The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-03-01


AN ACT to amend act entitled - an act to
amend an act entitled an al TO define the lin
! its, jurisdiction and powers OF circuit courts,
| approved April eighth, eighteen hundred and
! fitty-one, approved January twenty ninth,
| eighteen hundred and ffty-eiglt.
Section i. Tie Peogle Of tie State Of -Uicki-
gan e'dct, That section one of act to amend
act entitled act TO define the limits, juris-
| diction and powers of Circuit Courts, approved
/ April eighth, eighteen hundred iitty-one, said
act 10 amend being approved January twenty
ninth, eighteen hundred and ffty-cght, be amen
ded 80 that said section shall read a. follows:
Sec /. TIE PsDpie cf tie STATE of Nichiga.
enact, That the State -hall be composed of ten
Judicial Circuits, to be deuonnatcd the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eighth
ninth, tenth circuits respectively, and To- hc com
posed a. follows
| The first circuit shall be composed of the cour-
tc- Of Monroe, Lenawee and Hillsdalc:
The second Circuit shall he composed Of the
counties of Branch, -. Joseph, Cass and Berri-
/ The third circuit shall be composed Of the
counties of Wayne, Emmett and Chebovgan:
The fourth circuit shall be composed of the
counties of Washtenaw, Jackson and Ingham;
The fifth circuit shall be composed OF the coun-
ties Of Eaton, Calhoun, Kalamazoo AMI Van Bu
! rem:
The sixth circuit shall he composed of the
counties OF II, Clair, Macomb Oakland aud san
lilac;
The seventh circut shall be- composed of he
counties Of Livingston, Shiawa-sec. Grde.ee, La
peer aud Tuscola.
The eighth Circuit shall hc composed OF the
count, ot Iona, Clinton Kent, Montcalm and
Barry;
The ninth circuit shall be composed Of the
counties Of Alegan, Ottawa, Ncwaygo, occana,
Mason Nanistec, Grand Traverse and Mu-scgon.
And the following uuorganzei counties -lall
also form d part of s3ii circuit and lac attached
to the following organized counties for judicial
and municipal purposes.
To the county Of Grand Traverse there shall
be attached. for the purposes aio- said. tA- eoun-
ties Of Antrim aud kalka7ka.
To the county of Mani-tee there shall be at
tached, foT The purposes aforesaid the counties
of Wexford and Mi-saukee:
To the county OF Mason shall be attached COR
the purposes Aforesaid, the counties of Mcco-ta
and 0sceOla;
The tenth circuit shall be composed Of the
counties OF Saginaw, Gra,iot, Isabella, Midland.
lo-co Bay and Alpena.
And the following unorganizei counties shall
also form a part OF -aid circuit, and be attached
to the following organized counties for Judicial
anu muniaipal purposes:
To the county of Midland there shall be attach
ed, Tor the purposes aforesaid, the counties Of
Gladvin, Clare and RosconmOn;
To the county OF Alpens, there shall be attach
ed Tor the purposes Aforesaid, the counties Of
OtseEo, Aontmorency Pressure Isle, Oscoi. and
Altoona.
Sec. :. Section three Of said act shall be called
section four, and another section called section
two shall be inserted after section two and read
a. follows.
Sec. ,. The Judge Of the tenth judicial cir
cult, within four weeks after the passage Of this
act, shall appoint two terms Of the circuit court
in Bay county, for each year As required for
other counties within said circuit, and the first
of said terms shall be held a, dav not later than
the first Of MAY, A. d. eighteen hundred and
fifty nine and he IS herebv authorized 10 make !
such alteration in the time appointed for holding
the several terms within said circuit as NAV be
necessary TO prevent terms Of courts in different
counties occurring az the same time.
Sec. t. The Judge of the seventh Judicial cir
cult may hO.d any adjourned term within the 4
county of Saginaw that NAV have been so ad- .
journed prior to the passage Of this acr, and con-
clude any unfinished business, the hearing Of
which may have been commenced before him, as
though this amended act had not been passed.
Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts contravening
the provisions Of this acG are hereby repealed
Sec. 8. This &C: shall take effect Immediately.
Approved February 10, 1859.