Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-08-12

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| 10 The manner Of appointing militia
officers shall be prescribed BY law.
ARTICLE VI.
ska Judiciary Department
5Eei i. There shall be n Supreme Court OF
4 Appeals, District Courts and Circuit Courts.
1 The jurisdiction Of these tribunals, and Of
the Judges thereof, except so far as the
same is conferred by this Constitution,
4 shall be regulated by law sb 81 ls
fW Ea.ao judicial Divisions. s'03
2. The State shall be divided into TWEEN
! ty-one judicial circuits, ten districts and
/ five sections slgs 1850 {4e u
l. The counties of Princess Anne, Nor
folk, Nansemond Isle of Wight South
| ampton, Greenvile Surry and Sussex and
the city Of Norfolk shall constitute the first
circuit
II. The counties Of Prince George, Din
widdie, Brunswick, Meeklenburg Lunen
burg, Nottoway, Amelia. Chesterfield and
| Powhatan and the city OF Petersburg shall
constitute the second circuit. os
IIr The counties of Cumberland, Buck
ingham, Appomattox, Campbell, Prince
| Edward, Charlotte and Halifax and the
town of Lynclburg shall constitute the
third circuit. - mcgee isl49 FL
~. The counties Of Pittsylvania, Bed
ford, Franklin, Patrick and Henry shall
constitute the fourth circuit.
v. The counties Of Accomac and North
ampton shall constitute the fifth circuit.
VI The counties. of Elizabeth City, War
wick, York, Gloucester, Mathews, Middle
sex, Henrico, New Kent, Charles city and
the city of Williamsburg shall constitute
the sixth circuit.
VII. The city Of Richmond shall be the
seventh circuit.
s VIII The counties of Lancaster, North
cumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland,
King George, Spottsylyania, Caroline, Han
over, King William. King and Queen and
Essex shall constitute the eight circuit.
TX. The counties Of Stafford, Prince
William, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun,
Fauquier and Rappahannock shall consti-
tute the ninth circuit
X The counties of Culpepper, Madison,
Greene, Orange, Alhemarle, Louisa Flu
wanna aud Goochland shall constitute the
tenth circuit. ..o-..
NJ The counties of Nelson, Amherst
Rockbridge, Augusta and Bath shall con-
tinue the eleventh circuit.
MI The counties of Pendleton, High
land Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah,
Warren and Hardy shall constitute the
twelfth circuit
XIII. The counties of Clarke, Frederick,
Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and Jeffer-
son shall constitute the thirteenth circuit
XIV The counties of Monroe, Green
brier. poeahontas, Allegheny, Botetourt,
Roanoke and Craig shall constitute the
fourteenth circuit.
XIV. The counties Of Giles, Mercer RAJ
leigh, Wyoming Logan, Boone, Fayette
and Nicholas shall constitute the fifteenth
circuit et as
XVI. The counties of Grayson, Carroll,
Wythc, Floyd, Pulaski aud Montgomery
shall constitute the sixteenth circuit.
XVII. The counties OF Smythc, Tazcwell,
4 Washingham, Russell, Scott aud Lee shall
constitute the seventeenth circuit. m
XVIII. The counties of Wayne, Cabell,
Mason jackson, Putnam aud Kanawha
shall constitute the eighteenth circuit.
! XIX The counties Of Wood, Writ, Gill
mer, Eraxton, Lewis, Ritcbie, Doddrldge
and Peasants shall constitute the nine
| teenth circuit. ao9rl M
Xxx The counties of Hancock Brooke,
Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel. Tyler and Monon-
gala shall constitute the twentieth circuit,
XXI. And the countiesof Harrison, Mar
ion, Taylor, Preston, Barbour. Randolph
and IIpshur shall constitute the twenty
first circuit. r.
g. The first and second circuits shall
/ tint IN hn fret u st,io bo thsr1 nd
fourth circuits, the second district; the
fifth, sixth and seventh circuits, the third
district; the eight and ninth circuits, the
fourth district; the tenth and eleventh cir
cults, the fifth district; the twelfth and
thirteenth circuits, the sixth district the
fourteenth and fifteenth circuits the sew
enth district; the sixteenth and seven
teenth circuits, the eight district; the
eighteenth and nineteenth circuits. the
ninth district and the twentieth and twen-
ty-hrst circuits, the tenth district.
4. 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
section and the ninth and tenth districts
the 9Th section.
), The General Assembly may, at The
end d eight years after tie adoption Of
this Constitution, and thereafter at inter
walls ofeight years, re arrange tie said cir.
cults. districts aud sections, and place an,
number Of circuits ia district, and o.
districts in a section but each circui,
shall be altogether in one district ant
each district In one section: and there
shall not be less that two districts and fou,
circuits in section, and the number Of SCI
lions shall not be increased CT diminished
-e Circmt Courts. .s. aa.f
u. For each circuit, Judge shall be e.
!ected by the voters thereof, who shall holt
his Office for the term Of eight years, unles
sooner removed in the manner prescribe.
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