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V «PH#v. - Wh«n RefOrmif* Pt» Out, Et, [W'asblli^toti Post.] This story is told on Ser Tillman: When he had his assigned him on the floo found his nearest neighbo be Senator Irby, of South C lina. The two are out, and ) not spoken for a long tin passing. It made Tillman very uncomfortable to si near.to his enemy, and he a to be changed on the grout bis visual affliction, for e' > one knows that Senator Till is blind of one eye. His was that he could not se 'well, sitting where he die pe could from some other The next day he found hii assigned to a desk on the < side of Irby, there simply ing been a reversal of posit “I asked to be changed,” Tillman to the acting offic: the Senate, “because Icoul see from that desk, and have only changed me t other side'of Senator Irby. “Yes, sir,” said the floo cial. “I did not suppose could see him on the si< which you are blind, anc changed you accordingly.’ Tillman gave a snort of tempt and picked out a which is not approximate desirable as the nrst one i It May Do a* Much for Yo Mr. Fred Miller, of Irvii writes that he hada Sevei ney trouble for many with severe pains in tin r »nd ajso that, his bladde affectecT Retried many t ed Kidney cures but * any good result. About i ago he began use of E Bitters and found relief a Electric Bitters is esp adapted to cure of all 1 and Liver troubles and gives almost instant reiie trial will prove our stab Price only 50c. for large At Dr. J. A. Boyd’s.Drug -i- ••Wi • — Alice (the friend)—I do how anyone can help Marie.” Blanche (the rival)—Sh help.it herself.”—Z,»/e. Knights of the Maccabet The State Commander us from Lincoln. Neb , i lows: “After trying othei cines for what', seemed t very obstinate cough in o children we tried Dr. New Discovery and at tl - of two days the cough e: left them. We will not U out it hereafter, as our ience proves that it cures all other remedies fail.”- ed F. W. Stevens, State C Why not give this great cine a trial, as it is guar and trial bottles are f Dr. J. A. Boyd’s Drug Regular size’50c. and $1.0 “And did he say he n bered me when I was a g “No he said he remen you when he was a boy,” Bucklen't Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in tho for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, I Salt Rheum, Fever Soros, I Chapped Hands Chill Corns, and all Skin Er ij and positively cures Pilas pay required. It is guan to give perfect satisfactic money refunded. Price 21 per box. For sale at Dr. Boyd's drugstore. Why suffer with C< Colds and LaGrippe wher ative Bromo Quinine wil you in one day. Does no duce the ringing in the like Sulphate of Quinine, up in tablets convenient f( ing. Guaranteed to cut money refunded. Prio For sale by O. B. 1 Mr. Goodheart—My inc» $2,200 a year. Don’t you your daughter could li' that? Mrs. Spend well—She pre could, with economy, bul would you live?—Netr To the ag< d, with theii appetite, feeble circulatioi impoverished blood, Ayer’ saparitla is a boon beyond Its effect is to check the ages of time, by invigo; every organ, nerve, and of the body. See Ayer mane for the new year. Visitor—You and your are about the same size you look exactly alike. 1 are n’t you? Tommy(indignantly)—( not! She’s a girl! So thorough is the exce of Ayer’s Hair Vigor that be used with benefit by an son. no matter what may condition of the hair, a every case, it occasions faction and pleasure, in ad to the benefit which inva comes from its use. Meb—Auu so you’re en to one of thu Mandon How do distinguish be them? Fred—I don’t try!—J# Ud Ntto*. •nd void. No nntasrrieil woman shall legally content to sexnal intercourse wdio shall not have attained the age of 14 yean. Sec. 34. The general aas?mbly of this State shall not enact local or spe cial laws concerning any of the follow ing subjects or for any of the follow ing purposes, to-writ: I. To change the names of persons or places. II. To lay out, open, alter or work roads or highways. III. To incorporate cities, towns or villages, or change, amend or extend the charter thereof. IV. To incorporate educational, re ligions, charitable, social, manufactur ing or banking iuatitutious not under the control of the State, or amend or extend the charters thereof. V. To incorporate school districts. VI. To authorize the adoption or legitimation of children. VII. To provide for the protection of game. VIII. To summon and grand or petit juries. IX. To provide for the agi citizens shall be subject to public duty. ^ compensation to b u n^Id•to an^county officer, except tha? may be so made ss to wjpd 0 tbeAwunpensation in proportij^fo theffopulation and neceasarv anrvioe required. XI fn all other casea, whereagen- , i»W can be made applicable, no ..utefal law dRll be enacted. general assembly shall enact general laws coneern- subjects for said purposes, shall be uniform in their opera ns: Provided, That nothing con tained in this section shall prohibit the general assembly from enacting special provisions in general laws. XIII. The provisions or this sec tion shall not apply to charitable and educational corporations where, under the terms of a gift, devise or will, spe cial incorporation may be required. Sec. 85. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to enact laws lim iting the number of acres of land which any alien or any corporation controlled by aliens may own within this Slate. ARTICLE TV. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. The supreme executive authority of this State shall be vested to a chief magistrate, who shall be fstyled “the governor of the State of South Carolina.’’ Sec. 2. The governor shall be elected by the electors duly qualified to vote for members of the house of represen tatives, and shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qnalified, and shall be re- eligible. He shall be elected at the first general election held under this Constitation for members of the gen eral assembly, and at each general elec tion thereafter, and shall tie installed during the first session of the said gen eral assembly alter his election, on auch day oa shall be provided by law. The other State officers-elect shall at the same time enter upon the perform ance of their duties. Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor who deniesthe existence of tho Supreme Being; or who at the time of such election has not attained the age of 30 years; and who shall not have been a citizen of the United States and a citizen and resi dent of this State for'five years next preceding the day of election. No person while govei nor shall hold any office or other commission (except in the militia) under the authority of this State, or of any other power, at one and the same time. Sec. 4. The returns of every election for governor shall be sealed up by the boards of canvassers in thu respective counties and transmitted by mail to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state who shall deliver them to the speaker of the bouse of representatives at the aext ensuing ses sion of the general assembly; and du plicates of said returns shall be filed with the clerks of the court of said counties. It shall be the duty of any clerk of coart to forward to the secre tary of state a certified copy of said re turns upon being notified that the re turns previously forwarded by mail have not been received at bis office. It faball be the duty of the secretary of state, after the expiration of seven days from the day upon which the votes have tieen canvassed by the county board if the returns thereof from any county have not been received, to notify tho clerk ofcourtof said county, and order a copy of the returns filed in his office to be forwarded forthwith Tho secretary of state shall deliver the returns to the speaker of the house of representatives, at the next ensuing session of the general assembly; and daring the first week of the session, or as soon as the general assembly shall have organized by the election of the presiding officer* of the two houses, the speaker shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses. The per son having the highest number of votes shall be governor; but if two or more shall be equal, and highest iu votes, the general assembly shall during the same session, in the house of represen tatives, choose one of them governor, viva voce. Contested pro tempore to act in the absence of the lieutenant governor, or when he shall fill the office of governor. Sec. 8. A member of the senate act ing as governor or lieutenant governor shall thereupon vacate his scat and an other person shall be elected in hie stead. Sec. 9. In ease of the removal of the governor from office by impeachment, death, resignation, disqualificati disability, or removal from the the lieutenant governor shall governor; and in case of r of the last named officer by impeachment, deatt^^^^^^ 100 '. disqualification, disability. <j|^ moTa from the State, tem ‘ pore of the senaJ^^f , '’ tr “ 0r; and the last th, * U ‘^f" forthwith, ^^■F‘ OD ' co J nTe “ ethe senate inj|er tb«* a president pro ternpc^flwy be chosen. In case the \arnor ^ .cached, the lieutenant K act in hia stead and were until judgment in the 1 have been pronounced. In if the temporary disability of the erncr the lieuV-nant governor all perform the duties of the gov ernor. Sec. 10. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the militia of the State, except when they shall be called into the active service of the United States. Sec. 11. He shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction (except in cases of impeachment.) in such man ner, on snch terms and under such re strictions as be shall think proper; and ne shall have power to remit fines aud forfeitures, unless otherwise directed by law. It shall be his dnty to report to the general assembly, at the next regular session thereafter, all pardons granted by him, with the report of the board of pardons. Every petition for pardon or cnmmntation of sentence may be first referred by him to a board of pardons, to be provided by the general assembly, which board shall hear all auch petitions under such rules aud regulations as the gen eral assembly may provide. The gov ernor may adopt the recommendations of said board bnt in case he does not he shall submit hia reasons to the gen eral assembly. Sec. 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed iu mercy. Sec. 13. The governor and lieu tenant governor shall, at stated times, receive for their services compensa tion, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected. Sec. 14. All officers in the execu tive department, and all boards of public institutions, shall, when re quired by tho governor, give him in formation in writing npon any snbject relating to the duties of their respect ive offices or the concerns of their re spective offices or the concerns of the respective institutions, including item ized accounts of receipts and disburse ments. Sec. 15. The governor shall, from time to. time, give to the general sembly information of the condition of the State, and recommend for its consideration such measures as he shall deem neceesa.^ or expedient. Sec. 16. He may on extraordinary occasions convene the general assem bly in extra session. Should either houso remain without a quorum for five days, or in case of disagreement between the two houses during any session with respect to the time of ad journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper, not beyond the time of the annual session then next ensuing. Sec. 17. He shall commission all officers of the State. Sec. 18. The seal of the State now in use shall be used by the governor officially, and shall be called “the great seal of the State of South Caro lina. ’’ Sec. 19. All p-ants and commissions shall be issued in the name and by the anthority of the State of South Caro lina, sealed with the great seal, signed by the governor and countersigned by the secretary of State. Sec. 20. The governor and lieuten ant governor, before entering npon the duties of their respective offices, shall take aud aubecribe the oath of office as prescribed in article 3, section 26, of the Constitution. Sec. 21. The governor shall reside at the capital of the State, except in cases of contagion or tho emergencies of war; but during the sittings of the of the general assembly he shall re side where its sessions are held. Sec. 22. Whenever it shall be brought to the notice of the governor by affidavit that any officer who has the custody of public or trust funds, is probably guilty of embezzlement or the appropriation of public or trust funds to private use, then the gover nor shall direct his immediate prosecu tion by the proper officer and npon true bill found the governor shall suspend such officer and appoint one in his stead, until he shall have been ac quitted by the verdmt of a jury. In ease of conviction, the office shall be declared vacant and the vacancy filled as may be provided by law. Sec. 23. Every bill or joint reso lution which shall have passed the gen eral assembly, except on a question of adjournment, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor, yeaa and nays, and I jiereons voting for i or joint resolution the journals < ively. Billy ol the ject un are j Ihe I the »• ihe bj titered c ees respec ng money oi 1 specify the ol or which the sau ppropriate to them r cir several amounts ems and sections. If tl ir shall not approve any one ( of the items or sections contau in any bill, bnt shall approve tl residue thereof, it shall become law os to the residue in Hk manner as if he had signed it The governor shall then return tb bill with his objections to the items o sections of the same not approved b; him to the house in which the bil originated, which house shall enter tin objections at large npon its jonrna and proceed to reconsider so much o ■aid bill as is not approved by the gov ernor. The same proceedings shall hi had in both houses in reconsidering the same as is provided in case of an entire bill returned by the governor with his objections; and if any item or section of said bill not approved by the governor shall be pasecd by two- thirda of the two houses of the gener al assembly, it shall become a part of said law notwithstanding the objec tions of the governor. If a bill or joint resolution shall not be returned by the governor within three days after it shall have been presented to him, Sunday's excepted, it shall have Ike same force and affect as if he had signed it unless the general assembly, by adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall have snch force and effect unless returned within two days after the next meeting. Sec. 24. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State a sec retary of state, a comptroller-general, an attorney-general, a treasurer, a jntant and inspector-general, aud _ superintendent of education, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years, and until their several successors have been chosen aud qualified; and whose duties and compensation:) shall be prescribed by law. The compensation of such offi cers shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected. famous It is sufficient to say that and Torrence Post, C, A. R_, uuder^whoM -•£<***' aud not a few were com- ARTICLE V. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 1. The judicial power of this in a supreme voce. Contested elections for' governor shall be determined by the .u >uu gureruur, general assembly in auch manner as ! and if he approve he shall sign it; if shall be prescribed by law. ; not, be shall return it with hi» objec- Sec. 5. A lieutenant governor shall be tions, to the house in which it origina- choseu at the same time, in the same I ted, which shall enter the objections manner, continne in office for the same at large on its journal and proceed to period and be pot sssed of the samequal-! reconsider it. If after such icconsid- ifications ns the governor, and shall, eratioti two-thirds of that honse ahull ex-officio, be-president of the senate. agree to pass it, it shall be sent, to- Sec. 6. The lieutenant governor j gether with (' while presiding in the senate shall have er honac, by wmen it snail bo recon no vote unices tho senate be equally | tidered, aud if approved by two-thirds divided. ! of thntkouse it shall have the same et- Sec. 7. The senate sha'l as soon os . feet us if it hud been signed by the practicable after the cocvcning of the governor; bnt in all suen cases the general assembly, choose a president ’ vote of both houses thall be taken by Sec. State shall bo vested court, iu two circuit courts, to wit: A court of common pleas having civil jurisdiction and a court of general sessions with criminal jurisdiction only. The general assembly may also establish county courts, municipal courts or such courts in any and all of the counties of this State inferior to circuit courts as may be deemed neces sary, but none of such courts shall ever be invested with jurisdiction to try cases of murder, manslaughter, rape or attempt to rape, arson, common law burglary, briliery or perjury: Pro vided, Before a county court shall be established iu any county it must be submitted to the qualified electors and and a majority of those voting must vote for its establishment. Sec. 2. The supreme court shall con sist of a chief justice and three associ ate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transac tion of business. The chief justice shall preside, and in his absence the senior associate justice. They shall be elected by a joint viva voce vote of the general assembly for the term of eight years, and shall continue iu office un til their successors shall be elected and qualified, and shall be so classified that one of them shall go out_of office every two years. Sec. 3. The present chief jnsticc and associate justices of the supreme court are declared to be the chief justice and two of the associate justices of said ! court as herein established until the terms for which they were elected shall expire, and the general assembly at its next session shall elect the third associate justice and make suitable provision for accomplishing the class ification above directed. Sec. 4. Tno supreme court shall have power to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus, quo warrauto, prohibition, certiorari, habeas corpus and other original and remedial writs. And said court shall have appellate jur isdiction only in cases of chancery and in snch appeals they shall review the findings of fact as well as the law, ex cept in chancery cases where the facts are settled by a jury and the verdict | not set aside aud shall constitute a conrt for the correction of errors at law under such regulations as the gen eral assembly may by law prescribe. Sec. 5. The supreme court shall be held at least twice in each year at the seat of government and at such other place or places in the State as the gen eral assembly may direct. Sec. 6. No judge shall preside nt the trial of any cause in the event of which he may be interested, or when cither of the parties shall be connected with him by affinity or consanguinity with in snch degrees as may be prescribed by law, or in which be may have been counsel or have presided in any infer ior court. In case all or any of the justices of the supreme court shall be thus disqualified, or be otherwise pre- | vented from presiding in any cause or ! causes, the court or the justices there of shall certify the same to the gov ernor of the State, and he shall imme diately commission, specially, the requisite number of men learned in the law for the trial and determination thereof. The same course shall be pursued in the circuit and inferior courts as is prescribed in this section for cases of the A large audience assembled at the opera house last night to hear General Gordon s lecture on • The Last Days of the Confederacy.’ It is impossible this morning to devote the space to this event its merit deserves " “~ J -‘ and Torrence Post, G. A. R., for providing the Keokuk public so rare a treat. Every sea pelled to stand."—TAr Gate City, Keokuk, la.. April 2, 1895. “Chicago last night gave a worthy audience to Senator John B. Gordon of Georgia. The Auditorium contained at least five thousand people Society was in the boxes in evening ilreaa; in the highest regions working people listened to the patriotic words that rang clear and distinct to the farthest tier of seats. The fame of the speaker had preceded him. and indeed to no Chicagoan can the Georgia general, with his many proofs of friendship to the World’s Fair City, ever be an object of indifference. Indeed, with his long record of devotion to the restored Union, and with his equally attractive personality, General Gordon to-day is the most popular son of the Southland who at intervals appear before Northern audiences. With his graces as a public speaker, his voice, his delivery, his word-painting so vivid and striking, he should make the worse appear the better reason,’ but with such a subject as 'The Last Days of the Confederacy.’ enlisting the living interest of every hearer in an epoch so pivotal in the history of the republic, General Gordon, who described only what his eyes had witnessed was ure to deeply sway hit hearers. “Battle-scarred as he is, a thrilling interest attaches to his glimpses of contest—never a full view, only a profile—and a pin could have been heard to drop in the powerful peroration descrip tive of the events about Appomattox. Equally masterful is his delineation, in phrases few and memorable, of pe-«onal character istics that entered into the war's heroes on both aides. “And not less striking is the soul that he puts into even an inflection. ‘ My Countrymen ' is an example. Every syllable was emotional, each shade of accent an inspiration to higher patriotism. ■'Tremendous applause greeted the orator as he sat down, and the concluding ' America ’ by the audience was in a volume that showed the invigorated and confirmed love of the undying Union of States that is the noble impetus of all of Senator Gordon’s rounded periods.’’—The Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago. Feb. 16, 1895. “The City Hall was well filled last evening with a characteristic audience gathered to listen to General John B. Gordon’s lecture. The lecture was the finest on the subject of the war ever heard in Nashau, and as the speaker said, brought out a phase of soldier’s life which has never been recorded in histories and reports. The anecdotes of the minor events of camp life and battlefield, which made up the daily life of the soldier boys, were told by Senator Gordon with pathos or humor, as the case required, in a most admirable manner. His tributes to the bravery of the officers, privates and women of both North and South were paid with an earnestness and eloquence that left no doubt in the minds of the listeners as to the speaker’s sincerity. “His humor is clean cut and irresistible, and he has the happy faculty of telling personal reminiscences without bringing himself forward too much For graphic and ornate oratory the speaker’s description has never been excelled on any platform. “ His picture of the last council of war which General Lee called at the last desperate sortie of the Confederate army, which was made by General Gordon's own command, was painted in vivid and realistic colors “The story of the two great generals meeting. Grant and Lee, at the time of the latter's surrender, was told as it has never been told before. " The scene which occurred at the close of his lecture can better be imagined than described. As the Senator spoke his last »ords and turned to his chair, the Grand Army men arose with one accord, and led bv Commander Cheney, gave three cheers for the ex-Confederate chief. The speaker was visibly moved and, in a voice, husky with suppressed emotion, thanked the boys saying: ‘I would rather be deserving of this tribute than to wear a diadem of the costliest jewels or to be President of the United States for life.’ "The veterans enthusiastically crowded around General Gordon and shook hands, he being obliged to give an impromptu reception to the G. A. R.”—Nashua (N. H) Daily Gazette, March 8, 1895. MANAGERS ALSO FOR THE FOLLOWING WELL-KNOWN ATTRACTIONS. FOB THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES: Mm*. Oaeilia Epplnahouaen Bailey. John Fox, Jr.. Bov. Sam P. Jonas, Bov. Sam W. Small, Hon. Honry Wattoroon for that onporb production, “ Abraham Lincoln.” FOR THE ENTIRE FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES Dr Bov. Lyman Abbott, Dr. W. L. Davidson. Mr. Eueeno Field, Misa Kate Field, Hon. John J. Ingalla, Mr. Qeorgre Kennan, F. Hopkinaon Smith. Chas. F. Underhill. In addition to the above we have a list of over one hundred Lecturers, Readers and Musical attractions. Write for terms and dates to the Oeorre Thomas Dowling'. Harvard Quartette Concert Go., Thos. Naat, Dr. A. A. WU11U, Bishop John H. Vincent. SOUTHERN LYCEUM BUREAU, Board or Trade Building. LOUISVILLE, KY. 1 aaen caaeTHe chief jusTIce7 " m '' or in bis absence the presiding associ ate justice, shall preside. Whenever the justices of the supreme court and the circuit judges meet together for the purposes aforesaid, if the number then of qualified to sit constitute an even number, then one of the circuit judges must retire; and the circuit judges present shall determine by lot which of their number shall retire. Sec. 13. The State shall be dived- ed into as many judicial circuits as the general assembly may prescribe, aud for each circuit a judge shall be elect ed by joint viva vocevote of the gen eral assembly, who shall hold his office for a term of four years; and at the time of his election be shall be an elector of a county of, and during bis continuance in office he shall reside in, the circuit of which he is judge. The present judges of the circuit courts shall continue in office until the ex piration of the terms for which they were elected, and, should a new divis ion of the judicial circuits be made shall be the judges of the lespective circuits in which they shall reside after said division. Sec. 14. Judges of the circuit courts shall interchange circuits with each other aud the general assembly shall provide therefor. Sec. 15. The courts of cummon pleas shall have original jurisdiction, subject to appeal to the supreme court, to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus, habeas corpus, and such other writs as may be necessary to car ry their powers into full effect. They shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases. They shall have appellate jurisdiction iu all cases within the jurisdiction of inferior courts, except from such in ferior courts from which the general assembly shall provide an appeal di rectly to the supreme court. Sec. 16. The court of common pleas shall sit in each county in this State at least twice in every year at auch stated times and places as may be appointed by law. Sec. 17. a csiuca, nuu every criminal action in the county whero the offence was committed. In all cases tried by them, the right of appeal shall be secured under such rules and 1 , . — ,— .... supreme court. Tho governor , gether with the objections, to the oth- general awemblj shall provide by law » ml nave er honac, by which it shall bo recon- i for the temDorarv annointmonf _ « - •! for the temporary appointment of men learned in the law to hold either spe cial or regular terms of the circuit courts whenever there may be necea- 4iuVl aity for such appointment. 1 assault and battery, and larceny. It Sec. 7. There shall be appointed by shall at in ■■ach county in thj. State at It shall be the duty of the justices of the supreme conrt to file their decisions within 60 days from the last day of the conrt at which the cases were heard; and the duty of the judges of the circuit courts to file their decisiocs within 60 days from the rising of the last court of the cir cuit then being held. Sec. 18. The court of general ses sions shall have jurisdiction in all crim inal cases except those cases in which exclusive jurisdiction shall bo given to inferior courts, aud in these it shall have appellate jurisdiction. It shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with, us well as appellate jurisdiction from, the inferior courts in all cases of riot, regulations as may be provided by law; provided, that in counties where mag istrates have separate aud exclusive territorial jurisdiction, criminal causes shall be tried in the magistrate’s dis trict where the offence was committed, subject to such provision for change of venue from one magisirate’s district to another in the same county as may be provided by the general assembly. Sec. 24. All officersother than those named in section 9 provided for in this article shall receive for their services compensation as the general assembly may from time to time by law direct. Sec. 25. Each of the justices of the supreme conrt and judges of the cir cuit court shall have the same power at chambers to issue writs of habeas cor pus, mandamus, quo warranto, certi orari, prohibition and interlocutory writs or orders of injunction as when in open court The judges of the cir cuit courts shall have auch powers at chambers as the general assembly may provide. Sec. 26. Judges shall not charge juries in respect to matters of fact, but shall declare the law. Sec. 27. There shall be elected in each county, by the electors thereof, one clerk for the conrt of common pitas, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, aud until his suc cessor shall be elected and He shall, by virtue of his clerk of all other courts qualified, office, be HH .RRH or records held therein, but the general assembly may provide by law for the election of a clerk, with a like term of office, for each or any other of the courts of re cord, and may authorize the judge of the probate court to perform the duties of clerk for his conrt under such reg ulations as the general assembly may direct. Clerks of courts shall be re movable for such cause and in such manner as shall be prescribed by low. Sec. 28. There shall be au attorney general for the State, who shall per form such duties as may be prescribed •t. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State for the term of two years and shall receive for his services such compensation aa shall be fixed by law. Sec. 29. There shall be one solicitor for each circuit, who shall reside there in, to be elected by tho qualified elec tors of the circuit, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, aud hall receive for his services such com- e isation as shall be fixed by law. tu all cases when an attorney for the state of any circuit fails to attend aud iroaecnte according to law, tbs conrt shall have power to appoint an attor-. uey pro tempore. In the event of the I eatabliskmaot of county courts the ute law of this State theu of force u well as that which shall be passed from time to time, aud to properly index and arrange the said statutes when so passed. And the said commissioner -hall reduce into a systematic code the general statutes, including the code of civil procedure, with all the amend ments thereto, and shall, on the first day of the session for the year 1901 and at the end of every subsequent period of not more than 10 years, re port the result of his labors to the gen eral assembly, with auch recommenda tions and suggestions aa to the abridge ment and amendments as may be deemed necessary or proper. Said report, when ready to be made, shall lie printed and a copy thereof laid up on the desk of each member of both bouses of the general assembly on the first day of the first session, but shall not be taken up for consideration un til the next session of said general as sembly. The said code shall be de clared by the general assembly, in an act passed according to the forms in this Conatitution for the enactment of laws, to be the only general statutory law of the State; but no alterations or additions to any of the laws therein contained shall be made except by bill passed under the formalities hereto fore prescribed for the passage of laws. Provision shall be made by law for fil ling vacancies, regulating the terms of office and the compensation of said commissioner, not exceeding 8500 per annum, aud imposing auch other du ties as may be desired. And the gen eral assembly shall by committee in quire into the progress of his work at each session. Sec. 6. In the case of any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custoday or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, bei-g seized and taken from said officer throngn his negligence, Jper- mission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hands suffering bodily vio lence or death, the said officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon true bill found, shall be deposed from bis office pending his trisl, and npon conviction shall forfeit his oflief, and shall, unless pardoned by *he gov ernor, be ineligible to hold any offic# of trust or profit within this State. I* shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or countj the offense may be committed to forthr with institute a prosecution against said officer, who shall be tried in such county in the same circuit other than the one in which the offence was com); mitted, as Ihe attorney general niajH elect. The fees and mileage of all ma*. terial witnesses, both for tho State an^ for tho defense, shall be paid by tb# State treasurer, in such manner as ma$ be provided by law: Provided, Ifj all cases of lynching when death anea, the county where auch lynching