Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-05

ing on, Lee, Russell, Tazeweli, Giles,
Montgomery and Wythe, shall COM
pose the fourteenth district, and supe-
rior court OF chancery shall be holden
therefor at on the day of
aud day OF in every year.
If any of the said days be Sunday, the
courts shall begin on the succeeding
day; each court shall sit twelve DAYS,
II basinessreqaires it (Sundays excep-
tedl and shall be "A court of record.
Sec 2. Each OF the present chancel-
Tors shall be allotted by the General
Assembly, to one OF the districts aforc-
said, and n judge shall be appointed
for each OF the remaining districts, by
joint ballot OF the Senate and House of
Delegates, and shall be commissioned
In the manner directed BY the constitu-
ton OF this commonwealth.
Sec. 3. The judges SO appointed, be-
fore they enter upon the duties of their
office, shall take the oath of fidelity to
this commonwealth, the oath to sup
port the constitution of the United
States, and the oath prescribed by law
for the judge of the high court Of cham
Gerry; which oaths may be taken be.
fore any court of record, and CERT
ficate of the oath of each Judge shall
be recorded at the first court of that
district to which he is appointed.
Sec. 4. The Judge of the district of
Accomack and Northampton, shall be
allowed the sum of dollars per an-
mum; and all the other Judges shall be
allowed the sum of dollars each
per annun Provided, that until the
chancellors of williamsburg Richmond
and Stanton shall be appointed judg-
es of the genaral court, or be otherwise
provided for, they shall receive the sa-
larry heretofore allowed them by law,
but so soon as they, or either of them
shall be SO appointed, he or they shall
have only the same salary as the Judges
to be appointed as aforesaid: And Pro-
vided also, that in case any of the iudg-
es to be appointed by virtue OF this act,
shall refuse to accept such appointment,
the governor with advice Of council,
shall appoint a Judge of an adjacent dis
trict to hold the court in place of the
judge so refusing, which nudge so ap-
pointed, shall continue in Office until
the meeting of the legislature, and shall
receive the salary of the judge SO refu-
sing to act as aforesaid.
Sec. S. The courts hereby establish
ed, and each of the Judges thereof, in
term time as well as in vacation, shall
be subject to the same rules and regula-
tons, and shall have and exercise the
same jurisdiction aud powers within
their respective districts, in all and e.
very matter and thing as the present
superior courts of chancery, or the
Judges thereof now possess; including
the mode of arranging the business in
the said courts, issuing and returning
process, entering and enforcing de-
crees, and granting and receiving APP
Peals, general and special, writs OF ne
exeat, injunctions, bills of review, ge-
neral and special; the appointment of
their officers Except those appointed
by this act) subject only to the same
constitutional aud legal restrictions and
limitations, as the said courts of chan
Gerry were bound by at the passing of
this act.
Sec. 6. The present clerks of the
chancery courts, shall be clerks of the
districts in which they now reside, and
the clerks Of the former district courts
OF law, who are now in Office, shall be
clerks of the other districts, in which
their respective district courts were
holden Provided, that where more
than one district court of law was hol
den within the bounds of their present
districts, the judge shall make choice
OF one Of the clerks of said district
courts remaining in office but if no
district court was holden within the
bounds of the present districts, the
judge shall appoint a clerk. The said
clerks shall take the oaths prescribed
by law for the clerks of the former
courts Of chancery, which may be ta-
ken before any court Of record, and a
certificate thereof shall be recorded at
the first courts holden for the district
of which they are clerk. TheyshaIl al
so at the fret court a. a foreeo.J a,..a..