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VII Tie Chr d Richmond shall % the TN circait
VII. The counties Of Lancaster. Northumberland
Caroline. Hanover. King " llsm. King and Qaesnand
Essex, shall constitute The eight eitcnlfs
~ The eonntes Of StaffSrds Prince William Alexs
anaE.s Ealtiaz Inndoun taa9aieF and Rappahsnnpek
X The counties Of Culpepcr, Madison. Greene. Or
ange. Aleemasle, Laaisas flayahna and GooehlAnd1
II, The counties Of Melissa. Amherst. Roeksrsiee.
Augusta, and hath, shall constitute he eleventh ixen
AL lhe eoanties 81 fendIeien, Highland, Rocking.
ham, Page Shenandoah. Warrenhnd Hardy shall con-
stitule the twelfth circuit. -
Kill The counties Of Clarke, frederick Hanspshire
Msesgan bsIkeisy and Jefferson shan dOnslite The
XIV. The counties Of M0nrse, tsrsenhsier, Peeahen
tas, Allegheny, Bo,etnuri. Roanoke and Crar shall
constitute the fourteenth circuit
". The counties Of Giles, Mercer. Raleigh, wvom
Ing. Logan Boone Fayese and Nicholas shall consti
iuls the 6fteenth circuit 5
XVI The counties Of Grayson, Carroll. wy,he Floyd
Pulaski and Montgomery, shall constitute TIE sxteens6
XVII The eoen,ies of smythe, Tazewsll washing.
teenth circuit.
XVIII. The counties 81 Wayne, Cabell, Mason, Jack
son. Putnam and kanawha shall constitute The eigh
teenth circuit.
XIX. The counties of Wood, witt Gsilmer, Braxion,
Lewis Richie. DoddFdge and Peasants, shall censt
tute the nineteenth circuit.
XN The counties Of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Mar
shall, Wetzel Tylerani AIonoagalia, shall Constitute
the twentieth rircnit.
XXI And The counties Of Harrison, Marion, Taylor,
Preston. Barbour Randolph and UpShuF, constitute the
s. The iirst and second circuits shall constitute
the rS disfict the third and fourth circuits the Sc
cond district the fifth sixth and seventh circuits
the hrd district; the eighth ana ninth clrenits The
fourth district the tenth and eleventh circuits, the
nth dlsrfe. 'hetwelilh and hlrseensh circuits the
skin disIei5 me ionTeenth ana hiteenla circuits
the seventh district, the sixteenth and seventeenth
circuits the eighth disiries The eighteenth and
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1h 49, .ns
r. Sci ss,ien ~ sb;ri and senr,h as.s;s,s he
second ne flh ana 6disir;rts ne bird
seetion thg seventh ana eighth districts lhe fourth
sect;on ara ths nfrth ana teYth dietr;c,s thnSjfh
section. - -
( srhe General Assembly n, Al ~ entl ~ @;obi
wears amer ihe adobtion of thIs Constitution and
thereafter al intervals 81 eight years arrange the
said circuits. districts and sections, and mace anr
number Of circuits in district and Of districts in
section; bat each circuit Be altogether in
one district, 4and each district in one section and
there shatnot be less than two districts and four
circuits in section andihe number otsections shall
not be increased or diminished,
.as Great Courts.
g. Fer each cifcnit, Judge shall be elected by
the voters thereof who shall hold his Office for The
term Of eight wears, unless sooner removed in HE
manner prescribedfby this Constitution. He shall
at the time Of his election be at least thirty wears Of
age, and during his continuance OF office shall
reside in the cireuR OF wbich he is Judge
T. "A Circuit Court shall he held al least twice
year by the Judge Of each circuit in every county
and corporation thereof wherein circuit court IS
now or NAV hereafter be established Butthe Judges
in the same district may &c required OF authorized to
hold the courts OF their respective circuits alternate
ly and Judge Of one circuit 10 hold court in any
other circuit
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lu FOR eaeh secslon Jaage slal ne electfa py
the voters thereof who shall hold his oiilce i6r me
term q WE'VE years unless sooner removed " me
manner presented oy ms Constliuuon, e shall
@es4s an5 dnrin HE In IN oEce7
yresiae'in he section far which IL is elected
ii Ths s. nreme Conf. III Anneals shalI consist
Of the 1--WE Jndees 81 elected any shree Of whom may
hold a court. ii shall have appellate Jurisdiction
only exeept in cases flabeas c51gus aafda NIL and
1yof}B{j0n, II shall moi hay. jurisdiction in Evil
ca,,sss ,ybere' IL raatter III controversp arclu
siveIof costs ID les ~. valiipnr amountthan Eve
hundred dollars except in controversies corncerning
The title or boundaries Of land the pfoba sc will
he Appointment or Qualification 81 personal rep
resentatiye. guardian. committee or curator: or
concerning a mill road way ferry or land or the
RICH, Of Corporation or county to levy tolls or
taxes; and except in cases of hd6eas corpus mada-
mss and prohibition, and cases involving freedom,
or the constitutionality Of a law.
10. Special Court OF Appeals, TO consist of not
less than three nor more than five Judses may be
formed ofthe Judges Of the Supreme Court of APP
peals and ofthe Circuit Courts or any Of them to
try any cases remaining On the deckets Of the pres
ent Court Of Appeals when the Judges thereof cease
10 hold their Offices TO try any cases which may
be on the dockets Of the Supreme Court Of Appeals
established BY this Constitution in respect to which
a majority Of the 1ndgesgof said court may be so
situated as 10 make it improper for them to sit on
the hearing thereof.
ID. When Judgement or decree is reversed or
affirmed BY the Supreme Court Of Appeals iheIrea-
sons therefor shall be staiedin writing and preserved
with the record oil tie case.
GenegaI Prorfs;oas
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except tnat ola 9uage 81 w nLln Whsn
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Ter necessary uasel. Ls,,
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