of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace; appeals; courts of record. [Effective through November 24, 2014, and after that date unless the proposed amendment is agreed to and passed by the 2013 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.] The Legislature shall determine the number of justices of the peace to be elected in each city and township of the State, and shall fix by law their qualifications, their terms of office and the limits of their civil and criminal jurisdiction, according to the amount in controversy, the nature of the case, the penalty provided, or any combination of these. The provisions of this section affecting the number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace become effective on the first Monday of January, 1979. The Legislature shall also prescribe by law the manner, and determine the cases in which appeals may be taken from justices and other courts. The Supreme Court, the district courts, and such other courts, as the Legislature shall designate, shall be courts of record. [Amended in 1978. Proposed and passed by the 1975 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1977 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1978 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1975, p. 1952; Statutes of Nevada 1977, p. 1691.] Sec.?8. Number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace; appeals; courts of record. [Effective November 25, 2014, if the proposed amendment is agreed