404 HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



Sec. 20. The Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney- 

 General and Surveyor-General,* shall be chosen by 

 joint vote of the two Houses of the Legislature, at 

 their first session under this Constitution, and there- 

 after shall be elected at the same time and places, 

 and in the same manner, as the Governor and Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor. 



Sec. 21. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Se- 

 cretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney- 

 General, and Surveyor-General, shall each at stated 

 times during their continuance in office, receive for 

 their services a compensation, ■which shall not be in- 

 creased or diminished during the term for which they 

 shall have been elected ; but neither of these officers 

 shall receive for his own use any fees for the perform- 

 ance of his official duties. 



ARTICLE VI. 



JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 



Sec. 1. The judicial power of this State shall be 

 vested in a Supreme Court, in District Courts, in 

 County Courts, and in Justices of the Peace. The 

 Legislature may also establish such municipal and 

 other inferior courts as may be deemed necessary. 



Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of a 

 Chief Justice, and two Associate Justices, any two of 

 whom shall constitute a quorum. 



Sec. 3. The Justices of the Supreme Court shall 

 be elected at the general election, by the qualified 

 electors of the State, and shall hold their office for 

 the term of six years from the first day of January 

 next after their election ; provided that the Legisla- 



