Section 17. Jurisdiction of Superior Court clerks

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Summary: Repealed

Election Date: November 7, 1876

Votes For Ratification: 120,158

Votes Against Ratification: 106,554

Percent for Ratification: 53%

Percent Against Ratification: 47%

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Amendment Source: 1875 Constitutional Convention Chapter 17

Effective Date Source: Ordinances to Submit the Amendments to the People, Section 3 (1875)

Jurisdiction of Superior Court clerks

The Clerks of the Superior Courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of deeds, the granting of letters testamentary and of administration, the appointment of Guardians, the apprenticing of orphans, to audit the accounts of executors, administrators and guardians, and of such other matters as shall be prescribed by law.
All issues of fact joined before them shall be transferred to the Superior Courts for trial, and appeals shall lie to the Superior Courts from their judgments in all matters of law.

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