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and Knox counties (Littell, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 504).
1 ln 1829 the county court, the majority of the justices concurring, upon
being granted the authority to act, appointed the first county attorney (More-
head and Brown, Qigest, vol. l, p. 168; Order Book, entry 204).
1 The adoption of the third constitution in 1850 more clearly defined the
independence of each county office, and the majority of offices were made e-
lective. At this time a new procedure for the establishment of the county
court was authorized (Const. of 1850, art. 4, secs. 29, 30). The county court
A consisted of the county judge and two associate judges, each of whom was elec-
ted for a term of four years. Provision was made that any two of these judges
could transact the business of the county. The jurisdiction of the court re-
mained the same as that under the second constitution, being reaffirmed by
article 4, section 55 of the third constitution. This constitution, article
` 1 ‘ 4, section 57, provided that the general assembly may provide that the jus-
tices of the peace in the county sit with the county court as the court of
claims and levy and assist in laying Hn>