support the constitution, and also the following oath: I, A. B. do solemnly swear that as a member of this general congress I will, in ull cases, vote "-ithout favor, affection, partiality or prejudice, and that I will not propose or assent to any bill, vote or resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the people.
ARTICLE VI.
SEC. 1. No minister of the gospel, priest or ecclesiastic shall hold any office in the rep11blic. SEC. 2. The clerks of the district and supreme courts shall be appointed by the judges of the respective courts. SEC. 3. The judges may be remo,·cd from office by the presi- dent, on a concurrent vote of both hou.ses; two-thirds of each house must concur in suC'h vote, and the causes of such removal shall be entered on the journals of each house. The judge, against whom the congress may be about to proceed, shall receive notice thereof, accompanied with a copy of the causes alleged for his removal, at least thirty days before the day on· which either house of thP. general congress shall sit thereupon. SEC. 4. The judges of the district and supreme courts, and the district attornies, shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and shall be learned in the law. SEC. 5. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and associate judges. The district judges shall compose the associate judges, 11 majority of which, with the chief justice, shall constitute a. 4~1ornm. SEC. <i. The suprjlme court shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which sha~l be co-extensive with the limits of the republic, and sh11ll hold its session annually, at such time and place as may be fixed by law. SEC. 7. The judges of the supreme and district courts shall be elected by joint ballot of both houses of congress. SEC. 8. The republic of Texas shall be divided into convenient judicial districts, not less than three, nor more than eight; there shall be appointed for e11ch district a judge, who shall reside in the ~ame, and hold his term at such times and places as congress mav direct. SF.c. 9. In all admiralty and maritime cases, in all cases affect- ing ambassadors, public rnini,,;ters or co~suls, and in all capital car-e~. the di~trict court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction.
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