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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  GEORGIA. The name of one of the original states of the United States of 
  America. George the Second granted a charter to Lord Percival, and twenty 
  others, for the government of the province of Georgia. It was governed under 
  this charter till the year 1751, when it was surrendered to the crown. From 
  that period to the time of the American revolution, the colony was governed 
  as other royal provinces. 


       2. The constitution of the state, as revised, amended, and compiled by 
  the convention of the state, was adopted at Louisville, on the 30th day of 
  May, 1798. It directs, art. 1, s. 1, that the legislative, executive, and 
  judiciary departments of government shall be distinct, and each department 
  shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy. 
       3.-1. The legislative power is vested in two separate and distinct 
  branches, to wit, a senate and house of representatives, styled the General 
  Assembly." 1st. The senate is elected annually, and is composed of one 
  member from each county, chosen by the electors thereof. The senate elect, 
  by ballot, a president out of their own body. 2d. The house of 
  representatives is composed of members from all the counties, according to 
  their respective numbers of free white persons, and including three-fifths 
  of all the people of color. The enumeration is made once in seven years, and 
  any county containing three thousand persons, according to the foregoing 
  plan of enumeration, is entitled to two members; seven thousand to three 
  members; and twelve thousand to four members; but each county shall have at 
  least one, and not more than four members. The representatives are chosen 
  annually. The house of representatives choose their speaker and other 
  officers. 
       4. - 2. The executive power is vested in a governor, elected by the 
  general assembly, who holds his office for the term of two years. In case of 
  vacancy in his office, the president of the senate acts as governor, until 
  the disability is removed, or until the next meeting of the general 
  assembly. 
       5. - 3. The judicial powers of the state are, by the 3d article of the 
  constitution, distributed as follows: 
       Sec. 1. The judicial powers of this state shall be vested in a superior 
  court, and in such inferior jurisdictions 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, removable by the governor, on the 
  address of two-thirds of both houses for that purpose, or by impeachment and 
  conviction thereon. The superior court shall have exclusive and final 
  jurisdiction in all criminal cases which shall be tried in the county 
  wherein the crime was committed; and in all cases respecting titles to land, 
  which shall be tried in the county where the land lies; and shall have power 
  to correct errors in inferior judicatories by writs of certiorari, as well 
  as errors in the superior courts, and to order new trials on proper and 
  legal grounds Provided, That such new trials shall be determined, and such 
  errors corrected, in the superior court of the county in which such action 
  originated. And the said court shall also have appellative jurisdiction in 
  such other cases as the legislature may by law direct, which 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 correction of error, shall enter their opinions on the minutes of 
  the court. The inferior courts shall have cognizance of all civil cases, 
  which shall be tried in the county wherein the defendant resides, except in 
  cases of joint obligors, residing in different counties, which may be 
  commenced in either county; and a copy of the petition and process served on 
  the party or parties residing out of the county in which the suit may be 
  commenced, shall be deemed sufficient service, under such rules and 
  regulations as the legislature may direct; but the legislature may, by law, 
  to which two-thirds of each branch shall concur, give concurrent 
  jurisdiction to the superior courts. The superior and inferior courts shall 
  sit in each county twice in every year, at such stated times as the 
  legislature shall appoint. 
       6. - 2. The judges shall have salaries adequate to their services, 
  established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their 
  continuance in office; but shall not receive any other perquisites or 
  emoluments whatever, from parties or others, on account of any duty required 
  of them. 
       7. - 3. There shall be a state's attorney and solicitors appointed by 
  the legislature, and commissioned by the governor, who shall hold their 
  offices for the term of three years, unless removed by sentence on 
  impeachment, or by the governor, on the address of each branch of the 
  general assembly. They shall have salaries adequate to their services, 
  established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their 
  continuance in office. 
       8. - 4. Justices of the inferior courts shall be appointed by the 
  general assembly, and be commissioned by the governor, and shall hold their 
  commissions during good behaviour, or as long a they respectively reside in 
  the county for which they shall be appointed, unless removed by sentence on 
  impeachment, or by the governor, on the address of two-thirds of each branch 
  of the general assembly. They may be compensated for their services in such 
  manner as the legislature may by law direct. 
       9. - 5. The justices of the peace shall be nominated by the inferior 
  courts of the several counties, and commissioned by the governor; and there 
  shall be two justices of the peace in each captain's district, either or 
  both of whom shall have power to try all cases of a civil nature within 
  their district, where the debt or litigated demand does not exceed thirty 
  dollars, in such manner as the legislature may by law direct. They shall 
  hold their appointments during good behaviour, or until they shall be 
  removed by conviction, on indictment in the superior court, for malpractice 
  in office, or for any felonious or infamous crime, or by the governor, on 
  the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature. 
       10. - 6. The powers of a court of ordinary or register of probates, 
  shall, be invested in the inferior courts of each county; from whose 
  decision there may be an appeal to the superior court, under such 
  restrictions and regulations as the general assembly may by law direct; but 
  the inferior court shall have power to vest the care of the records, and 
  other proceedings therein, in the clerk, or such other person as they may 
  appoint; and any one or more justices of the said court, with such clerk or 
  other person, may issue citations and grant temporary letters in time of 
  vacation, to hold until the next meeting of the said court; and such clerk 
  or other person may grant marriage licenses. 
       11. - 7. The judges of the superior courts, or any one of them, shall 
  have power to issue writs of mandamus. @prohibi tion, scire facias, and all 
  other writ's which may be necessary for carrying their powers fully into 
  effect. 
  
  

















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