Whenever this
Constitution shall go into effect, the books, records, and papers, and proceedings of
the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration and
other matters pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the
probate court of the same county of the state, and the said probate court shall
proceed to final decree or judgment, order, or other determination in the said
several matters and causes as the said probate court might have done as if this
Constitution had not been adopted.