Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-23

peals hereby constituted, mich a majority of the Jud
ges thereof mav from interest relationship or having
been counselin the case, be unable to try.
The 10Th section, as amended, was agreed to as FOL
lows:
"20. All the officers of the Supreme Court of APP
peals and of the District Courts, shall be appointed b.
the said Courts respectively, by the Judges thereof il
vacation. The duties and compensation of said officers
their tenure of Office and the mode of removing then
from office, shall be prescribed by law"
| The 2lst section, as reported by the committee o
the whole, repotted as follows:
"2l. The clerks of the Circuit Courts shall be elect
ed BY the qualified voters Of the counties corporations
for which the said Courts held respectively anC
shall hold their offices for the term of six years from
the date of their election, and until their successors be
duly qualified. The Attorneys for The Commonwealth
chosen and commissioned for the counties, shall be thu
Attorneys fol the Commonwealth for the Circuit Courts
Their duties and compensation, and the mode of re
moving them from office, shall be prescribed by law.
| The amendment of the committee, striking out "se
ven" and inserting "sx.' was agreed to.
| The question required upon the amendment OF the
| committee OF the whole, which is in brackets
| Mr.. CHAMBLTss moved to strike out all the amend
ment after the words "'The Attorneys for the Com
monwealh" and to insert "and of the Circuit Courts
shall be appointed by the Judges thereof Tor the term
| OF Jour years" Rejected.
T. Mr. TAYLOR moved to strike out the amendment Of
| the committee, and onsert in lieu OF it the following
commissioned tor the counties, cities and towns shall
be the attones for the commonwealth for the Circuit
Courts he'd for the said Counties cities and owns"-
| Agreed to.
! The amend rent as amended was concurred in.
| The 24th section as amended by the committee Of
| the whole was reported as follows-he amendments
being 10 brackets:
'"24. The Attorney General shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the State and commissioned by the
Governor; shall mold his office for the term ofour years.
and shall perform such duties and receive such coupensa
ton as may be prescribed by law, and shall be remova
BILE in the same prescribed for the removal oil
the Judges in the 18th article OF this Constitution: Pro-
vided that when vacancy shall in the said Of
flee, the same may be filed in such manner as may be
prescribed by aw."l
The amendments of the committee concurred
The report ordered to a second reading.
The LIST section was reported as follows
81. There shall b. Supreme Cour; OF Appeals Dis
trct Courts and Circui. Conrts The jurisdiction of
these tribunals, and Of the Judges thereof shall De
gIated by law, except SO far the s prescribed
in this constitution.
Mr. Scorr Of Fauquier, move for it, the following
substitute
a. The judicial power of this Commonwealth shall
be vested in supreme uf appeals. the interior
established by this itaon u,h other courts
as the Legislature may rom time to tma establish in the
Judges thereof and the justices OF inc peace. The e-
gislature may also vest sucn jurisdiction as shall be
deemed proper cerporatoa cor 8. and IN the mhgls
rateS who may belong to the corpora body Inc Juris
dicon ofhese tribunals and the Judges thereof except
far the shall be ord aimed this Constitution
| shall be regulated by law"
The substitute was disagree to.
Mr.. SUMMERS moved to add to the lst section the
| following words: "The Supreme Court OF Appeals
shall hold its sessions in the city oil Richmond and the
town of Lewisburg prescribed by law"
The proposed addition rejected
To the I'd section, which reads thus: "The State
shall be divided into five sections, each section into two
Districts and each district into two circuits; which sec
tons, districts and circuits shall be bounded by county
or corporation lines, 1.-THE committee OF the whole pro-
posed to add the words: "And shall b. hereinafter
defined"
The amendment of the committee of the whole was
concurred in, ayes ", noes 40.
Mr.. STANARD presented the report OF the committee
on judicial apporonment as an additional section to
come in after the first section:
The first section shal be composed Of the following
countless cities and towns lying uth of James River
and East of the Blue Ridge, viz: Princess Anne, Nor
folk City, Norfolk county. Nansemond, Isle of Wight,
George, Petersburg Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Mecklen-
burg, Luneuburg, Nouoway, Amelia, Chesterfield,
Powhatan, Cumbeland BUCKINGHAM, r, Appomartox,
Campbell Prince Edward Charlotte, Halifax Pittsyl
| vania Bedford Franklin, Patrick and Henry.
The second section shall be composed OF the follow
ing counties, cities and towns lying North OF James
Northampton, Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, James
CITY, The city of Williamsburg, New Kent Charles
City, Gloucester Matthew'S Middlesax, Henrico and
CITY of Richmond, Lancaster Northumberland Rich
mond county, Westmoreand, King George, Essex,
King and Queen King William, Hanover, Caroline,
Spotsyvana, Stafford, Prince William. Fairfax. Alex
andria, Loudoun Fauquier and Rappahannoek.
The third section shall be COMPOSED of the following
counties cities and towns viz Cupeper, Madison,
Greene, Orange, Louisa GoochIand, FIuvanna Abe
mae Rsss BATH
doah. Warren, Hardy, Clarke, Frederick, Hampshire
Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson.
The fourth section shall be composed OF the following
counties and towns, viz: Boteourt Roanoke, Craig,
Allegheny, Montgomery, Floyd, Pocahontas. Green
brier, Monroe, Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh Wyoming,
Logan, Boone, Mercer, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, Car
roll, Graysou, Smyh, Iazeweil, Washington Russell,
Scott and Lee.
The fifth section shall be composed of the folowi ng
counties cities and towns, to wit: HANCOCK, Brooke,
Ohio, Including the city of Wheeng,I Marshall Wet
eel, Tyler, Monongalia, Harrison. Marion, Taylor,
Preston Barbour, Randolph, upshur, Lewis Braxton,
Gmer, Doddridge, Peasants, Richie, Writ, Wood
Jackson, Mason, Putnam, kanawha' Caoell and
Wayne
And the said sections shall be divided into circuits
and districts, as follows to wit:
The rt circuit OF the first section shall be composed
of the counties of Princess Anne, Norfolk, Nansemond
Isle OF Wight, Southampton Greensvle, Surry, Sus-
sex and the city of Norfolk.
The second circuit, oil the counties of Prince George,
Dinwiddle, Brunswick, Mecklenburg Lunenburg, Not
toway, Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhaan and the city OF
Petersburg
Charlotte and Halifax.
| The fourth circuit, OF the counties of Ptsyvana,
| And the first and second circuits shall compose the
first district, and the third and fourth circuits The second
district Of said section.
SECOND SECTION.
The first circuit of the second section shall be com
posed ofthe counties OF Accomac Northampton, Eliza
beth City, Warwick, York, Gloucester, Mathews
| Middlesex, New Kent, Charles City, James City and
| the city of Williamsburg.
The second circuit, OF the county of Henrico and OF
| the city OF Richmond
The third crcul, of the counties of Lancas err Nor
| cumberland, Richmond Westmo,etand kng II or
| Spotsyvania Caroline, Hanover, King William, King
| and Queen and Essex
The fourth circuit ofthe counties of Stafford, Prince
| William, Fairfax, Alexandria, Loudoun, Fiuqaier and
| Rappahannock.
And the first and second circuits snail compose the
first district and the trd and fourth Circuit the second
district of said sec ion
THIRD SECTION.
| The first circuit of the 3 seco. shall be composed
of the cou ties of Cppeper, Ma i9on Green, Orange
Albemarle, louisa, FIovanna and Goochland
The second circuit, of the cou ties, of Nelson Am
| herst, Rockbride Augusta, Bath and Highland.
TIE third circuit OF the counties O. Pendleton, Rock
| ingham, Shenandoah, Warren and Hardy.
The fourth circuit, OF the counties OF Clarke, Frede-
| rick, Hampshire Moran, Berkeley and Jefferson.