The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-10
organi2atida and Jurisdiction OF the Supreme
Court of Appeals.

The General Assembly passed on the "a
instant q bill amending chapter one hundred
and sixty Of the Code of $500 relating to the
Court Of Appeals, and making provisions con-
corning the organization. jurisdiction, and pro-
rrediucs OF said court. As amended, the Ia"
provides that the judges OF the Supreme Court
shall appoint one of their number as president
Of the court. The Court shall hold its sessions
in the cityof Richmond, and the sessions shall
commence At such times and be divided IN
srrh terms as the Court may direct-continutng
durinc the present year al least ono hundred
DAYS and i'm each subsequent year 81 least two
hundred and fifty days, unless the business Is
.nonrr dispatched. The concluding sections
aye rs follows:
2. There shall BE- placed upon the docket Of
the Court all causes which were depending III
the former Court Of Appeals on the l7th OF
April. lstl, and not disposed Of or determined
~ the Court Of Appeals sitting under the
secession government, and also all canses
which, on The ID day of April. 1868, were de
pending and undetermined i'll the Court OF
Appeals under the secession government, ana
ali other causes which, by law, may be dock'
rtcd in or transferred TO said Court.
The records and papers connected with
the former Court Of Appeals At LewisburG
shall De- transferred TO Richmond, ana the
cases in that court shall be docketed as pro
records and papers i'll pending cases from the
counties now belonging 10 West Virginia shall,
ty the order of the Court, be delivered 10 any
person who may be appointe by the Governor
Of West Virginia 10 receive them, ana salu
cau.a therefore, shall be stricken from the
docket But this proSiSo shall not apply 10
cases from the counties Cf Jefferson ana
Berkeley.
:. If at any time there shall be on the docket
Of the Supreme Court Of Appeals a case in
which n majority of the Judges of said court
are 80 situated us 10 make II improper Tor
them 10 sit ON the hearing thereof, mat lact
shall be entered OF record. The SAID Court
NAV, thereupon, have summoned from among
the Judges OF tho Circuit Court as many as,
with the Judge Of the Supreme Court OF APP
pcas not 50 situated, will make the number
not less than three nor more than nNe, VINO
.hall, together with said Judge Of the Court
Of Appeals, form a special Court Of Appeals,
10 hear and determine said cause. Or the SUI
preme Court Of Appeals may, in Its discretion
transfer the said cause 10 n District Court, 10
which the Judge of the Cont of Appeals not
disqualified belongs, IL IL be such case as
District Court may, under the Constitution,
take cogui2ance of, and the decision OF the
District Court in such n case shall BE- maj.
: So much of the Law Library MS the
supreme Court Of Appeals may direct, shali
be put up i'll the courtroom or conference
room for the use of the Court and shall De
under the control Of the Court, subject 10 sucn
privileges 10 other persons as may De aiio"eu
by law or bv the rules established by the
Court The Court shall appoint one Oh us
officers TO perform the duties of Librarian.
5 The sum Of five hundred dollars Is appro'
prated TO the Law Library out of any money
ia the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
10 be expended under the direction OF the
Supreme Court of Appeals.