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wise provided for, and in all issues of fact joined in 

 the probate courts, their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. 



SEC. 7. The Legislature shall provide for the elec 

 tion, by the people, of a Clerk of the Supreme Court, 

 and County Clerks, District Attorneys, Sheriffs, Coro 

 ners, and other necessary officers ; and shall fix by 

 law their duties and compensation. County Clerks 

 shall be, ex-officio, Clerks of the District Courts in 

 and for their respective counties. 



SEC. 8. There shall be elected in each of the or 

 ganized counties of this State, one County Judge 

 who shall hold his office for four years. He shall 

 hold the County Court, and perform the duties of 

 Surrogate, or Probate Judge. The County Judge, 

 with two Justices of the Peace, to be designated ac 

 cording to law, shall hold courts of sessions, with 

 such criminal jurisdiction as the Legislature shall pre 

 scribe, and he shall perform such other duties as shall 

 be required by law. 



SEC. 9. The County Courts shall have such juris 

 diction, in cases arising in Justices Courts, and in spe 

 cial cases, as the Legislature may prescribe, but shall 

 have no original civil jurisdiction, except in such spe 

 cial cases. 



SEC. 10. The times and places of holding the 

 terms of the Supreme Court, and the general and spe 

 cial terms of the District Courts within the several 

 districts, shall be provided for by law. 



SEC. 11. No judicial officer, except a Justice of the 

 Peace, shall receive to his own use, any fees, or per 

 quisites of office. 



SEC. 12. The Legislature shall provide for the 

 speedy publication of all statute laws, and of such 

 judicial decisions as it may deem expedient ; and all 



