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direct; if any of such officers shall fail to comply with this
requisition, such officer shall be deemed to have vacat-
ed his office, and be subject to suit by the State for
the amount that ought to be paid into the treasury; and
no person holding any office created by or existing under
this constitution or laws of the State, or holding any ap-
pointment under any court in this State, shall receive
more than $3, 000 a year as a compensation for the dis-
charge of his official duties, except in cases specially pro-
vided in this constitution.
Sec. 2. The several courts existing in this State at the
time of the adoption of this constitution shall, until super-
seded under its provisions, continue with like powers and
jurisdiction, and in the exercise thereof, both at law and
in equity, in all respects as if this constitution had not
been adopted; and when said courts shall be so supersed-
ed, all causes then depending in said courts shall pass
into the jurisdiction of the several courts by which they
may be respectively superseded.
Sec. 3. The Governor and all officers, civil and mili-
tary, now holding office under this State, whether by elec-
tion or appointment, shall continue to hold, exercise and
discharge the duties of their offices according to their
present tenure, unless otherwise provided in this consti-
tution until they shall be superseded under its provisions,
and until their successors shall be duly qualified.
Sec. 4. If at any election directed by this constitution,
any two or more candidates shall have the highest and an
equal number of votes, a new election shall be ordered by
the Governor, except in cases specially provided for by
this constitution.
Sec. 5. In the trial of all criminal cases, the jury shall
be the judges of law as well as of fact.
Sec. 6. The right of trial by jury of al] issues of fact
in civil proceedings in the several courts of law in this
State, where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum
of five dollars, shall be inviolably preserved.
Sec. 7. All general elections in this State shall be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, in the year in which they shall oc-
cur; and the first election of all officers which, under this
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