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An Act to alter and amend a part of the first section of the third article of the Constitution of the State. 1835 49 (1835)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0270 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION.. 4 CONSTITUTION. AN ACT to alter and amend a part of the first section of the third article of the constitution of the State. Whereas a part of the first section of the third article of the constitution is in the words following, to wit: The' judicial powers of this State shall be vested in a Superior, Inferior and , Justices' Courts, and in such other courts as the Legislature shall, from time to time, ordain and esta- blish ; the judges of the Superior Court shall be elected for the term of three years, and shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified, removable by the Governor on the address of two-thirds of both branches of the General Assembly for that purpose, or by impeach- ment. and conviction thereon. The Superior Court shall have exclusive and final jurisdiction in all criminal cases (except as relates to people of colour, and fines for neglect of duty, and for contempt of court, for violations against road laws, and for obstructing water courses, which shall be vested in such judicature or tribunals as shall be or may have been pointed out by law, and except in all other minor offences committed by free white persons, and which do not subject the offender or offenders to loss of life, limb or member, or to confinement in the penitentiary ; in all such cases corporation courts, such as now exist or may hereafter be constituted in any incorporated city, being in a sea-port town anid port of entry, may be vested with jurisdiction, under such rules and regulations as the Legislature may hereafler by law direct), which shall be tried in the county where the crime was committed ; and in all cases respect- ing titles of land, which shall be tried in the county where the land lies ; and also concurrent jurisdiction in all other civil cases, and shall have power to correct errors in infe- rior judicatures by writs of certiorari, as well as errors in the Superior Court of the county in which such action ori- G A49

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