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An Act to alter and amend the first section of the third article of the Constitution. 1817 28 (1817)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0107 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF GEORGiA, AN ACT To alter and amend the first sectioi of the third article the Constitution. WHEREAS the first section of the third article of tli0 Constitution is in the following words:- Tne Judicial powers of this state, shall le vested in a Superior, Inferi. or and Justices courts, and in such other courts as the Legislature shall from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges of the Superior courts shall be elected for the term of three years-removablo by te Governor, on the address of two thirds of both branches of the General Assembly for that purpose, or by imeachment, and con- Viction thereon. The Superior courts shall have excill- sive and final jurisdiction in~all criminal cases (except as relates to people of color, and lunes for neglect of duty, and for contempt of court, for violations against road laws, and for obstructing water courses, which shall bp vested in such judicature or tribunal as shall be, or may have been, pointed out by law,) which shall be tried in tho county where the crime was committed ; ard in all cases respecting titles to land, which shall be tried in the coun- ty where the land lies; and also concurrent jurisdiction in all other civil cases ; and shall have, power to correct er- rors in inferior judicatories by writ of certiorari, as well as errors in the Superior courts, and order new trials on pro. per and legal grounds-Provided, that such new trials shall be determined, and such errors corrected in the Su- perior court of the county in which such action originated and the said court shall have appellate jurisdiction in such other cases as are, or may be pointed out by law, iwhich shall in no case tend to remove the cause from the county in which the action originated ; and the Judges thereof, in all cases of application for new trials or' correc- tion of errors, shall enter their opinion on the minutes of the court. The Inferior courts shall also have Iconcur. rent.jurisdiction in all civil cases, (except in cases respect. ing the titles to lands, which shall be tried in the county where the defendant resides; and in cases of joint obligors, or joint promisors, residing in different countIes, the sauc May be brought in either county, and a copy of the pet.i.

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