. The New England magazine . THE STATE OF VERMONT. (395. The Billings Library, ernments like those of cities. Since1870 the state elections have beenheld biennially, when a governor, lieu-tenant-governor, treasurer, secretary ofstate and auditor of accounts are chosenby the freemen. The judiciary con-sists of a supreme court of law andequity, of judges of probate in the severalprobate districts (usually one in eachcounty), of municipal courts in the citiesand chartered villages, and of justices ofthe peace elected by the people. Fromthe foundation of the government thejudges of the supreme cou
. The New England magazine . THE STATE OF VERMONT. (395. The Billings Library, ernments like those of cities. Since1870 the state elections have beenheld biennially, when a governor, lieu-tenant-governor, treasurer, secretary ofstate and auditor of accounts are chosenby the freemen. The judiciary con-sists of a supreme court of law andequity, of judges of probate in the severalprobate districts (usually one in eachcounty), of municipal courts in the citiesand chartered villages, and of justices ofthe peace elected by the people. Fromthe foundation of the government thejudges of the supreme court, of whomthere are now seven, have been electedby each new legislature on joint system has been much criticised, onthe ground that the tenure of office is toouncertain to induce the best talent, andthat judges should be independent ofparty politics or of the influence of power-ful suitors who may be in politics. But infact the judges have usually been takenfrom among the ablest lawyers in thestate and have generally been re-electedas long
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