Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-07
ARTICLE vi.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.


nails. and Of the Judges thereof, except 50
far as the same is conferred by this Constr
tuition, shall be regulated by law.
judicial Divisions.
| Q. The State shall be divided into TWEEN
ty-oue judicial circuits,ten districts and five
sections.
!. The counties Of Princess Anne, Nor
folk, Nansemond, Isle Of Wight, South
ampton, Greensyiile, Surry and Sussex
and the city Of Norfolk, shall constitute the
first circuit
II. The counties Of Prince George, Din
widdie, Brunswick. Mecklenburg, Lunen-
burg. Nottoway, Amelia, Chesterfield and
Powhqtan, and the city Petersburg shall
constitute the second circuit.
III. The counties Of Cumberland, Buck
ingham, Appomattox, Campbell, Prince
Edward, Charlotte and Halifax, and the
town Of Lynchburg shall constitute the
third circuit.
w. The counties Of Pi;tsylvania, Bed
ford, Franklin, Patrick and Henry shall
constitute the fourth circuit.
" The counties Of Accomac and North
ampion shall constitute the filth circuit.
VI The corniies of Elizabeth City, War
wick, York, Gloucester, Matthew'S, Mid
dlesex, Henrico, New Kent, Charles City
and james City and the City Of Williams
burg shall constitute the sixth circuit.
VII: The City Of Richmond shall be the
seventh circuit
WIN. The counties Of Lancaster, North
cumberland, Richmond, Wcstmorcland,
King George, Spottsylvania, Caroline Han
over, King William, King and Queen and
Essex shall constitute the eighth circuit.
TX The counties of Stafford, Prince,
William, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun,
Fauquier and Rappahannock shall consti
tutc the ninth circuit
X The counties of Culpcper, Madison,
Greene, Orange, Albemarle, Louisa, Flu
wanna and Goochland shall constitute the
tenth circuit.
M. The counties Of Nelson, Amherst,
RockbriJge. Augusta and Bath shall con
sttute the eleventh circuit:
XII. The counties Of Pendleton, High
land, Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah,
Warren and Hardy shall constitute the
twelfth circuit:
XIII. The counties ofClarke, Frederick,
Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and Jciier
son shall constitute the thirteenth circuit:
XIV The counties Of Monroe, Greenbri-
or, Pocahontas, Allegheny, Botetourt,
Roanoke and Craig shall constitute the four
teenth circuit:
Nv. The counties Of Giles Mercer. Raj
eigh, Wyoming, Logan, Boone, Fayette
and Nicholas shall constitute the fifteenth
circuit
XVI. The counties Of Grayson, Carroll,
Wythc, Floyd, Pulaski and Montgomery
shall constitute the sixteenth circuit:
XVII. The counties of Smith, Tazewell,
Washington, Russell, Scott and Lee shall
constitute the seventeenth circuit:
XVII. The counties Of Wayne, Cabcll, !
Mason, Jackson, Putnam and kanawha |
Shall constitute the eighteenth circuit:
XIX. The counties Of Wood, Writ, Gil
mer, Braxton, Lewis, Richie, Doddrige
and Pleasants shall constitute the nineteenth |
circuit:
Xxx. The counties of Hancock, Brooke,
Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tylcrand Monon-
gala shall constitute the twentieth circuit:
XXI. And the counties of Harrison, Mar
ion, Taylor, Barbour, Randolph and Up
shur shall constitute the twenty-hrst cir
cunt.
/. The frstand second circuits shallcon-
stitute the first district; the third and fourth
circuits, the second district; tic fifth, sixth
and seventh circuits, the third district; the
the eigth and ninth circuits, the fourth dis
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fifth district; the Twelfth and thirteenth cir
cuitsthe sixth district; the fourteenth and
fifteenth circuits, the seventh district; the
sixteenth and seventeenth circuits, the
eighth district;the eighteenth and nineteenth |
circuitsth ninth district; and the twentieth
and twenty-hrst circuits, the tenth district
2. The first and second districts shall |
constitute the first section; the third and
fourth districts, the second section; the fifth
and sixth districts, the third section; the
seventh and eighth districts, the fourth sec
ton; and the ninth and tenth districts, the
fifth section.
3. The General Assembly may, at the
end Of eight years after the adoption Of
this Constitution, and thcrcaGcratintervals
Of eight years, rc-arrangc the said circuits,
districts and sections, and place any mum
Der Of circuits in district, and of districts,
in a scction but each circuit shall be alto
gether in one district, and each district in
one section; and there shall not be less
than two districts and lour circuits in a sec
ton, and the number Of sections shall not
be increased or diminished.
Circuit Courts.
6. For each circuit, Judge shall be |
elected BY the voters thereof, who shall |
hold bis Office for the term of eight years,
unless sooner removed in the manner pre-
scribcd by this Convention. He shall at
the time Of lis election be at least thirty
years Of age and during lis continuance in
office, shall reside in the circuit Of which he
is judge.
Z. \ Circuit Court shall be held at least
twice year by the Judge ofeach circuit,
in every county and corporation thereof,
wherein a Circuit Court is now or may
hereafter be established But the Judges
in the same district may be required or au
thorized to hold the courts Of their respcc-
tive circuits alternately, and Judge Of one
circuit to hold "A conrt in any other circuit
District Courts.
8. A District Court shall be held, at least
once year, in every district, by the Judges
of the circuits constituting the section and
the Judge Of the Supreme Court of APP
peals for the section of which the district |
forms part, any three Of whom may hold
a court; but no Judge shall sit or decide
upon any appeal taken from his own deci-
sion. The Judge of the Supreme Court
Of Appeals Of one section, may sit
in the District Courts of another section,
when required or authorized by law to do
so.
.. The district courts shall not have orr |
ginal jurisdiction, exceptin cases of AGbeas
corpus, maRdamWs and prohibition.