Year: 1861

and shall perform such other duties be required by SEc l5 Vacancies that may happen offices, the election to which the General Assembly shall be filled by the governor during he of the General Assembly, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of the session.

 the Assembly shall be presented the If he approve it, he sign it. but he shall approve, he shall t. with his objections the house in which it originated which shall his objections t large upon its journal reconsider H such recondera on majority of the whole number elected that house shall agree pass the bill it shall be with the objections of the governor to the other house. by which 1t shall likewise be recons4ered and if approved by majority of the whole Der 'eeced that house it shall be laE but in such the of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nay and the of the voting ior against the b shall be entered the journal of each house respectively If any bill shall be returned by the governor within three days excepted shall have been presented him. the shall be law in like manner as if he had signed its return in which shall not be law.

 SEC IT, Every order resolution to which the concurrence of both houses of the General Assembly be necessary except questions of aounnent shall be presented the governor before shall take effect he approved by him. being dapproved shall be ePaed by both houses accord ing to the rules and limitations in the case:of bill.

 SEC. IS. In the Impeachment Gf the governor, his removal from office his death, his refusal qualify, his resg naon his absence from the state the president of the Senate shall exercise all the authority appertarng to the office of governor until another shall have been elected and qualified until the governor absent mpeached shall return be acquitted.

 SEc I during the vacancy of the office of governor the president of the Senate shall be mpeached removed from oc refuse qualify resign die be absent from the state the 

 administer the government

 SEC 20 The president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives during the they respectively administer the government shall receive the same compensa- ton which the would have received had he been employed in the duties of his oice

 SEC 2 Whenever the office of shall have become vacant by death, resignation removal from office, other wise POred Such vacancy shall not happen within eighteen months of which shall have been elected president of the Senate speaker of the House of Representatives the may be- exercising the powers of the governor for the time being shall immediately he sixty days previous notice thereof which election shall be by tbe rules prescribed for general elections o governor far appcabe the returns shall be made to the secretary of state who in the resenceot the acting gov ernor and judges of the supreme of them at least shall compare them and together with the said acting governor and judges declare who elected and there be contested election shall be decided by the judges of the supreme court in the manner prescribed by law.

 SEC 22 The shall always reside at the seat oi gov SEC 2s No person shall hold the office of and other office or commission civil or military either this or under any the Confederate States ot America any other power, a and the same time

 SEC There shall be elected by the joint vote of both houses the General Assembly, until otherwise provided by law an auditor and for this state who shall hold their offices for the of years and until their respective successors elected and qualified unless sooner removed they shall keep their respective offices at the seat o govern ent and perform such duties shall be prescribed by aw and in of vacancy by deah resignation or otherwise; such vacancy shall be filled by tine governor as Tn other cases so long as said officers remain elective by the General Assem- bIy.

 ARTICLE VI.

 

 Srcox I The u 1ca power this shall be vested in one supreme court in circuit county courts probate corporation courts and In justices oi the peace General Assembly when they deem teSPeuleh es'ao SEC 9 The supreme court shall be composed of three dges the one of whom holding his under the oldest com mission being shall be chief Juslce any two or whom shall constitute quorum and the concurrence oi any two of said judges shall in every case be necessary 10 deci sion The supreme court except otherwise directed by this constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction oniy' which shall be with the state under such estFc tons and regulations may from time to time be prescribed by law It shall have general experimenting coh'ru over m inferior and other courts of law and equity it shall have power to issue writs Of error and SueedeaS' anu

 eas corpus mandamus and quo Warranto and other rem dial wr aid of its appellate jurisdiction and to hear and determine Said judges shall be coservators of the peace throughout the and shall severay have power to issue any of the aforesaid wrs

 SEC B. The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction all criminal cases which shall be otherwise provided for by law: exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes amounting to felony until otherwise provided y the General Assembly, and original jurisdiction of all civil which shall not De until otherwise directed by law and gna jurisdiction in all matters of where the in controversy Is over one hundred dollars It shall hold it's terms at such place, in each county as may be, by law, prescribed.

 SEC f. shall be divided into convenient circuits which judge shall be elected who during his continuance office shall reside and be of the peace within the circuit which he shall have been elected If from any cause the of holding court county this tate shall be regular judge present the attorneys present may from among themselves of their number o act as iudse all the power and authority of regular pdge and in the judge regular special shall be inter- ested in any otherwise incompetent the news present may select judge to try such who shall take the oath prescrped D law previous entering upon the discharge of his duties

 SEC D. The circuit courts shall exercise experimenting control all inferior courts and shall have power to issue all the necessary ws carry into effect their general and specific powers.

 SEC G. Until the General Assembly shall deem expedien to establish of chancer the circuit shall have ur d.on matters of equity subject to revision review s,Ich the General Assembly have shall

 r prescribe The special chancey court heretofore created IS in the jurisdiction conferred upon said until otherwise provided '.v law

 SEC I The judges of the supreme shall be appointed v the by and with the advice and Senate The judges of the supreme shall be least nnlltL nir-nlfno -xIn.:.s