disposition thereof as the General Assembly may direct;
if any of such officers shall fail to comply with the requisi-
tions of this Section for the period of thirty days after the
expiration of each and every year of his office, such officer
shall be deemed to have vacated his office, and the Gover-
nor shall declare the same vacant, and the vacancy therein
shall be filled as in case of vacancy for any other cause, and
such officer shall be subject to suit by the State for the
amount that ought to be paid into the Treasury.

SEC. 2. The several Courts existing in this State at the
time of the adoption of the 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been adopted; and when said Courts shall be so superseded,
all causes, then depending- in said Courts shall pass into the
jurisdiction of the several Courts, by which they may, re-
spectively, superseded.^

SEC. 3. Vacant."

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 the Law, as well as of fact, except that the
Court may pass upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sus-
tain a conviction.*

SEC. 6. The right of trial by Jury of all 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 occur.

SEC. 8. Vacant.^

SEC. 9. The Term of office of all Judges and other offi-
cers, for whose election provision is made by this Constitu-
tion, shall except in cases otherwise expressly provided
herein; commence from the time of their Election; and all

'The word "be" evidently omitted.

'Repealed bv Chapter 99, Acts of ]9BB, ratifipfl ^oveinTicr 6, 1916
'Thus amend'-il hi- Fhnpter 407, Acts of 1949, ratifipd Koveiiiliei- 7. 19'iO.
•Thus amended by Chapter 275, Acts of 1922, ratified November 7, 1922.