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

district court.

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 pro

vided 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.)

justices of the

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.

-uits 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

elector shall be obliged to do military duty on t
day of election, except in time of war and publ
danger.

SEC. 6. All votes shall be by ballot.

ARTICLE VIII.-EDUCATION.

SECTION 1. The governor, secretary of sta treasurer, attorney-general, and commissioner public lands and buildings shall, under the di tion of the legislature, constitute a board of c missioners for the sale, leasing, and general m agement of all lands and funds set apart for e cational purposes, and for the investment of sc funds in such manner as may be prescribed law.

SEC. 2. All lands, money, or other prop granted or bequeathed, or in any manner conv to this state for educational purposes, shall be and expended in accordance with the terms of grant, bequest, or conveyance.

SEC. 3. The following are hereby declar be perpetual funds for common school purpos which the annual interest or income only c appropriated, to-wit:

First. Such per centum as has been, or
hereafter be granted by congress on the s
lands in this state.

Second. All moneys arising from the s
leasing of sections number sixteen and thi
in each township in this state, and the
selected, or that may be selected in lieu t
(5 Neb., 103.)

Third. The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be granted to this state, where, by the terms and conditions of such grant, the same are not to be otherwise appropriated.

Fourth. The net proceeds of lands and other property and effects that may come to the state, by escheat or forfeiture, or from unclaimed dividends, or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons. (5 Neb., 206.)

Fifth. All moneys, stocks, bonds, lands, and other property, now belonging to the common school fund.

school fund

SEC. 4. All other grants, gifts, and devises that Temporary have been, or may hereafter be made to this state, and not otherwise appropriated by the terms of the grant, gift, or devise, the interest arising from all the rents of the unsold school lands, and such other means as the legislature may provide, shall be exclusively applied to the support and maintenance of common schools in each school district in the state. (5 Neb., 103, 206.)

ties, and li

SEC. 5. All fines, penalties, and license moneys Fines, penalarising under the general laws of the state, shall cense moneys. belong and be paid over to the counties, respectively, where the same may be levied or imposed, and all fines, penalties, and license moneys arising under the rules, by-laws, or ordinances of cities, villages, towns, precincts, or other municipal subdivision less than a county, shall belong and be paid over to the same respectively. All such fines, penalties, and license moneys shall be appropriated exclusively to the use and support of common