He shall be the President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, except in case of an equal division.

For the same term means for the same length of time.  The governor is elected for four years.  That is his term of office.  The term of the lieutenant-governor is the same.

An equal division is an equal number voting for and against the same proposal.  If a bill is proposed in the Senate and twenty senators vote for and twenty against it, that is an equal division.  In such case, and in no other case, the president votes.  He may vote on either side he pleases, and his vote is called a casting vote.

Attorney-general.

Elected.  By the people for four years.  Salary, $2,500 and mileage.

Duties.  Shall give his opinion and advice when required to do so by the Governor, or by any of the public boards and officers at the seat of government; shall appear as counsel for the State in all cases in which the commonwealth is interested, depending in the Supreme Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of the United States, the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the State of Virginia, and shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed by the General Assembly.  Member of the State Board of Education.

An attorney is a person who acts for and in the place of another.  The word is usually applied to a lawyer who is employed by another to act for him in any law business he wishes to have done.  An attorney who appears in a court of law and acts or defends a person, or acts against a person accused of crime, is called a counsel.

The attorney-general is a lawyer who is elected to do law business for the State.  He must appear in court as counsel for the State in every case in which the commonwealth (meaning the whole people) is interested.  The commonwealth is interested in every case of crime, because it is for the interest or well-being of the people that those who commit crime should be punished.  If this were not done—­ if criminals, persons who commit murder or burglary or theft—­were not arrested and punished, no man’s life or property would be safe.  The attorney-general must appear and act for the commonwealth in any of the courts above mentioned whenever there is a case in any of them in which the people of the State are interested.

Depending or pending with reference to a case means that the case is in court waiting to be tried or decided. (For information as to Supreme Court of Appeals and Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, mentioned above, see under Judiciary Department.)

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court of the United States.  Its members or judges are appointed by the President and hold office for life, and it sits at Washington and tries cases in which any person or persons are accused of violating the Constitution of the United States.  The members of the district and circuit courts of the United States are also appointed by the President.  These courts sit in various districts of States, and try cases in which persons are accused of violating the laws of the United States—­that is, the laws made by Congress.