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been a citizen of the State at least five years, and above the
age of thirty years, at the time of his election, and a resident
of the Judicial Circuit, to be Judge thereof, and the said
Judges shall be styled Circuit Judges, and shall respectively
hold a term of their Courts at least twice in each year, or
oftener if required by law, in each county composing their
respective Circuits, and said Courts shall be called Circuit
Courts for the county in which they may be, held, and shall
have and exercise in the counties of this State, all the power,
authority and jurisdiction, which the Circuit Courts of this
State now have and exercise, or which may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law, and the said Judges in their respective Cir-
cuits shall have and exercise all the power, authority and
jurisdiction of a Court of Chancery. "

Strike out the 20th section, and insert the following:

"Sec. 20. The Judges of the several Judicial Circuits shall
be citizens of the United States, and shall have resided five
years in this State and two years in the Judicial Circuit for
which they may be respectively elected, next before the time
of their election, and shall reside therein while they continue
to act as Judges, they shall be taken from among those who
having the other qualifications herein prescribed, are most
distinguished for integrity, wisdom and sound legal know-
ledge; and shall be elected by the qualified voters of the said
Circuits, and shall hold their offices for the term of ————
years, removable for misbehavior on conviction in a Court of
Law, or by the Governor upon the address of the General
Assembly, provided that two-thirds of the members of each
House shall concur in such address, and the said Judges (except
the fifth Judicial Circuit) shall each receive a salary of three
thousand dollars per year, and the same shall not be increased
or diminished during the time of their continuance in office,
and no Judge of any Court in this State shall receive any
perquisite, fee, commission or reward in addition thereto, for
the performance of any judicial duty. "

Strike out the 21st section, and insert the following:

"Sec. 21. The present Judge of the first Judicial Circuit,
and the present Judge of the second Judicial Circuit, and the
present Judge of the third Judicial Circuit, and the present
Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit, and the present Judge
of the fifth Judicial Circuit, and the present Judge of the
ninth Judicial Circuit shall continue to act as Judge of the
several Courts of their respective Circuits, until the expiration
the time for which they have been severally elected, and until
their successor is elected and qualified. The present Judge
of the sixth Judicial Circuit shall be the Judge of the seventh