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the judiciary department of Georgia was principally managed 

 as we have stated. It was then changed, or new modelled. 

 At present, the judiciary is thus arranged : 



1. A Court OF Errors and Appeals, consisting of three 

 judges elected by the Legislature for six years. This is an 

 appellate tribunal for the correction of errors in law and 

 equity from the Superior Courts. The terms are held in Sa- 

 vannah, Milledgeville, Macon, Hawkinsville, Americus, Tal- 

 botton, Decatur, Gainesville, and Cassville. 



, 2. Superior Court ; judges elected by the Legislature 

 for four years. This is a court of general jurisdiction, both as 

 a court of common law and equity, held twice every year in each 

 county in the State, and has the power of correcting all errors 

 in the inferior judicatories, and exclusive jurisdiction in all 

 criminal cases, and in the trial of titles to real estate. 



3. Inferior Court ; consisting of five justices in each 

 county, who are elected by the people for the term of four 

 years. The terms of this court are two in each year. This 

 court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court, in 

 actions of debt, trespass, &c., and has the supervisory power 

 in their counties, over bridges, ferries, roads, public buildings, 

 &c., &LC., and also the powers of a Court of Ordinary, in all 

 matters in relation to the estates of deceased persons, the care of 

 the poor, and in all actions other than those in which the title 

 to land is involved. 



4. Justices' Courts; consisting of two justices for each 

 militia district, in every county, who are elected by the people 

 of their district. They have jurisdiction in cases of debt, 

 when the same does not exceed thirty dollars. 



The laws of Georgia were compiled by Marbury and Craw- 

 ford, from its earliest settlement as a British province in 1755 

 to 1800; and by Augustus S. Clayton, from the year 1800 to 

 the year 1810 inclusive; by L. Q. C. Lamar, from 1810 to 1820, 

 and by William C. Dawson, from 1820 to 1830 inclusive. 



Digests of these laws have been made by Prince and 

 Hotchkiss, and an Analysis of the Statutes of Georgia, com- 

 piled by Howell Cobb, Esq. 



There are eleven judicial districts : Eastern Circuit, nine 

 counties ; Middle do., nine do. ; Western do., eight do. ; Nor- 

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