Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-02-10
Laws of OhiO--By Authority.


AN ACT to fix permanently the time and manner
of holding the Courts of Common Pleas, and
district Court in Hamilton county, and to pro-
vide for the.organization and practice thereof.
SEC. Be il enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the Stale of Ohio, That the frs. term
OF the Court Of Common Pleas in and for
the frs. Disuici, shall commence on the
second of February, eighteen hundred and
fifly-Iwo, and the regular terms thereof shall
thereafter commence on The first Monday
in May, the first Monday in October, and
The first Monday in January, in each year;
provided however, that the Judges Of said
Court may hold special terms thereof when.
ever they shall deem it necessary.
Sec. 2. That the Judges OF the said Courl
may sit separately or otherwise, as they
shall al any time deem il expedienl; and
may prescribe the mode Of keeping and au
lhen,icating the minltes Of proceedings
had before them, or any of them; and may, ,
at the beginning of each term, and a, all
times thereafter, when necessary classify
and distribute among themselves. for ,rial
and determination, the business pending in
said Court, as they shall deem most conve-
nient TO the public interest; and may from
time 10 time, adopt and publish rules oI
practice, regulating the docke.ing of causes
and motions, the return Of process, the lime
and manner Of filing pleadings, the entering
and opening of defaults, the setting of eau.
ses and matters for trial, or hearing, and
also, such other matters of practice as may
be necessary for the advancement of Justice
not Inconsistent with the laws of this STATE
prevention or delay, rausing all such rule.
TO be entered on their journals.
SEC. That two terms of the dis,ric
Courl shall be held in said Ds,ric, in eacf
year, commencing on the first Monday il
April, and The first Monday in Sepiembe
respectively; and that the Judges ,hereo
shall have such powers 10 adopt and publish
rules OF practice for said Court, as are con
ferred by the second section Of this acl, up
on the Judges Of the Courl of Common
Pleas; provided however, that they shal
conform as near as may be, 10 such rules o
practice as may from time to time be adopt
ed by the Judges Of the Supreme Court.
SEC. 4. That the term of February
eighteen hundred and fifly-wo, Of the Cour
OF Common Pleas, as now established BY
law, be, and the same is hereby abolished
and that all process, mesne and final. all re
cognizances, and oil business of whatcve
kind, not disposed of previously thereto
shall be rc.urnable, and continued 10 III
February term Of the Court Of Common
| Pleas as fixed by this act.
Sec. 5. That in all cases, where tn
record Of proceedings had in the Court @
Common Pleas, prior 10 the second Mon
day in February, eighteen hundred and fiji
! ty.wo, shall not on or before that time bee
fully completed, and signed, as required b.
: law, The same shall be made up by tn
Clerk Of the said Court for the time being
with all convenicn, dispatch, and be signe
by any Of the Judges for The time being, {
the Court of Common Pleas.
Sec. 6. That all cases pending in III
r Superior Coun Of Cincinnati, in which III
Judge thereof has been interested as cour
sci or otherwise, the fact being suggested
record in the said Court, shall, together viii
) The files of papers and copies of all orde
+ made therein be certified and removed I'M
!. the Court Of Common Pleas. and be thel
| disposed Of; as if originally commence
, therein.
n Sec. 7. That any authority conferr,
on the Presiden, Judge of the Court of Con
mon Pleas in the county Of Hamilton, ,
s heretofore organized by any existing Law
0 not inconsistent with the constitution oflh
0 State, may be exercised by any one of II
IS judges of The Court of Common Pleas,
# and for The said first District. as now co
s,iIuted. JAMES c. JOHNSON,
n Speaker Of The House Of Representative
|. WILLIAM MEDILL,
President Of tho Senate.
nj January 90, 1852.