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office in two years, one in three years, one in four years, one in five years
and one in six
years, and thereafter the judge elected to fill the office shall hold the
same for six years.
  SECTION S. The Circuit Courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters,
civil and
criminal, within this State, not excepted in this Constitution, and not hereafter
prohibited
by law, and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals,
and a supervisory
control over the same. They shall also have the power to issue writs of habeas
corpus,
mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and all other writs necessary
to carry into
effect their orders, judgments and decrees, and give them a general control
over inferior
courts and jurisdictions.
  SECTION 9. When a vacancy shall happen in the office of Judge of the Supreme
or Cir-
cuit Courts, such vacancy shall be filled by an appointment of the Governor,
which shall
continue until a successor is elected and qualified; and when elected, such
successor shall
hold his office the residue of the unexpired term. There shall be no election
for a judge or
judges at any general election for State or county officers, nor within thirty
days either
before or after such election.
  SECTION 10. Each of the Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts shall
receive a salary,
payable quarterly, of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars annually;
they shall
receive no fees of office, or other compensation than their salaries; they
shall hold no office
of public trust, except a judicial office, during the term for which they
are respectively
elected, and all votes for either of them, for any office except a judicial
office given by the
Legislature or the people, shall be void. No person shall be eligible to
the office of Judge,
who shall not, at the time of his election, be a citizen of the United States,
and have attained
the age of twenty-five years, and be a qualified elector within the jurisdiction
for which he
may be chosen.
  SECTION 11. The Supreme Court shall hold at least one term annually, at
the seat of gov-
  ernment of the State, at such time as shall be provided by law, and the
Legislature may
  provide for holding other terms, and at other places, when they may deem
it necessary. A
  Circuit Court shall be held at least twice in each year, in each county
of this State, organized
for judicial purposes. The judges of the circuit court may hold courts for
each other, and
shall do so when required by law.
   SECTION 12. There shall be a clerk of the Circuit Court chosen in each
county organized
 for judicial purposes, by the qualified electors thereof, who shall hold
his office for two
 years, subject to removal, as shall be provided by law. In case of a vacancy,
the Judge of
 the Circuit Court shall have the power to appoint a clerk, until the vacancy
shall be filled
 by an election. The clerk thus elected or appointed shall give such security
as the Legisla-
 ture may require; and when elected, shall hold his office for a full term.
The Supreme
 Court shall appoint its own Clerk, and the Clerk of a Circuit Court may
be appointed Clerk
 of the Supreme Court.
   SECTION 13. Any Judge of the Supreme or Circuit Court may be removed from
office by
 address of both Houses of the Legislature, if two-thirds of all the members
elect to each
 House concur therein, but no removal shall be made by virtue of this section,
unless the
 judge complained of shall have been served with a copy of the charges against
him as the
 ground of address, and shall have had an opportunity of being heard in his
defense. On the
 question of removal, the ayes and noes shall be entered on the journals.
   SECTION 14. There shall be chosen in each county, by the qualified electors
thereof, a
 Judge of Probate, who shall hold his office for two years, and until his
successor shall be
 elected and qualified, and whose jurisdiction, powers and duties shall be
prescribed by law.
 Provided, however, That the Legislature shall have power to abolish the
office of Judge of
 Probate in any county, and to confer probate powers upon such inferior courts
as may be
 established in said county.
   SECTION 15. The electors of the several towns, at their annual town meetings,
and the
 electors of cities and villages, at their charter elections, shall, in such
manner as the Legis-
 lature may direct, elect justices of the peace, whose term of office shall
be for two years,
 and until their successors in office shall be elected and qualified. In
case of an election to
 fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, the justice
elected shall hold
 for the residue of the unexpired term. Their number and classifications
shall be regulated
 by law. And the tenure of two years shall in no wise interfere with the
classification in the
 first instance. The justices thus elected shall have such civil and criminal
jurisdiction as
 shall be prescribed by law.
    SECTION 16. The Legislature shall pass laws for the regulation of tribunals
of concilia-
  tion, defining their powers and duties. Such tribunals may be established
in and for any
  township, and shall have power to render judgment, to be obligatory on
the parties, when