami sjiall tout; nr. in offiotf until their s••(•?'■• “rs !i:i!t ••* .. • atfd qiialifi otl — removahV’ hv the Cloven’or eu tltc adclrflss of .twp-tfiirds oi *h* t ♦•• ; *f tjte General Assembly, or bv impeachmeift and conviction thereon. . * , 2. Vhc Suporirff Court shall have exclusive “jurisdiction in r.l eaj *• < sand v< rcc rs both*totgl and pai*t a!*; but us. .! divorce Stall be grail-, ted, except uppn the,concurrent verdicts of twT) f ecial juries. In each divorce ease the Court shall regulate th. riglys and Tis the parties.* * * * •>. The SupTnior Court shall also liuve cxcle. sive jurisdiction in all criminal cases, except as relates to people *l‘*e"lm - ; lines i.-V nggltfct ol dlitip, contempts of Court, violations of road , lav's, and obstructions of water coufscs, juris- of which shall he vested in such judica ture or tribunal as shali be or may have be(?u. pointed out b\i law ; and except in all other min r offences committed by free white persons, ayd which .do not subjiet the offender or *pffen doty to loss'll'life, limb, or member, or to con-’ liuement in the penitentiary; iiwdl such cases, Corporation Courts, such as now exist, o* may hereafter be constituted, in any incorporated city, or town, may be vested with under such roles and repeal unions as the Lcgis- . , lature may hereafter i>y law direct. . ■l. All criminal eases slytfl bo tried in tho * county where the crime vjas committed, except 1 in* Vasts where a “Jury cannot be obtained. 5. Tlfe Superior CouVt shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases respecting titles to land, which shall be.tried hi the county where the land lies, and al=o in ’all equity cases, which u shall he tried in the county where one or more ©fi the*.defendants reside* against whom sub stantial relief is prayed. (i. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in all i such cases as limy be provided by saw. 7*. .It id rail have power. to correct errors iu inferior judicatories by writ* of certiorari, and | to grant fiew trfals in . the Superior Couyt on proper apd legal ground*. I .8. It shall Wave power to issue writs of man damus, prohibition, yi, < Jacias, *and all tither ; writs which may be ::cc§- *ry lot* earning its power* ftrtly iifto effect. . . • 9. The Superior* and Inferior Courts shall havc.o jurisdiction irt all other civil causes;* wlijch shall lie tried in tfye county wlitre the defendant resides. . 10. In cases \yh*erc joint obligors, or joint promisors or copartner*, # or jyint trespassers, re fcidlflg in different counties, tlys suit'* may bo brought in either county, . 11. case of a uutker and or en dorsers of proyiiiory residing in different f cotmtics in this State, the same may besuc-d in. the county Vhere the'n.iakcr resides.* * .12. The Superior.and Inferior Courts shall sit in each county twice in every yemr, at such State.? ii mbs gs have been of inay'be appointed i by.the ( 3 qnaral Assembly. •Sec. 3—l, The Judges® shall have salaries adequate to their services fixed by law, which I shall psot bo diniiiyshedduring*thciriontinqanco •in office ; but shall not reCeive* any otifccr per* i quisites of emoluments whatever, from parses or others, on account of any duty j-equired of them. 2. There shall be,a State’s Attorpcy and'So-, Heitors appointed in the ssme maftner a* the Judges off* the SujTrepic Court, aud commission* ed by the Governor.; wljo shall bold their'of i ficcs for tile.term ft four y< i fs; < r until .their 1 successors shall be appointed and un less removed by *scnteuce or impeachment* or by the Governor, oh t*he address of two-thirds of each iyanch of General Assembly.— They shall have salarics,ad< quate to their servi ccs*fixed by law, which slijill not be diminished* t during their continuance in office. * ft. The J; of the Inferior •Coift'c shall be elected it] each county by the persons entitled to vote for tnc-mbers ol tho General Assembly. 4. The Justices of the Peace shall \>e elect ed in each district by th© persons, entitled, to vote for members of the General Assembly. . The pr “ rs of a C ourt of Ordinary and of a Pro j bate shall be vested in an Ordinary for each county, from . isions there may hi ah appeal to Superior Court,, j under regulations prescribed by law. The Ordinary shall be ex / fpino ClerK of said Court, and mav appoint a Lie puty Clerk. The Ordinary, as Ch rk, or his.Deputv, may issue citations and grant temporary le ten? of auminißUst tion, to *liold until permanent letters are grunted; and said Ordinal'.', as Clerk, or his Deputy, may gmnt mar riage licenses. The Ordinaries, in and for the respective, counties, shall be < 1 >ted as other county < .re, on the first Wednesday in January, 18W. # and every fourth ymx thereafter, and shall be commissioned hv the Gov ertor for the .term of four yea*. In case of any vacancy* ~f said office of Ordinary,"from any cause, the sftnie shall be filled bv election, a 8 is \ rovided in relation to other county* officer and until tne Ame is Olcrk of the Superior ({port for the time*bcing shall act s Clcrlf of said Court of Ordinary. • • • ARTICLE V. *. * 1. rht*electors of memiiers of the General Assembly shall be free white male citizens of tiiis Mate, and have attained the age of twenty one years, and have paid all taxes which fiigt have 1 et n n quired of them, and which they have had an oriportunity.ofpayi;;gagreeaMy to law, for the year preceding the election; and Mall liqve ms® - ed aix months within the district or county. ? it. All elections, by tne General Assembly, shall be ri ra V‘ ce. and whan the S< i.ute *n-.d llortse of Kepresenta • unite for the purj’Gso ol < l'-* ( y <4ll incot*iii the Keiiresontative chamber, and the I iesident of the Senate shall in such cases preside, and declare the person or persons elected. , * * , , „ , and. Ln all elections by tne people, tnc electors shall vote by ballot, until the General Assembly shall otherwise and: rcct. . • . . • • •}* All civil officers shall continue in the exercise of the duties of their several oitices. during the periods for wlficU’ they were appointed, oi'nntil they’shall he superceded by appointments inadedn conft i , . •■: , ut;ou, i and all laws*llow fortft shall •ontinuc to cpynte, so far as theS’are e(tfflpjiiilje with this Constitution, until they shall expire, be altered, or repealed; and it shall he tho dntv of the General Assetnblv to pass all necessart laws * and regulations for carrying this Cor.ctitutiOnMnto full • o. All militia and couflty ofiicers shall b©elected by*lie people in such manner as the*General Assembl/ may bv law dft-cet. • .* . * . 6. ‘This pousfcitulidh he amended only.fiya Con venfion of the p%bplcalled for that frarpoqp. . 7 This Constiuitioii shall not take effect n.ntil the panto is ratified bv the people. And to this there shall he .an election held at all the places of pufiljp election in this Stale, on bestirs! Tuesday iu July, ISOI, when 511 she_wt izeiTs of this State, entitled to vote for Governor, shall east their ballots either for ‘“ratification” or “no rWifica fjon ■’ The election shall be conducted iS the Fame man ner as general elections, and the reUirns shall he made to the Governor, If *a*nfejoritv of tho votes cast shall be for ratification, the Governor shall, by proclamation, de clare th is JConsti tut dopted bv® the people. Hut it loi no ratification, that fact shall Tie proclaimed c.v the Gov emor, and lifts Corfbtitutioi shall nave n> eltect whatev cr * Done in convention of the delegates of the l>eoP ® . the State of Georgia,at Stwanfiali, on the 23d dav of March,. in the‘year ofour Lord Eighteen Hundred ?™^zt£gne. In testimony whereof the Preside n oi said Convention has hereunto set his hand, andysaiwed the . tested by Prrrident.* Aftcet: A. R. Lama a, Secretary KO: 12.