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be courts of record and shall have original jurisdiction in all matters of probate, settlement of estates of deceased persons, and appointment of guardians; also, jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil cases wherein the debt or damage claimed, does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and concurrent jurisdiction with Justices of the Peace in criminal cases.
Sec. 22. In each county of this State there shall be elected Justices of the Peace as prescribed by law. Justices of the Peace shall have such jurisdiction as may be conferred by law, but they shall not have jurisdiction of any cause wherein the value of the property or the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of three hundred dollars exclus-
