tained in this Conftitution, of which they

fhall judge.

XLIV. Captures both by fea and land to be tried in the county where fuch shall be carried

in a special court to be called by the Chiefjuftice, or, in his abfence, by the then fenior Justice in faid county, upon application of the captors or claimants, which caufe fhall be determined within the fpace of ten days. The mode of proceeding and appeal shall be the fame as in the Superior Courts, unless after the fecond trial an appeal is made to the Continental Congrefs; and the distance of time between the first and fecond trial fhall not exceed fourteen days; and all maritime causes to be tried in like manner.

XLV. No grand-jury thall confift of less than eighteen, and twelve may find a bill.

XLVI. That the Court of Confcience be continued as heretofore practifed, and that the jurifdiction thereof be extended to try causes not amounting to more than ten pounds.

* XLVII. All executions exceeding five pounds, except in the cafe of a court merchant, shall be stayed until the firftMonday in March; provided fecurity be given for debts and cofts. XLVIII. All

XLVIII. All the cofts attending any action in the Superior Court shall not exceed the fum of three pounds, and that no cause be allowed to depend in the Superior Court longer than two

terms.

XLIX. Every officer of the State shall be liable to be called to account by the House of Affembly.

L. Every county fhall keep the public records belonging to the fame; and authenticated copies of the feveral records, now in the poffeffion of this State, fhall be made out, and depofited in that county to which they belong.

LI. Eftates fhall not be entailed; and when a perfon dies inteftate, his or her estate shall be divided, according to the Act of diftribution made in the reign of Charles the Second; unless otherwife altered by any future Act of the legislature.

LII. A Register of Probates fhall be appointed by the legislature in every county, for proving wills, and granting letters of adminiftration.

LIII. All

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LIII. All civil officers in each county shall be annually elected on the day of the general election, except Juftices of the Peace, and Regifters of Probates, who shall be appointed by the House of Affembly.

LIV. Schools fhall be erected in each county, and fupported at the general expence of the. State, as the legislature shall hereafter point

out.

LV. A court-house and gaol shall be erected at the public expence in each county, where the present Convention, or the future legislature, fhall point out and direct.

LVI. All perfons whatever fhall have the free exercise of their religion, provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by confent, fupport any teacher or teachers, except those of their own profeffion.

LVII. The Great Seal of the State fhall have the following device: on one fide a fcroll, whereon fhall be engraved, The Conftitution of the State of Georgia, and the motto, Pro bono publico; on the other fide an elegant house and

other

other buildings, fields of corn, and meadows covered with fheep and cattle; a river running thro' the fame, with a thip under full fail, and the motto, Deus nobis hæc otia fecit.

LVIII. No perfon shall be allowed to plead in the courts of law in this State, except those who are authorised fo to do by the Houfe of Afsembly; and if any perfon fo authorised shall be found guilty of mal-practice before the House of Affembly, they fhall have power to fufpend them. This is not intended to exclude any perfon from that inherent privilege of every freeman, the liberty to plead his own caufe.

. LIX. Exceffive fines fhall not be levied, nor exceffive bail demanded.

LX. The principles of the Habeas Corpus A&t fhall be part of this Conftitution.

LXI. Freedom of the prefs, and trial by jury, to remain inviolate forever.

LXII. No Clergyman, of any denomination, shall be allowed a feat in the legislature.

LXIII. No alteration fhall be made in this Conftitution without petitions from a majority

of

of the counties, and the voters in each county within this State; at which time the Affembly fhall order a Convention to be called for that purpose, specifying the alterations to be made, according to the petitions preferred to the Affembly by the majority of the counties as aforefaid.

END of the CONSTITUTIONS.

TREATIES