Graham guardian., 1911-01-06

erty where the original amount in
controversy, or the value Of the
property, does not exceed the sum
of two hundred dollars, unless the
action involves the validity of tax.
impost, assessment, toll, municipal
| fine or statute
The Supreme Court shall also
!! have power to issue Writs of manda-
mus, review, prohibition, habeas
corpus, certiorari and all other writs
necessary and proper to the COM
plete exercise Of it's appellate and
revisory jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court shall have
original and exclusive jurisdiction to
hear and determine all causes be-
tween counties concerning disputed
! boundaries and surveys thereof, or
concerning claims of one county
against another. Such trials shall
be to the court without a jury.
Each Judge of the Supreme Court
shall haye power to issue writs of
habeas corpus to any part of the
State upon petition by. or on be-
| half of, any person held in actual
custody, and may make such writs
lreturnable before himself, or before
! the Supreme Court, or before any
superior court of the State or any
judge thereof.
Sec. 5. There shall be in each of
the organized counties of the State
a superior court, for which at least
] one judge shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the county at
| the general election: Provided, that
| for each county having a census
enumeration greater than thirty
thousand inhabitants. one judge of
the superior court for every addi-
tional thirty thousand inhabitants,
or majority fraction thereof. may be
provided by law. In any county
where there shall be more than one
judge of the superior court, there
may be as many sessions of the SUI
perior court at the same time as
there are judges thereof, and the
1 business of the court shall be so
distributed and assigned by law, or
in the absence of legislation there
for, by such rules and orders Of the
court as shall best promote and Sc
crue the convenient and expeditions
transaction thereof.
The judgments, decrees, orders
and proceedings of any session of
the superior court held by any one
or more of the judges of such court
shall be equally effectual as If all
the judges OF said court had pre-
sided at such session.
/ The first judges of the superior
court shall be elected at the general
election to be held under the pro-
visions of the Enabling Act. approx
ed June 20, 1910. Their term of
office shall be co-terminous with
that of the Governor of the State
|elected at the same time. There
after the term of Office Of all judges
Of the superior court shall be four
years, from and after the first Mon
day in January next succeeding
their election and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualify.
| All judges of the superior court
shall be elected at the general State
ELECTION by the qualified electors Of
their respective counties. The
names of all candidates fo. the Of
Ifice of judge of the superior court
lshall be placed on the regular bal
Hot in alphabetical order, without
iany partisan or other designation
), except the title of the Office. If a
vacancy occur in the office of judge
of the superior court, the Governor
shall appoint person to fill the va
cancy until the election and qualiti-
cation of q judge to hold said office,
(which election shall be at the next
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