Litchfield enquirer., 1859-08-11
CHAPTER LXIV,

An Act in alteration of "An Act relating to Courts Be enaaed by tue Senae and House of Representations tn General Assembly eonve'aed:
 SEC. l. The supreme court of errors shall consist of one chief judge and three associate judges and the present chief udge and three associate judges of the supreme court of errors, shall severay con- tinue to be the judges of such court hereby con- stitutcd, and hold the same except that other jnd ges may be called as hereinafter lrovided and three of said judges shall constitute quorum for the transaction of the business of said court.
 Sec. 2. Whenever more than one of the judges of said court shall be disqualified, disabled to act shall decline to act, in any matter before said court the remaining judge of judges with such judge or judges of the superior court necessary to constitute quorum as he or they may call in for that purpose, other than the judges who tried the below, shall constitute the court for the trial of such matter and in case all the judges of the supreme court of shall be disqualified or dis abed shall decline to try any cause pending be- fore said court, the same shall be tried by any three judges of the superior court, other than the one who tried the cause below, which three judges shall in that case constitute court for the trial of said cause and shall be designated by the presiding judge of the supreme court of errors who shall order the time for the converting of said judges and the clerk of the court before which said cause may be pending, shall notify said judges thereof.
 Sec g. The supreme court of errors as hereby constituted shall have all the powers and perform all the duties, conferred or imposed upon the su- preme court of by the existing statute laws of this state except far the same are repealed br modified by this act, and the judges of said count in vacation shall have the same power and may perform all the duties now belonging to judges of the supreme court of errors in vacation, and shall be excused from the performance of duty as judges of the superior court except as required and provi- ded for in this act.
 Sec. 4. In all cases brought to the supreme court of errors in the mods prescribed by law by way of error or complaint from the judgments or decrees of the superior court, reversal of any ruling. judgment or decree of the superior court shall be had, unless three of the judges holding said su- prene court of errers shall concur therein.
 Sec 5. The superior court shall consist of five judges, and the present five judges of the superior court other than the judges of the supreme court or errors, shall continue to be the judges of such superior court hereby constituted until the termi- nation of their respective offices.
 SIC. 6. It shall be the duty of the said five iude. es of said superior court hereby constituted to meet at the courtroom of the county in which the Gen eral Assembly shah hold it's session, on the third Tuesday of May in each year, at which meeting the transaction of business ; and said judges shall hold their first meeting for the purposes specified in hissecti 5n at some time during the month of Ju- ly 1859 which meeting shall be called by the chic! judge of the supreme court of errors at such time and place. and with such notice as he shall deem req onable Said superior court hereby constituted shall at said meeting appoint one of their number to be the presiding judge for the year ensuing, fol
 
 the powers conferred upon the senior judge of tn, superior court by the existing statutes of this State Said superior court constituted shall also at sait meeting assign, or, in case they do not agree, tn, sad presiding judge shall assign the judges to hole the several terms of the superior court, in the eral counties for the year ensuing to be holden by a single judge as said courts are now holden; bu no judge snail be assigned to hold two successive regular terms in the same county. Said superior co lrt so instituted shall also, at said meeting make all necessary and proper rules. not contrar, to law for the trial of and other proceeding in said superior court and it shall be their duty t, m ike, and of the court to enforce, such rules as shall promote dispatch in the business of said court Id secure, as far as possible, ut every term, the completion of the business thereof; and all rules adopted shall be published and recorded in the same manner the rules of the superior court of errors. provided in the thirteenth section o the act relating to courts. The said presdingiudge for the time being, may also, at any time at such time and place as he may deem proper, and when 80 convened, may transact any business that might De done at the annual meeting aforesaid; and said presiding judge shall preside at all meetings of said judges, and in case of his absence they shall choose one of their number to preside for the lime he;nr
 Sec {: The said superior court, so constituted as aforesaid at their annual meetings shnll have oIl the powers and do and perform all the duties rela tive to the appointment of clerks and assistant clerks of the superior court for the several conn ties the appointment of attorney for the state in each county the removing and the filling of all the va cies in said offices, as provided and nre scribed in the twenty-second section of cbante, twenty-sxth of the act passed May Session 1a5k entitled "An Act in alteration of an Act relatinp to Courts ;'' anu any vacancy that may occur in any of said ofices and which shall not be filled by an appointment by said judges may be temporarally filled, until such appointment is made, by the pre-,
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