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144. 14. The judges of the Supreme Court shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace throughout the State; as also the judges of the Circuit Courts within their respective circuits, and the judges of the inferior courts within their respective counties.

. 15. The clerk of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the judges thereof; registers in chancery, by the chancellors of the divisions; and all the clerks and registers so appointed shall be removed by the appointing power for cause to be placed on the records of the court.

. 16. The Attorney-General shall reside at the seat of government, and shall be the law-officer of the State. During the session of the General Assembly, he shall furnish to the committees of either house, when required, draughts of bills and written opinions upon any matter under consideration of the committees, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by law.

. 17. A solicitor shall be elected in each county in this State by the qualified electors of such county, who shall reside in the county for which he is elected, and perform such duties as may be required of him by law. He shall hold office for a term of four years, and in case of vacancy, such vacancy shall be filled by the judge of the circuit until his successor is elected and qualified.

. 18. Clerks of the Circuit Court, and such inferior courts as may be by law established, shall be elected by the qualified electors in each county, for the term of six years, and may be removed from office for cause, and in such manner as may be by law prescribed. Vacancies in the office of clerk shall be filled by the judge of the circuit, until the next general election, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified: Provided, That the General Assembly shall have power to annex the duties of clerk to the office of judge of any of the inferior courts by law established.

. 19. The style of all processes shall be “The State of Alabama,” and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Alabama, and shall conclude “against the peace and dignity of the same.”

1. In all elections by the people, the electors shall vote by ballot.

. 2. Every male person, born in the United States, and every male person who has been naturalized, or who has legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years old or upward, who shall have resided in this State six months next preceding the election, and six months in the county in which he offers to vote, except as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed an elector: Provided, That no soldier, or sailor, or marine in the military or naval service of the United States, shall hereafter acquire a residence by reason of being stationed on duty in this State.

. 3. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide, from time to time, for the registration of all electors; but the following class of persons shall not be permitted to register, vote or hold