. Reader for coming Americans;. to the office of the clerk of the county court (countyclerk) and from there to the district attorney where it isplaced with other cases originating in his office. All cases from the district attorneys office go to thegrand jury, which decides whether or not the evidencepresented warrants a trial; if they return a true billthe case is tried; if not, the case is ignored. The grandjury itself may present a bill if it is thought the endsof justice so demand. All true bills are returned to the office of the districtattorney who takes them to the court for trial. Sure
. Reader for coming Americans;. to the office of the clerk of the county court (countyclerk) and from there to the district attorney where it isplaced with other cases originating in his office. All cases from the district attorneys office go to thegrand jury, which decides whether or not the evidencepresented warrants a trial; if they return a true billthe case is tried; if not, the case is ignored. The grandjury itself may present a bill if it is thought the endsof justice so demand. All true bills are returned to the office of the districtattorney who takes them to the court for trial. Suretycases also go up from the same office. If tried in county court the case may be decided ornolle prosequi (when the plaintiff gives up the prosecu-tion). Either party to the suit may appeal which, ifgranted, takes the case to the superior court for the judgment of the lower court is sustained the suitends; if not it is returned for re-trial. An appeal may be taken to the supreme court, wherethe procedure is of criminal Casis 182 READER FOR COMING AMERICANSXVII. CONGRESS Congress is the legislative body of the NationalGovernment; it consists of two branches, the upper,called the Senate, and the lower, called the House ofRepresentatives. The members of the lower house,commonly called congressmen, are elected by thepeople, the number from each State being based onthe population. The senators are chosen by the leg-islatures of the several States, each State, whetherlarge or small, being entitled to two. Representa-tives are chosen for two years, senators for six. Ateach election one third of the seats in the Senate andall the seats in the lower house become vacant. Per-sons entitled to vote for members of the State legis-lature may vote for members of Congress. A candi-date for the lower house must be twenty-five years ofage, a citizen of the United States for seven years,and a voter in the State he is to represent. A candi-date for senator must be thir
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