missioned by the Governor, and their official oath shall be indorsed on the commission.

Sec. 39. For every two hundred electors there shall be elected one justice of the peace, but every township, however small, shall have two justices of the peace.

Sec. 40. They shall have original jurisdiction in the following matters: First, exclusive of the Circuit Court, in all matters of contract where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, excluding interest, and concurrent jurisdiction in matters of contract where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, exclusive of interest; second, concurrent jurisdiction in suits for the recovery of personal property where the value of the property does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, and in all matters of damage to personal property where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars; third, such jurisdiction of misdemeanors as is now, or may be, prescribed by law; fourth, to sit as examining courts and commit, discharge or recognize offenders to the court having jurisdiction, for further trial, and to bind persons to keep the peace or for good behavior; fifth, for the foregoing purposes they shall have power to issue all necessary process; sixth, they shall be conservators of the peace within their respective counties, provided a justice of the peace shall not have jurisdiction where a lien on land or title or possession thereto is involved.

Sec. 41. A justice of the peace shall be a qualified elector and a resident of the township for which he is elected.

Sec. 42. Appeals may be taken from the final judgments of the justices of the peace to the Circuit Courts under such regulations as are now, or may be, provided by law.

Sec. 43. Corporation courts for towns and cities may be invested with jurisdiction concurrent with justices of the peace in civil and criminal matters, and the General Assembly may invest such of them as it may deem expedient with jurisdiction of any criminal offenses not punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary, with or without indictment, as may be provided by law, and, until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide, they shall have the jurisdiction now provided by law.

Sec. 44. The Pulaski Chancery Court shall continue in existence until abolished by law, or the business pending at the adoption of this Constitution shall be disposed of, or the pending business be transferred to other courts. The judge and clerk of said court shall hold office for the term of two years, and shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State. All suits and proceedings which relate to sixteenth-section lands or to money due for said lands shall be transferred to the respective counties where such lands are located in such manner as shall be provided by the General Assembly at the next session.

Sec. 45. The separate criminal courts established in this State are hereby abolished, and all the jurisdiction exercised by said criminal courts is vested in the Circuit Courts of the respective counties; and all causes now pending therein are hereby transferred to said Circuit Courts respectively. It shall be the duty of the clerks of said criminal courts to transfer all the records, books and papers pertaining to said criminal courts to the Circuit Courts of their respective counties.

Sec. 46. The qualified electors of each county shall elect one sheriff, who shall be ex officio collector of taxes, unless otherwise provided by law; one assessor, one coroner, one treasurer, who shall be ex officio treasurer of the common school fund of the county, and one county surveyor, for the term of two years, with such duties as are now or may be prescribed by law: Provided, that no per centum shall ever be paid to assessors upon the valua tion or assessment of property by them.

Sec. 47. The qualified electors of each township shall elect a constable for the term of two years, who shall be furnished by the presiding judge of the County Court with a certificate of election on which his official oath shall be indorsed.

Sec. 48. All officers provided for in this article, except constables, shall be commissioned by the Governor.

Sec. 49. All writs and other judicial process shall run in the name of the State of Arkansas, bear test and be signed by the clerks of the respective courts from which they issue. Indictments shall conclude: "Against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.

Sec. 50. All vacancies occurring in any office provided for in this article shall be filled by special election, save that in case of

vacancies occurring in county and township offices six months, and in other offices nine months, before the next general election; such vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.

Sec. 51. That in all cases of allowances made for or against counties, cities or towns, an appeal shall lie to the Circuit Court of the county, at the instance of the party aggrieved, or on the intervention of any citizen or resident and taxpayer of such county, city or town, on the same terms and conditions on which appeals may be granted to the Circuit Court in other cases; and the matter pertaining to any such allowance shall be tried in the Circuit Court de novo. In case an appeal be taken by any citizen, he shall give a bond, payable to the proper county, conditioned to prosecute the appeal and save the county from costs on account of the same being taken.

Sec. 52. That in all cases of contest for any county, township or municipal office, an appeal shall lie at the instance of the party aggrieved, from any inferior board council or tribunal to the Circuit Court, on the same terms and conditions on which appeals may be granted to the Circuit Court in other cases, and on such appeals the case shall be tried de novo,

ARTICLE VIII.

Apportionment.

Section 1. The House of Representatives shall consist of no less than seventy-three, nor more than one hundred member Each county now organized shall always be entitled to one Repr sentative, the remainder to be apportioned the several counti according to the number of adult male inhabitants, taking tw thousand as the ratio, until the number of Representativ amounts to one hundred, when they shall not be furth increased; but the ratio of representation shall, from time time be increased as hereinafter provided, so that the Represen tives shall never exceed that number. And until the enume tion of the inhabitants is taken by the United States gove ment, A. D. 1880, the Representatives shall be apportioned amo the several counties as follows:

The county of Arkansas shall elect one Representative; county of Ashley shall elect one Representative; the county Benton shall elect two Representatives; the county of Bo

shall elect one Representative; the county of Bradley shall elect one Representative; the county of Baxter shall elect one Representative; the county of Calhoun shall elect one Representative; the county of Carroll shall elect one Representative; the county of Chicot shall elect one Representative; the county of Columbia shall elect two Representatives; the county of Clark shall elect two Representatives; the county of Conway shall elect one Representative; the county of Craighead shall elect one Representative; the county of Crawford shall elect one Representa tive; the county of Cross shall elect one Representative; the county of Crittenden shall elect one Representative; the county of Clayton shall elect one Representative; the county of Dallas shall elect one Representative; the county of Desha shall elect one Representative; the county of Drew. shall elect one Repre sentative; the county of Dorsey shall elect one Representative; the county of Franklin shall elect one Representative; the county of Fulton shall elect one Representative; the county of Faulkner shall elect one Representative; the county of Grant shall elect one Representative; the county of Greene shall elect one Representative; the county of Garland shall elect one Representative; the county of Hempstead shall elect two Representatives; the county of Hot Spring shall elect one Representative; the county of Howard shall elect one Representative; the county of Inde pendence shall elect two Representatives; the county of Izard shall elect one Representative; the county of Jackson shall elect one Representative; the county of Jefferson shall elect three Representatives; the county of Johnson shall elect one Repre sentative; the county of Lafayette shall elect one Representative; the county of Lawrence shall elect one Representative; the county of Little River shall elect one Representative; the county of Lonoke shall elect two Representatives; the county of Lincoln shall elect one Representative; the county of Lee shall elect two Representatives; the county of Madison shall elect one Representative; the county of Marion shall elect one Representative; the County of Monroe shall elect one Representative; the county of Montgomery shall elect one Representative; the county of Mississippi shall elect one Representative; the county of Nevada shall elect one Representative; the county of Newton shall elect one. Representative; the county of Ouachita shall elect two Repre

sentatives; the county of Perry shall elect one Representative; the county of Phillips shall elect three Representatives; the county of Pike shall elect one Representative; the county of Polk shall elect one Representative; the county of Pope shall elect one Representative; the county of Poinsett shall elect one Representative; the county of Pulaski shall elect four Representatives; the county of Prairie shall elect one Representative; the county of Randolph shall elect one Representative; the county of Saline shall elect one Representative; the county of Sarber shall elect one Representative; the county of Scott shall elect one Representative; the county of Searcy shall elect one Representative; the county of Sebastian shall elect two Representatives; the county of Sevier shall elect one Representative; the county of St. Francis shall elect one Representative; the county of Stone shall elect one Representative; the county of Union shall elect two Representatives; the county of Van Buren shall elect one Representative; the county of Washington shall elect three Representatives; the county of White shall elect two Representatives; the county of Yell shall elect one Representative; the tives; the county of Woodruff shall elect one Representative; the county of Yell shall elect one Representative; the county of Sharp shall elect one Representative.

Sec. 2. The Legislature shall from time to time divide the State into convenient senatorial districts in such manner that the Senate shall be based upon the adult male inhabitants of the State, each Senator representing an equal number as nearly as practicable, and until the enumeration of the inhabitants is taken by the United States government, A. D. 1880, the districts shall be arranged as follows:

The counties of Greene, Craighead and Clayton shall compose the first district and elect one Senator.

The counties of Randolph, Lawrence and Sharp shall compose the second district and elect one Senator.

The counties of Carroll, Boone and Newton shall compose the third district and elect one Senator.

The counties of Johnson and Pope shall compose the fourth district and elect one Senator.

The county of Washington shall compose the fifth district and elect one Senator.