Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-03-07
STATES ATTORNEY.

such cities and towns respectively, and such
police magistrates may also be constitute ex-
counties.
STATES ATTORNEY.
SIC. "a. The legislature shall have power to
provide for states attorneys and to prescribe
their duties and fix their compensation but no
person shall be eligible to the Office OF attorney
general or states attorney who shall not at tho
time of his election be at least % years
OF age and possess all the other qualifications
for judges OF circuit courts as prescribed in this
article.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEC Is. No person shall be eligible to the
office of judge OF the circuit court or county
courts, unless he be learned in the law, be at
least twenty years of age and citizen OF
the United States nor unless he shall have re.
sided in this state territory at least one year
next preceding his election and at the time of
his election be a resident of the county or cir
cult, as the case may be, for which he is
elected.
FEC. 2s. The judges of the supreme court, cir
cult courts and county courts shall be chosen at
the first election held under the provisions OF
this contribution, and thereafter as provided by
law, and the legislature may provide for the
election of such officers different day from
that on which an election is held for any other
purpose, and may for the purpose of making
such provision, extend or abridge the term OF
office for any of such judges then holding, but
not in any case more than six months The
term of office of all judges of circuit courts,
elected in the several judicial circuits through
out the state, shall expire on the same day.
Sec. 81. The time OF holding courts within
said judicial circuits and counties shall be as
provided by law; but at least one term of the
circuit court shall be held annually in each or
ganized county and the legislature shall mako
provision for attaching unorganized counties or
territory to organized counties for judicial per-
poses.
SEC. %. Special terms of said court may be
held under such regulations as may be provided
by law.
SEC. %. The judges Of the circuit courts may
hold courts in other circuits than their own,
under such regulations as may be prescribed by
law.
Sec. 80 The judges of the supreme court,
circuit courts and county courts shall each re-
ceive such salaries as may be provided by law,
consistent with this constitution and no such
judge shall receive any compensation, perquisite
or emoluments for, or on account of his office.
in any form whatever, except such salary; pro-
Fided that county judges may accept and re-
ceive such fees as may be allowed under the
land laws of the United States.
SEC. 81. No Judge of the supreme court or
circuit courts shall act as attorney or counsel
Tor at law, nor shall any county judge act as at
torney or counsellor ut law in any which
is or may be brought into his court which
may be appealed therefrom.
SEC 32. There shall be a clerk of the circuit
court in each organized county, who shall also
be clerk of the county court, and who shall be
elected by the qualified electors of such county.
The duties and compensation Of said clerk
shall be as provided by law and regulated by
the rules of the court consistent with the pro-
visions of law.
SEC SO. Until the Legislature shall provide
by law for liking the terms OF courts, the judges
OF the supreme, circuit and county courts re-
spectively shall fix the terms thereof
Sec. "a. All laws relating to courts shall be
general and of uniform operation throughout
the state and the organization, jurisdiction,
power, proceedings and practice of all the courts
of the same class or grade 30 far as regulated
by law, and the force and effect of such of the
proceedings, judgments and DEGREES of such
courts severally shall be uniform, provided,
however, that the legislature may classify the
county courts according to the population of
the respective COUNTIES, and fix the jurisdic-
ton and salary of the judges thereof accord
ingly.
SEc 35 No judge of the supreme or circuit
courts shall be elected to any other than judi
cial office, or be eligible thereto, during the
term for which he elected such judge. All
votes for either of them during such term for
any elective office, except that of judge of the
supreme court, circuit court or county
court, given by the legislature the people,
shall be void.
SEC 36. All judges or other officers Of the SUI
preme, circuit or county courts provided for in
this article shall hold their offices until their
successors respectively IRE elected or ap-
pointed and qualified.
SEC 81. All officers provided for in this article
shall respectively reside i'll the district county,
precinct, city or town for which they may be
elected or appointed. Vacancies in the elective
offices provided for in this article shall be filled
by appointment until the next general cleo
circuit and county courts by the governor. All
other judicial and other county officers by the
county board of the county where the vacancy
occurs in cases of police magistrates, by the
municipality.
SEC 3s. All process shall run in the name of
the Estate of Dakota" All prosecutions shall
be carried on in the name of and by authority
of the state of Dakota"