Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-19

Petersburg shal! cia3i!iute the srcnDh circuit.
Iii The COUNTIES nf ,'ur bcrla"t', .SaCk!ry
ham, Ayronct,ox. Camphrii, Prince iwar;!,
issharlotte and Il l'flz sid the town OF Lynch
burg sha. constitute the third clrcn!:.
". Tne countirs e! Pits! lSauia, E:dFora,
Franklin, Patrick ard Henry :! a! c1lS;!ute
tie murth circuit.
V. Tie Counties rI Accor!ac and Sorti!amp,
ton shall constitute ,ne ii tn circuit
VI. The corn,:es Of E';z,bc;h City, War
wick, York. Gloucester. y itihsT., NJ d3;cseX
I!cnrica, Ntw Kent. Cha:"s City sid Jame$
City and be City of Williamsburg shall zen
sti;ute the SIKH ci.cui:.
VII. The City Of Richmont aha!! 5c the
seTsn'h circnt.
Viii The c.ua.ie., Of Lancaster: Torthp;a
h"rland, R'cnmond, Wrs.mnr. lApd, k'n"
G=orge, enn:Sv;vsnia. C4ra;nr, F'anose-, kng
William, Arg anl Qiccn lad E:",S Si.a!: con
s;ilrte the eighth circuit.
* The counties Ct S;ada!d, ince VII
liam. Alexandria Fairfax, Luuduln FaaQuler
and R1ppabannock shall constitute the uinth
circuit.
Y The couniics Of Culpepar, Madison.
Greene, Oiangc, Albemarir, Louisa, Fuvanna
and Guochlsnd shall Constitute the tenth CIR
cult.
X[. The counties of Nelson, Amherst, Rock.
bridge, Augusta and Bath shall constitute lne
eleventh circuit
XII. The counties Of Pendleion, Highland
Rockingham, P-se Shenandoah, Warrrn aud
Hardy shall constitute tho twelfth circui!
XIII. the counties Of Clarke, Frederick,
Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and JsG.Tson
shall Constitute he thirteenth circni'.
XIV. The c7un,es oF Monroe, G-eenbrier,
P9cahonias, Allegheny, Bc,e,orr', Roanoke
and Craig shall constitute tic fourteenth Cir
cult
NI. The counties CT Giles, Mercer, Raleigh,
Wyoming Logan, Boone, Fuyc;tc and Ncho.
las sha, constitute the fifteenth circuit
XVI The counties of G7aySou, Carroll,
Wythc Floyd, Pulaski ami Montgomery shall
constitute the six!senth circuit.
XVII. Tie counties Of Sc,?il', Tazewcll,
Washington, Russell, Scott ard Lee $:la:! coa-
! slitu!c The seventeenth circuit.
XVIII. The counties G: Wayne, Caaeil. d..
son, jackson, Putnam ard karawha shall! con
stitura the eighteenth circuit.
NIX. Tho counties Of Wood, Writ, Giinar.
Braxton, Lewis, Ritche, DodGricga and
Pcasanls shall constitute tic nineteenth cir.
cult.
NX The counties Of Hancock. Brooke,
Oain, Marshall, #rzel. Tyler and Mononsslia
shall constitute The twentieth circuit,
XXI. And the counties Of EgIraon, Ma.
ron, Taylor, Preston, Barbour, Randolph and
| Upshur snail constitute tnc twenty FIRST cir.
cult.
). The Judges Of The Supreme Court cf !ap.
peas ard OF The Circuit Courts shall be com
m:s,ionrd By the Governor, an,i shall ho!d
iSco d,,r ,,rnj f,al, :h,~
arrive at the age Of seventy years, Ut until re-
; mcycd in the manner prescribed in THIS CcC.
sti,ution; and shall at the ZANE time, hold 10
other GHicr, appointment or pubic trus:; and
the acceptance thereof by either 0i th,m saa:l
7acate bis Judicial utficc.
g. The judges shall rec&ive fixed and ads.
qua;e salaries, which shall nor be diminished
daring their continuance in citicc. The salary
Of ildgc Of the Supreme C0urt Uf Appeals
sha'I not ha less ;haa three thousaud dollars,
and thet Of 4 ji'!:= of the C'r1uit Court not
| less than 1870 !aaus9aI Gr!l.S per a!;rGyn tx
cep. the ssiari OF the jr'!g. of ;aA FLA cir.
cult which sh. 10: DO less than fifteen ,:;i:
| drcC .!,liars per anruni; sIi encn Ehsil haze
| a rrasonubl. aliuwance for necessary travel.
| 2 The judges may be re41veI i!'m
| Office 5v q ca:icrr:cnt Ypte OF both
houses Of tie General Assembly. BIZ!
majority of ell tho members elected 20
! each house must concur in suct ro:e aid the
cause nf rernn"al shall be entered c'i the j,u--
nal OF csch hcu;e. Tac j.:4se agens, whom
.hc G:acral Assembly, may he about 20 pro.
! coed shaii receive uo;:cc th":enf accompanied
t,7 n cr;,y cf tue ca~s-s aiIce'i i4r his removal.
at least twenty DAYS ye;n:c IL: Gay or which
! ,.h'T house 81 Ike Gcuc.ai Assembly Eh:
,.:i thercupon
s. rhrce sI.ll no y COUNTY couf! il zach
county ci 'hc Commonwealth, :7hicn shall o"
| i"lt ul.,.hig hy rot les tn0n three nc: ,n17e
then ti:r j'ls.:c.E, except wEttl he ! " shiH
require :nc pr'Eence ct I greater number
.. Cd county st.:lI bc laid e into .!ist:icls
as nsarly cc"al as ,nay he il, rcrr;ory and
p"puiaton. In each district fnar rtc css of
the pescc sha.! be chosen b. tie qualified
voters thereof, vino shall he colrm isso:,ed by
thr Governor, reside iE their respective t!s.
,ricts, and held their Gficcs f,r the term Of
six years The justices Of each county shall
select one OF their own body to be the prcsid'
ing Justice OF the comfy court Of their coun-
ty; whose duty j; shall be to attend each term
OF the sairi court The other Justices shall ee
classified by las for the perGcrmanc: c! their
duties in court
| 10. Tho justices shall receive for their SER
vices in court per diem compensation, 10 b"
ascertained BY las, end pail out Of he county
treasury but they shall nnL receive any !:c o.
smolament for other judicial seT7iccs.
u. The power saU Jurisdiction OF justices Of
the peace within their respective COUNTIES
shall b. prescribed by law.
/ u Tue jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court
Ixc ~ nrT
corporation courts, OF the judges thereof, and
Of tre justices OF the peace and magistrates oi
the corpurate bodies, shall r:rraia IS now
established until charged ty Law.
IS. TIE cficsrs of tile Supreme Court o!
Appeals, aud Of the spccia! courts Of appeals,
shall bc appointed by the said Courts re6pcc
tirelg, or by the judges thereof, III vacation,
and their duties, compensate" md tenure oi
Office shall be prescribed by Ia :.
II. Clerks snd attorneys : Inc Common
wealth fer thu circuit coui'.. shall bc ap
pointed hv the circuit courts. by the judges
thereof respectively, and clcrl and attorneys
for the Commonwealth for tac county courts
shall be appointed hr such courts respectively,
for the teru, OF six years, aud their datics end
compensation, aad the flanrc- "f filing TEN
porary vacancies in their SAID cifces. shall b.
preScTlnca pE law. iHef SthH oe iSu'V'""''
from officc by their respecf''" courts; but IN
+ every case OF reU.6rol tie '..a'c Thereof shall
be entered of record in the court By which tic
removal vas made
Is The Atorncg General hall he appointed
bY joint vote Of the two ::5H IS Of the GENERA
Assembly, and cor,niss:oaed b. tiie Governor
and shall hold his . flee during the pleasure o
the General Assembly.
iG SheriEs shall BE- nominated hy .Gc respec
tive county courts, and when appointed bJ th'
Governor shall be commissioned b. him. blu
no person commissioned ~ sheT!r Tor one tern
sila, be nominated for another term. unless
prior 10 such nomination, he shall nave duly
accounted for eli public dues tnat may hag'
come into bis hands
II. Coroners, consIan!es, surveyors, coulns
, sionsrs Of the rcvenua and cTersacrs 0i Ih
| poor, shall be appointed bE the county courts