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CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS. 37
SEc. 10. In case of vacancy in the offices of Justice of the Supreme Court,
Judges of the District Court, Attorney-General, and District-Attorney, the Governor
of the State shall have power to fill the same by appointment, which shall con-
tinue in force until the offices can be filled at the next general election for State or
County officers, and the successor duly qualified.
SEC. 11. The Judges of the Supreme and District Courts shall be removed by the
Governor, on the address of two thirds of each House of the Legislature, for will-
ful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground
for impeachment; provided, however, that the cause, or causes, for which such re-
moval shall be required, shall be stated, at length, in such address, and entered on
the journals of each House; and provided, further, that the cause or causes shall
be notified to the Judge so intended to be removed; and he shall be admitted to a
hearing in his own defense, before any vote for such address shall pass. And in
all such cases, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the jour-
nals of each House respectively.
SEc. 12. No Judge shall sit in any case wherein he may be interested, or where
either of the parties may be connected with him by affinity or consanguinity within
such degrees as may be prescribed by law, or where he shall have been of counsel in
the case. When the Supreme Court, or any three of its members, shall be thus dis-
qualified to hear and determine any case or cases in said Court, or when no judg-
ment can be rendered in any case or cases in said Court, by reason-of equal division
of opinion of said Judges, the same shall be certified to the Governor of tne State,
who shall immediately commission the requisite number of persons, learned in the
law, for the trial and determination of said case or cases. When a Judge of the
District Court is thus disqualified, the parties may, by consent, appoint a proper
person to try the said case; or upon their failing to do so, a competent person shall
be appointed to try the same in the County where it is pending, in such manner as
may be prescribed by law. And the District Judges may exchange districts, or
hold Courts for each other, when they may deem it expedient, and shall do so when
directed by law. The disqualification of Judges, of inferior tribunals, shall be
remedied, and vacancies in their offices shall be filled as prescribed by law.
SEc. 13. An Attorney-General shall be elected by the people, who shall reside at
the Capital of the State during his continuance in office, whose duty shall be pre-
scribed by law, who shall hold his office for four years, and who, in addition to per-
quisites, shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, which shall not
be increased or diminished during his term of office.
SEC. 14. There shall be a District-Attorney for each Judicial District in the
State, elected by the qualified electors of the District, who shall reside in the Dis-
trict for which he shall be elected; shall hold his office for four years; and, to-
gether with the perquisites prescribed by law, shall receive an annual salary of one
thousand dollars, which shall not be increased or diminished during his term of
office.
SEC. 15. There shall be established in each County in the State, an inferior tribu-
nal, styled the County Court; and there shall be elected by the persons in each
County, who are qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, a Judge of the
County Court, who shall be a conservator of the peace, who shall hold his office for
four years, and who shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law,
and who may be removed from office for neglect of duty, incompetency, or malfea-
sance, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
SEc. 16. The County Court shall have jurisdiction of all misdemeanors, and petty
offenses, as the same are now, or may hereafter be defined by law ; of such civil
cases, when the matter in controversy shall not exceed five hundred dollars, exclu-
sive of interest, under such regulations, limitations, and restrictions as may be pre-
scribed by law, without regard to any distinction between law and equity; to pro-
bate wills, to appoint guardians of minors, idiots, lunatics, and persons non compose
mentlis; to grant letters testamentary and of administration; to settle the accounts
of executors, administrators, and guardians ; to transact all business appertaining to
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/39/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.