The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-10-10


other Judicial Districts of this State,
five hundred dollars: Provided, however,
That in case the District Court Fund in
any District shall prove insufficient for
the purpose for such additional compen.
sation, as herein provided, no claim for
the whole or any part Of such additional
compensation, upon the Treasury Of the
State, shall arise by reason of such def.
cheney: And provtdcl also, That the
time when the salaries herein provided
for shall commence shall be when tie
Court IS organized, and the Judge is en-.
powered TO execute this Act.
II. That the District Courts hereto
fore established by law be organized by
the Judge thereof, Immediately after
the passage Of This Act and that each OF
the said Judges, respectively, shall re.
ceive the salary heretofore provided by
law.
III. The Clerk and Sheriff of tho sew
eral Judicial Districts Of the State shall
act as the Clerk and Sheriff Of tho Dis
trict Court, or Courts within their re
spcctlve Districts, and may perform
their duties III person or by deputy.
The Judge, Clerk and Sheriff OF Dis.
trict, shall cach, before entering on the
duties of his office, take the official oath
prescribed by tho Constitution of the
State, aud also the oath or oaLhs requir-
ed specially to DO taken by the incum-
bents Of such Offices III The Superior
Courts.
Nv, That the District Court shall
have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to
the right OF appeal in the Appeal Court.
in all cases of larceny and misdcmcanor,
in all cases OF vagrancy and in all cases
Of bas;ardy arising within the limits Of
the Election District in which they are
established.
V. All prosecutions in the District
Courts shall bc conducted by the Attor.
ney General or by the Solicitor of the
Circuit to- which the District Court be.
longs, or by deputy appointed by such
Attorney General or Solicitor; or in the
absence Of these, by an attorney appoint.
ed by the District Judge.
VI. The District Court shall have
concurrcn' jurisdiction, subject to appeal
as aforesaid. with the Court Of Common
Pleas, in all civil causes in which the
t,ic 10 larl il not involved, and in which
the drb" a,,ya for. or :he amount Of dam.
agrS yla '"i, dues not exceed one hun.
u, "a t'n and The sum which limits
,nngs by summary process, IN
'.i - IT law, is enlarged to one hun.
.r.i exclusive Of costs and
,v, =, .nyllction in all matters Of
cnn,ac; between employer and employ.
.cr, >nS,rr and apprentice, where the
amount exceeds twenty dollnrs.
VII. Tho Judge OF the District Court
shall be invested with power to examine
and supervise all prosecutions, commit
mrnts and warrants o(arrcst commenced
before or issued by any Magistrate with.
in h;, District. for any misdemeanor
and it shall be his duty, upon application
made to linn, to examine into the mer.
its Of the samo at any time before trial,
and to direct the discontinuancc thereof,
on such terms and conditions as may
seem 70 him most conducive to the ends
OF justice; and for this purpose, ho is
authorized to summon before him the
parties and such witnesses as may be
necessary.
VII. The Judge Of tho District Court
shall, i'll all respects, have tho power of a
Magistrate Of his district. He shall ex.
crcsc supervision over the Clcrk and
Sheriff Of his Court in all matters apper
tanning to the jurisdiction and business
Of SAID Court; also over the coroner, all
Magistrates, Constables and Boards OF
Commissioners Of his District, and from
him to any Of them may proceed orders,
rules, attachments or writs Of mandamus,
prohibition, ccrtiorari quo aUarranto,. or
sciri facias.
TX. The Judge Of the District Court
shall have the powe,r and be subject to
he duties, and bc liable to the penalties,
in respect to habeas corpus, conferred and
imposed upon two Magistrates, under
tho ninth section Of tho "Act concerning
the Office and duties Of Magistrates"
passed the twenty-irst day ofDecenber,
Ammo Domn, ono thousand eight hun.
drod and thirty nine; he may admit to
bail in all cases bailable, and in all cases
triablo in his Court, and may also cxer-
cise jurisdiction, under habeas corpus, at
Common Law, in all cases within his,
District, except that he shall rot haye
the power to discharge or let to bail any
person charged with felony not clergy.
able after n true bill has been found.
X. Tho Judge Of the District Court
shall have the power glvon to two Mag,
istratcs by tho "Act for tho promotion
Of industry and for The suppression Of
vagrants and other disorderly persons"
ratified on tho twenty eighth day Of
March, Ammo Domm one thousand
seven hundred and eighty sevcn," and
shall likewise have tho power which two
Magistrates have under tho twnrty.
third section Of IAN Act concerning tho
office and duties Of Magistrates, ratified
on the twenty.Grst day of December,
Ammo Domlni one thousand eight hun.
drcd and thirty.nine is respect to ten.
apts holding. over; and in case OF n Ten
ants holding over, or of an issue OF fact
under tho Prison Bounds Act, or in any