vior in its presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings: Provided, Such imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed fortyeight hours.

SEC. 21. The doors of each house shall be open, except on such occasions of great emergency as, in the opinion of the house, may require secrecy.

SEC. 22. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which they may be sitting.

SEC. 23. Bills may originate in either house, and be amended, altered, or rejected by the other, but no bill shall have the force of a law until on three several days it be read in each house, and free discussion be allowed thereon, unless four-fifths of the house in which the bill shall be pending may deem it expedient to dispense with this rule; and every bill having passed both houses shall be signed by the speaker and president of their respective houses.

SEC. 24. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives, but the senate may amend or reject them as other

bills.

SEC. 25. Each member of the legislature shall receive from the public treasury a compensation for his services, which may be increased or diminished by law; but no increase of compensation shall take effect during the session at which such increase shall have been made.

SEC. 26. No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, nor for one year thereafter, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people; and no member of either house of the legislature shall, after the commencement of the first session of the legislature after his election, and during the remainder of the term for which he is elected, be eligible to any office or place, the appointment to which may be made in whole or in part by either branch of the legislature.

SEC. 27. No Judge of any court of law or equity, secretary of state, attorney-general, clerk of any court of record, sheriff, or collector, or any person holding a lucrative office under the United States or this State, shall be eligible to the legislature: Provided, That offices in the militia, to which there is attached no annual salary, and the office of justice of the peace, shall not be deemed lucrative.

SEC. 28. No person who hath heretofore been, or hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either house of the legislature, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable.

SEC. 29. The first election for senators and representatives shall be general throughout the State, and shall be held on the first Monday and day following in November, 1833; and thereafter there shall be biennial elections for senators to fill the places of those whose term of service may have expired.

SEC. 30. The first and all future sessions of the legislature shall be held in the town of Jackson, in the county of Hinds, until the year 1850. During the first session thereafter, the legislature shall have power to designate by law the permanent seat of government: Provided, however, That unless such designation be then made by law,

the seat of government shall continue permanently at the town of Jackson. The first session shall commence on the third Monday in November, in the year 1833; and in every two years thereafter, at such time as may be prescribed by law.

SEC. 31. The governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor of public accounts, and attorney-general, shall reside at the seat of

government.

ARTICLE IV

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

SECTION 1. The judicial power of this State shall be vested in one high court of errors and appeals, and such other courts of law and equity as are hereafter provided for in this constitution.

SEC. 2. The high court of errors and appeals shall consist of three judges, any two of whom shall form a quorum. The legislature shall divide the State into three districts, and the qualified electors of each district shall elect one of said judges for the term of six years.

SEC. 3. The office of one of said judges shall be vacated in two years, and of one in four years, and of one in six years, so that at the expiration of every two years one of said judges shall be elected as aforesaid.

SEC. 4. The high court of errors and appeals shall have no jurisdiction but such as properly belongs to a court of errors and appeals. SEC. 5. All vacancies that may occur in said court, from death, resignation, or removal, shall be filled by election as aforesaid: Provided, however, That if the unexpired term do not exceed one year, the vacancy shall be filled by executive appointment.

SEC. 6. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the high court of errors and appeals who shall not have attained, at the time of his election, the age of thirty years.

SEC. 7. The high court of errors and appeals shall be held twice in each year, at such place as the legislature shall direct, until the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and afterwards at the seat of government of the State.

SEC. 8. The secretary of state, on receiving all the official returns of the first election, shall proceed, forthwith, in the presence and with the assistance of two justices of the peace, to determine by lot among the three candidates having the highest number of votes, which of said judges elect shall serve for the term of two years, which shall serve for the term of four years, and which shall serve for the term of six years, and having so determined the same, it shall be the duty of the governor to issue commissions accordingly.

SEC. 9. No judge shall sit on the trial of any cause when the parties, or either of them, shall be connected with him by affinity or consanguinity, or when he may be interested in the same, except by consent of the judge and of the parties; and whenever a quorum of said court are situated as aforesaid, the governor of the State shall in such case specially commission two or more men of law knowledge for the determination thereof.

SEC. 10. The judges of said court shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

SEC. 11. The judges of the circuit court shall be elected by the qualified electors of each judicial district, and hold their offices for the term of four years, and reside in their respective districts.

SEC. 12. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the circuit court who shall not at the time of his election have attained the age of twenty-six years.

SEC. 13. The State shall be divided into convenient districts, and each district shall contain not less than three nor more than twelve counties.

SEC. 14. The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal, within this State; but in civil cases only when the principal of the sum in controversy exceeds fifty dollars.

SEC. 15. A circuit court shall be held in each county of this State, at least twice in each year; and the judges of said courts shall interchange circuits with each other, in such manner as may be prescribed by law, and shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

SEC. 16. A separate superior court of chancery shall be established, with full jurisdiction in all matter of equity: Provided, however, The legislature may give to the circuit courts of each county equity jurisdiction in all cases where the value of the thing, or amount in controversy, does not exceed five hundred dollars; also, in all cases of divorce, and for the foreclosure of mortgages. The chancellor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the whole State, for the term of six years, and shall be at least thirty years old at the time of his election.a

SEC. 17. The style of all process shall be " The State of Mississippi,” and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi, and shall conclude "against the peace and dignity of the same."

SEC. 18. A court of probates shall be established in each county of this State, with jurisdiction in all matters testamentary and of adininistration in orphans' business and the allotment of dower, in cases of idiotey and lunacy, and of persons non compos mentis. The judge of said court shall be elected, by the qualified electors of the respective counties, for the term of two years.

SEC. 19. The clerk of the high court of errors and appeals shall be appointed by said court for the term of four years, and the clerks of the circuit, probate, and other inferior courts shall be elected by the qualified electors of the respective counties, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years.

SEC. 20. The qualified electors of each county shall elect five persons for the term of two years, who shall constitute a board of police for each county, a majority of whom may transact business; which body shall have full jurisdiction over roads, highways, ferries, and bridges, and all other matters of county police, and shall order all county election to fill vacancies that may occur in the offices of their respective counties; the clerk of the court of probate shall be the clerk of the board of county police."

SEC. 21. No person shall be eligible as a member of said board who shall not have resided one year in the county; but this qualification

@Amended; see page 2065.

Amended; see page 2064.

shall not extend to such new counties as may hereafter be established until one year after their organization; and all vacancies that may occur in said board shall be supplied by election as aforesaid to fill the unexpired term.

SEC. 22. The judges of all the courts of the State, and also the members of the board of county police, shall, in virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace, and shall be by law vested with ample powers in this respect.

SEC. 23. A competent number of justices of the peace and constables shall be chosen in each county, by the qualified electors thereof, by districts, who shall hold their offices for the term of two years. The jurisdiction of justices of peace shall be limited to causes in which the principal of the amount in controversy shall not exceed fifty dollars. In all causes tried by a justice of the peace, the right of appeal shall be secured under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. 24. The legislature may, from time to time, establish such other inferior courts as may be deemed necessary, and abolish the same whenever they shall deem it expedient.

SEC. 25. There shall be an attorney-general elected by the qualified electors of the State; and a competent number of district attorneys shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective districts, whose compensation and term of service shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. 26. The legislature shall provide by law for determining contested elections of judges of the high court of errors and appeals, of the circuit and probate courts, and other officers.

SEC. 27. The judges of the several courts of this State, for wilful neglect of duty or other reasonable cause, shall be removed by the governor on the address of two-thirds of both houses of the legislature; the address to be by joint vote of both houses. The cause or causes for which such removal shall be required shall be stated at length in such address, and on the journals of each house. The judge so intended to be removed shall be notified and admitted to a hearing in his own defence before any vote for such address shall pass; the vote on such address shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the journals of each house.

SEC. 28. Judges of probate, clerks, sheriffs, and other county officers, for wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, shall be liable to presentment or indictment by a grand jury, and trial by a petit jury, and upon conviction shall be removed from office.

ARTICLE V

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

SECTION 1. The chief executive power of this State shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years from the time of his installation.

SEC. 2. The governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State. The returns of every election for governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state, who shall deliver them to the speaker of the house of representatives at the next ensuing session of the legislature, during the first week of which session the said speaker shall open and publish

SEC. 11. The judges of the circuit court shall be elected by the qualified electors of each judicial district, and hold their offices for the term of four years, and reside in their respective districts.

SEC. 12. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the circuit court who shall not at the time of his election have attained the age of twenty-six years.

SEC. 13. The State shall be divided into convenient districts, and each district shall contain not less than three nor more than twelve counties.

SEC. 14. The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal, within this State; but in civil cases only when the principal of the sum in controversy exceeds fifty dollars.

SEC. 15. A circuit court shall be held in each county of this State, at least twice in each year; and the judges of said courts shall interchange circuits with each other, in such manner as may be prescribed by law, and shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office..

SEC. 16. A separate superior court of chancery shall be established, with full jurisdiction in all matter of equity: Provided, however, The legislature may give to the circuit courts of each county equity jurisdiction in all cases where the value of the thing, or amount in controversy, does not exceed five hundred dollars; also, in all cases of divorce, and for the foreclosure of mortgages. The chancellor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the whole State, for the term of six years, and shall be at least thirty years old at the time of his election.a

SEC. 17. The style of all process shall be "The State of Mississippi.” and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi, and shall conclude “against the peace and dignity of the same."

SEC. 18. A court of probates shall be established in each county of this State, with jurisdiction in all matters testamentary and of administration in orphans' business and the allotment of dower, in cases of idiotey and lunacy, and of persons non compos mentis. The judge of said court shall be elected, by the qualified electors of the respective counties, for the term of two years.

SEC. 19. The clerk of the high court of errors and appeals shall be appointed by said court for the term of four years, and the clerks of the circuit, probate, and other inferior courts shall be elected by the qualified electors of the respective counties, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years.

SEC. 20. The qualified electors of each county shall elect five persons for the term of two years, who shall constitute a board of police for each county, a majority of whom may transact business; which body shall have full jurisdiction over roads, highways, ferries, and bridges, and all other matters of county police, and shall order all county election to fill vacancies that may occur in the offices of their respective counties; the clerk of the court of probate shall be the clerk of the board of county police."

SEC. 21. No person shall be eligible as a member of said board who shall not have resided one year in the county; but this qualification

@Amended; see page 2065.

Amended; see page 2064.