ed two every
second year for a term of six years. A judge of the Court of Appeals
or a justice of the Supreme Court must be thirty years of age, must
have been a resident of the State three years, and must have practiced
law seven years.

The Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction in cases appealed from
certain city courts, and in criminal cases, not capital, appealed from
the superior courts. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction in
civil cases appealed from the superior courts, and in all cases of
conviction of capital crime. The Supreme Court also settles any
question as to the meaning of the Constitution, and as to the
constitutionality of a State law. It is the highest judicial authority
in the State.

COUNTIES.--The State is divided into one hundred and forty-eight
counties, and each county into militia districts, according to its size
and population. Every militia district in the State must contain at
the time of its organization at least one hundred male residents over
twenty-one years of age who are subject to militia duty, and no militia
district can be reduced in population below this requirement by the
formation of a new one. While no additional counties can be created in
the State except by a constitutional amendment, one may be abolished or
merged into adjoining counties by a two-thirds majority of the voters
of the county.

Each county in the State has an organized government, with powers
delegated to it by the State government. These powers are largely
administrative, and have for their chief purpose the enforcement of
general laws. Each county is a body corporate, with the power to sue
or be sued in any court, make contracts, and buy and sell real estate.
Its debt cannot exceed seven per cent of the assessed valuation of the
taxable property.

ORDINARY.--The office of ordinary is the most important in the county.
He is the principal administrative officer in the county. When sitting
for county purposes he has exclusive jurisdiction in directing and
controlling all county property and in levying general and special
taxes. He has control over all roads and bridges, establishes and
alters election precincts and militia districts, appoints officers to
fill all vacancies in the county. He audits the accounts of all county
officers, makes rules and regulations for the relief of the poor. He
issues marriage licenses, pays pensions to Confederate veterans,
licenses and regulates pe