The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-17

f, by their respective Courts but in svsrv cssa
| OF removat the cause thereof shall be en- ntered
| OF RECORD In ne tourt by which the removal
was made. Vacancies in asid ON eos shan 10
| they oceur. ~
| "a. The Attorney General sba,, ba m
pointed by joint vote of the two Houses of Ii .
General Assembly, and commissioned nv the
! Governor, and shall hold his Office during the
| pleasure of the General Assembly.
| 10. Sherifs shall be nominated By the rs
| spective county courts, and when appoin ted
by the Governor shall be commissioned by
| him, and hold their offices for two wears, but
no person commissioned sheriff for one
term snail be nominated for another term
| unless prior to such nomina a ton he shall ha We
duly accounted for aIl public dues that may
| nave come into his hands.
10. toroners, constables, surveyors, COM
nissioners or the revenue, and overseers of
lhe poor, shall be appointed by the county
courts, ana the terms of their Office shall be
prescribed oy the General Assembly.
~. y ostlces OF the peace. sherifts attorne, 3
Iof tne Comnonweaith, clerks of the courts
ana al otner county officers shall be subject
W ihoIetiusht Tor inalfeasanCe, mi sfeasaUce
or nesiect Ci Official duty and. upon CON
vacant.
is. The General Assembly shall provide for
The compensation Of jurors, but appropria-
tiohs lor tnat purpose shall not he III ade from
TIE state treasury except i'll prosecution for
toionies or Ii isdemeanors
IL tho cases remaining in The District
Courts when this Constitution Is adopted
snail be removed for trial into the Court, of
Appeal
%. Judges and all othor officers. except the
tonHli7siohrrs OF the Board OF Public Works
ehaIi continue 10 discharge the duties OF their
respective offices after the terms OF their ser
wee lave expired, Until their successors are
QUai1ed. The Comm issiOnsrs of the Board
OF L-nbiic WorEs shalt continue in Office un til
/ , tAer wise pTovioe~ by the General ASSEM-
Il. Writs shall run in the name Of the Com.
nUaWeHltA Of Virgin. "a, and be- attested by the
clerks OF tha several arts Indictments shall
tS-ie- % ,, uae 'aoaIhat -L9 peace ana dignity of
ths Commonwealth
cosPoRATIoE COURTS AND OFFICERS,
- The General Assembly, lnay vest such
J"fiSItlctlou a Hhaii ne deemed proper in cor
p"fation courts and in the magistrates who
saaii belong 20 the corporate BODY The
mayor, OF other chleI magistrate, tha alder
men III cities and towns having hustines
| courts, ana mem bcrs Of the council, or ther
legislative body, OF cities and incorporat ed
| towns, shall be elec ted by tne qualified vo-
taIs thereof. Attorneys for the Common
wealth, CLERKS, serg9ants, and con stables shall
| be- appointed by the corporation COURTS
Slerliis II they act as the officers of the cor
| poration courts, shall be nominated by such
| courts, otherwise they shall BE- non ina ated bv
| the circuit court OF the city or town in which
| they act, and shall in either case be commits
| stoned by the Governor. All other officers
| shall be chosen by the council or legislative
| body. Clerks and attorneys for the Go m
| monweaith OF corporation courts shall hold
| Office respectively for the term of SIX wears
and shall be removable from oUse by their
| respective courts, but in every case of re.
| mevai, the cause thereof shall be- entered Of
| record in the court by which the removal
! was made.
Done in Convention, in the city OF Rich
mond, on the Hfth day of December, in the
| year of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
| dred and sixty one, and in the eighty 81 xtf
year OF the i commonwealth of Virginia
ROBERT l.. MONTAGUE
| President OF the Convention.
| JOHN L. EUBASK,