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

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

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

LVI. All perfons whatever fhall have the free exercife of their religion, provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the' State; and fhall 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 scroll, 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

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

LVIII. No perfon fhall be allowed to plead in the courts of law in this State, except those who are authorised fo to do by the House of Affembly; and if any perfon fo authorifed fhall 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 Act 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 seat in the legislature.

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

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of the counties, and the voters in each county within this State; at which time the Affembly shall 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

TREATIES

BETWEEN

HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY

AND

THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TREATY of AMITY and COMMERCE.

LOUIS, by the Grace of GoD, King of France and Navarre, to all who fhall fee thefe prefents, Greeting:

THE Congress of the Thirteen United States of North-America having, by their Plenipotentiaries refiding at Paris, notified their defire to establish with us and our States a good understanding and perfect correfpondence, and having for that purpose propofed to conclude with us a Treaty of Amity and Commerce: We having thought it our duty to give to the faid States a fenfible proof of our affection, determining us to accept of their propofals: For these causes, and other good confiderations us thereunto moving, we, repofing entire confidence in the abilities and experience, zeal and fidelity for our fervice, of our dear and beloved Conrad Alexander Gerard, Royal Syndic of the City of Strasbourg, and Secretary of our Council of State,