of declaring war or concluding peace;

of issuing letters of marque or reprisal ;

of raising or introducing armed forces, building armed

vessels, forts strongholds ;

or

of coining monies or regulating their values;

of regulating weights and measures;

of erecting courts, offices, boroughs, corporations, fairs, markets, ports, beacons, lighthouses, seamarks.

of laying embargoes, or prohibiting the exportation of any commodity for a longer space than [40] days. of retaining or recalling a member of the state but by legal process pro delicto vel contractu.

of making denizens. of pardoning crimes, or remitting fines or punish

ments.

of creating dignities or granting rights of preced

ence.

but these powers shall be exercised by the legislature alone. and excepting also those powers which by these fundamentals are given to others, or abolished.

sheriff [one] year shall be incapable of being re-elected to the said office in the same county till he shall have been out of office [five] years.

All other officers civil & miliDelegatee tary shall be apsee below pointed by the Administrator but such appointOther ment shall be subofficers

ject to the negative of the privy council. Saving however to the legislature a right power of transferring from the Administrator the right of ye to any other persons appointment of such offi eers to any persons they may think fit of such offices or any of them.

The A Treasurer shall be appointed by the house Treasurer of Representatives,

who shall issue no money but by warrant from authority of both houses.

The judges of the General Genl Court Court & of the High & Chancery

court of Chancery shall be appointed by the Administrator and Privy council. If kept united they shall be [5] in number, if separate there shall be [ part lacking] & [3] for the High Court of Chancery. The appointment shall be made from the faculty of the law and of such persons of that faculty as shall have actually exercised the same some the bar or bars of some

at

and High Ct. of Chancery

The Judges of the General court and of the High Genl. Court court of Chancery shall be appointed by the Administrator and Privy council. If kept united they shall be [5] in number, if separate, there shall be [5] for the General court & [3] for the High court of Chancery. The appointment shall be made from the faculty of the law, and of such persons of that faculty as shall have actually exercised the same at the bar of some

court or courts of record within this colony for [seven] years. They shall hold their commissions during good behavior, for breach of which they shall be removable by the court of Appeals. Their jurisdiction shall be defined from time to time by the Legislature.

The court of Appeals shall Court of consist of not less

Appeals than [7] nor more than [11] members to be chosen appointed by the house of Representatves; they shall hold their offices during good behavior, for breach of which they shall be removal by an act of the legislature only. Their jurisdiction shall be to determine finally all causes removed before them from the General court or High court of Chancery on suggestion of error, to remove judges of the General court or High court of Chancery or of the County courts or other inferior jurisdictions for misbehavior: [to try impeachments against of high offenders to be lodged before them by the House of representatives for such crimes as shall be hereaf ter defined shall hereafter, be precisely defined by the Legislature shall hereafter define with precision and illegible] and for the punishment of which the sd

court or courts of record within this colony for [seven] years. They shall hold their commissions during good behavior, for breach of which they shall be removable by the court of Appeals. Their jurisdiction shall be defined from time to time by the Legislature.

The Court of Appeals shall consist of not less

Court of Appeals

than [7] nor more than [11] members, to be appointed by the house of Representatives: they shall hold their offices during good behavior, for breach of which they shall be removable by an act of the legislature only. Their jurisdiction shall be to determine finally all causes removed before them from the General Court or High Court of Chancery, or of the county courts or other inferior jurisdictions for misbehavior: [to try impeachments against high offenders lodged before them by the house of representatives for such crimes as shall hereafter be precisely defined by the Legislature, and for the punishment of which, the said legislature shall have previously prescribed certain and determinate pains.] In this court the judges of the General court and High court of Chancery shall have