Unless otherwise provided by law, said districts shall be as follows:

First District. The counties of Richardson, Johnson, Pawnee, Gage, Jefferson, Saline, Thayer, Clay, Nuckolls, and Fillmore.

Second District.

Cass, and Lancaster.

The counties of Nemaha, Otoe,

Third District. The counties of Douglas, Sarpy, Washington, and Burt.

Fourth District. The counties of Saunders, Dodge, Butler, Colfax, Platte, Polk, Merrick, Hamilton, York, Seward, Hall, and Howard.

Fifth District. The counties of Buffalo, Adams, Webster, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps, Gosper, Furnas, Hitchcock, Dundy, Chase, Cheyenne, Keith, Lincoln, Dawson, Sherman, Red Willow, Frontier, and the unorganized territory west of said district.

increased.

Sixth District. The counties of Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Cedar, Wayne, Stanton, Madison, Boone, Pierce, Knox, Antelope, Holt, Greeley, Valley, and the unorganized territory west of said district. (11 Neb., 16; 12 Neb., 381, 387.) (See act changing judicial districts, Session Laws 1887.) SEC. 11. The legislature, whenever two-thirds May be of the members elected to each house shall concur therein, may, in or after the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and not oftener than once in every four years, increase the number of judges of the district courts, and the judicial districts of the state. Such districts shall be formed of compact territory, and bounded by county lines;

Judges to hold courts for each

other.

Salary of judges.

No other compensation.

County judge,

county courts.

and such increase, or any change in the boundaries of a district, shall not vacate the office of any judge. SEC. 12. The judges of the district courts may hold courts for each other, and shall do so when required by law. (8 Neb., 484; 14 Neb., 539.)

SEC. 13. The judges of the supreme and district courts shall each receive a salary of $2,500 per annum, payable quarterly.

SEC. 14. No judge of the supreme or district courts shall receive any other compensation, perquisite or benefit for or on account of his office in any form whatsover, nor act as attorney or counselor-atlaw, in any manner whatever; nor shall any salary be paid to any county judge.

SEC. 15. There shall be elected in and for each organized county, one judge, who shall be judge of the county court of such county, and whose term of office shall be two years. (15 Neb., 11.) Jurisdiction of SEC. 16. County courts shall be courts of record, and shall have original jurisdiction in all matters of probate, settlements of estates of deceased persons, appointment of guardians and settlement of their accounts, in all matters relating to apprentices, and such other jurisdiction as may be given by general law. But they shall not have jurisdiction in criminal cases in which the punishment may exceed six months imprisonment, or a fine of over five hundred dollars; nor in actions in which title to real estate is sought to be recovered, or may be drawn in question; nor in actions on mortgages or contracts for the conveyance of real estate; nor in civil actions where the debt or sum claimed shall

exceed one thousand dollars. (12 Neb., 281; 15 Neb., 11.)

district court.

justices of the

SEC. 17. Appeals to the district courts from the Appeals to judgments of county courts shall be allowed in all criminal cases, on application of the defendant; and in all civil cases, on application of either party, and in such other cases as may be provided by law. SEC. 18. Justices of the peace and police magis- Jurisdiction of trates shall be elected in and for such districts, and peace. have and exercise such jurisdiction as may be provided by law; Provided, That no justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction of any civil case where the amount in controversy shall exceed two hundred dollars; nor in a criminal case where the punishment may exceed three months' imprisonment, or a fine of over one hundred dollars; nor in any matter wherein the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute. (4 Neb., 413.)

uniform.

SEC. 19. All laws relating to courts shall be Laws to be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, jurisdiction, powers, proceedings, and practice of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the proceedings, judgments, and decrees of such courts severally shall be uniform. (4 Neb., 412.)

SEC. 20. All officers provided for in this article Terms of office. shall hold their offices until their successors shall be qualified, and they shall respectively reside in the district, county, or precinct for which they shall be elected or appointed. The terms of office of all such officers, when not otherwise prescribed in this article, shall be two years. All officers, when not

Vacancies in office of judges, how filled.

Suits by and against state.

Jurisdiction at chambers.

Style of pro

cess.

otherwise provided for in this article, shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as may be provided by law. (4 Neb., 413; 15 Neb., 85.)

SEC. 21. In case the office of any judge of the supreme court, or of any district court, shall become vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor until a successor shall be elected and qualified, and such successor shall be elected for the unexpired term at the first general election that occurs more than thirty days after the vacancy shall have happened. Vacancies in all other elective offices provided for in this article shall be filled by election, but when the unexpired term does not exceed one year the vacancy may be filled by appointment, in such manner as the legislature may provide.

SEC. 22. The state may sue and be sued and the legislature shall provide by law in what manner and what courts suits shall be brought. (7 Neb., 101; 8 Neb., 218.)

SEC. 23. The several judges of the courts of record shall have jurisdiction at chambers as may be provided by law. (7 Neb., 386; 8 Neb., 298, 485; 13 Neb., 233.)

SEC. 24. All process shall run in the name of "The State of Nebraska," and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name of "The State of Nebraska." (1 Neb., 393; 4 Neb., 106, 382; 13 Neb., 381.)

ARTICLE VII.-RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE.

electors.

SECTION 1. Every male person of the age of who are twenty-one years or upwards belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in the state six months, and in the county, precinct, or ward, for the term provided by law, shall be an elector.

First. Citizens of the United States.

Second. Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization at least thirty days prior to an election.

fied.

SEC. 2. No person shall be qualified to vote who who not quali is non compos mentis, or who has been convicted of treason or felony under the law of the state, or of the United States, unless restored to civil rights. (10 Neb., 267.)

military ser

SEC. 3. Every elector in the actual military ser- Electors in vice of the United States, or of this state, and not vice. in the regular army, may exercise the right of suffrage at such place, and under such regulations as may be provided by law.

sailors not

SEC. 4. No soldier, seaman, or marine in the Soldiers or army and navy of the United States, shall be electors. deemed a resident of the state in consequence of being stationed therein.

ledged from arrest.

SEC. 5. Electors shall in all cases, except trea- Electors privison, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and going to and returning from the same, and no