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

OF Lee, Russell, Washington, Taze-
Wen, Giles, Wythe and Grayson shall
compose another district, and supe-
rlor court OF chancery shall be holden
therefor at in the county of on
the day OF and dav of in
each year; the counties of Mecklen-
burg, Lunenburg, Brunswick, Greens
vile, Dinwiddie, Prince George and
Sussex shall compose another district.
and superior court of chancery shall
be holden theretor at in the county
of ION the day of and
day of in each year; the counties
OF Southampton, Nansemond, Isle of
Wight, Norfolk, Princess Ann, Eli
zabeth City, Surry, Northampton and
Accomack shall compose another dis
trlct, and a superior court Of chance
ry shall be holden therefor at in
the county of on the day OF
and day of in each year; and
the counties of West:noreland, Rich
mond, Lancaster, Northumberland,
Essex, King and Queen, Middlesex,
Mathews, Gloucester, Charles City,
James City, New-Kent and Warwick
shall compose another district, and a
superior court of chancery shall be hol-
den therefor 1t in the county of
on the day IF and day of
in each year; and if any Of the
said days snail be Sunday, the court
shall in that case begin on the succee-
ding day,
Sec. .. It shall be the duty of the
Judge OF the present williamsburg dis
triLt chancery court to hold a court at
on the days herein before menti.
oned; and it shall be the duty of the
Judge OF the present Richmond dis
trict chancery court to hold court at
on the days herein before menti
oned and it shall be the duty of the
Judge of the present Staunton district
chancery court to hold court at
on the days herein before mentioned.
And if any of the said Judges shall
from any Cause fail to attend any of his
courts on the first day of the term,
such court shall stand adjourned from
day TO day until court be made. ifI
that shall happen before four O'Clock of
that day, and if n courtjshail not sit in
any term, or continue to sis the whole
term, or before the end of the term
Shall not have heard and determined
ah,matters ready for its decision, all
matters and things depending in said
court and undetermined, shall be con-
tinued until the next succeeding term !;
and 1t from any cause any of the said |
Judges shall not sit on any day of the |
term after said court shall have been
opened, there shall be no discontinu-
ance, but so soon as the cause is reno.
we'd the judge shall proceed to bust
ness until the end of the term, if the
business depending in said court be not
sooner dispatched.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That
the present clerks of the chancerv dis
trict courts shall be clerks of the dis
trict courts in which they now reside.
Sec. 4. The courts hereby estab-
lished and each Of the Judges thereof
in term time, as we'll as in vacation,
shall! be subject to the same rules and
regulations, and shall have and exer-
else the same jurisdiction and power
within their respective districts, in all
and every matter and thing as the pre-
sent chancery courts, or the Judges
thereof, now possess in their respect
I've districts, including the mode of ar
ranging the business in said courts.
OF issuing process, serving and retur-
ming the same, entering and enforcing
DEGREES, granting and receiving APP,
peals, general and special writs of ne
exeat, injunctions, bill of review, ge-
neral and special, appointing clerks and
officers subjected to the same constitu-
tianal and legal restrictions as the said
district courts of chancery are now
bound rs.
Sec. 5. All causes which shall be
depending in the present district chan
Gerry courts, on the day Of
shall be arranged by the clerks thereof,
according to the districts herein desert
bed, and with the papers therein, de-
hvered by them to the clerks Of the
different districts hereby established,
together with the state Of the costs