COURTS OF JUSTICE.

The Court for the Trial of Impeachments, is composed of the President of the Senate, the senators or a major part of them, and the judges of the Court of Appeals or the major part of them. On the trial of an impeachment against the governor, the lieutenant governor is not a member of the court. It has jurisdiction of all impeachments, but its judgment extends only to removal from office, or removal with disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit. It is held at the Capital upon the summons of the President of the Senate whenever an impeachment shall be delivered to him from the Assembly. The President of the Senate, or in his absence, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals presides. The Court of Appeals, is composed of four judges, who are elected to the office, and who hold their offices for eight years, one being elected every second year, and four of the justices of the Supreme Court taken from the class having the shortest period to serve. The justices of the first, third, fifth and seventh districts serve in the years ending with an even number, and those of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth districts in the years ending with an odd number. Its jurisdiction is appellate only. It reviews judgments, and in some cases, orders made by a general term of the Supreme Court, the Superior Court and the Court of Common Pleas of the City of New York, and the Superior Court of the City of Buffalo. There are four stated terms held at the capital, in the city of Albany, on the first Tuesday in January, the fourth Tuesday in March, the third Tuesday in June and the last Tuesday in September, and the court has power to appoint additional terms when the public interest requires them. The senior elected judge is the chief judge.

The Supreme Court consists of four justices, elected in each of the eight judicial districts of the State, except the first, and of five elected in that district, making the number of justices thirty-three. It has original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising within the state. Practically, however, this jurisdiction only extends to actions where the amount in controversy exceeds fifty dollars. It has also an appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases brought before it from courts having the original jurisdic