Whenever
any two (2) of the judges of the Supreme Court of the state, elected under the
provisions of this Constitution, shall have qualified in their offices, the causes then
pending in the Supreme Court of the territory, and the papers, records, and
proceedings of said court, and the seal and other property pertaining thereto, shall
pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the Supreme Court of the state; and
until so superseded the Supreme Court of the territory and the judges thereof shall
continue, with like powers and jurisdiction, as if this Constitution had not been
adopted. Whenever the judge of the district court of any district elected under the
provisions of this Constitution shall have qualified in office, the several causes then
pending in the district court of the territory, within any county in such district, and
the records, papers, and proceedings of said district court, and the seal and other
property pertaining thereto, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the
district court of the state for such county; and until the district courts of this
territory shall be superseded in the manner aforesaid the said district courts and the
judges thereof shall continue with the same jurisdiction and power to be exercised
in the same judicial districts respectively, as heretofore constituted under the laws
of the territory.