The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-24
TEE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
ORDERED By CONGRESS- TO
A STATE CONSTITUTION.


MONDAY, March %, 1865.
The Convention met At II o'clock. Prayer
by the chaplain.
The resolution requiring all members pre-
sent 10 vote as their names are called was
;aken up and discussed. No disposition was
made OF H.
JUDICIARY.
The morning hour having expired, the re-
port on the Judiciary was taken up, the 1ol-
lowing proposed section, 10 follow the seventh,
being under consideration:
THE Judges, before entering upon their
dutles, shall make oath before some officer au-
rhoriZpd TO administer otths, which shall be
tilad with the clerk of the Court Of Appeals.
10 the effect that they have held )udlclal
station in the county or counties, OF Guy Oh
cities of -, and State OF -, or unaer
the Government of the United States, or that
they have practiced lnw for five years III the
county or counties, or city or cities, of --,
and State of -. =,
It was reectetl-ayes, IA noes, 80.
The sth section was adopted rs 1oilo"s' al
..EiII Ateyery election of governor, IN at.
torney. general shall be elected by me quaiilea
voters Of the commonwealth. de shall be
commissioned by the Governor shall perform
-nrh duties and receive such compensation rs
nav be prescribed by law, and be removed
FROM Office in the manner prescribed Tor the
removal of Judges.
follows:
ok. The State shall be divided into sixteen
| udicial circuits rs follows:
~. The counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne,
| N,nsemond Isle Of Wight, Southampton, Sur
| nv, and the city of Norfolk, shall constitute
| the first circuit. -,
| Brunswick, Prince George, Dinwlddie, Motto
way CheS terrified, and the city OF petersburg,
| shall constitu tie the second circuit.
! as The counties of Meckenburg, Lunen-
burc, Charlotte, Amelia, Powhatan, Prince
| Edward, Buckingham, and Cumberland, shall
| constitute the third circuit.
| "4 The counties Of Halifax, Pittsylvania,
Henry, Patrick, Franklin, and the town OF
Danville, shall constitute the fourth circuit.
| so The com ties of Bedford, Campbell, APP
pomattoX, Amherst, Nelson, and the city OF
| Iynchburg, shall constitute the NTH circuit.
| 40 The counties of Albemarle, Fluyanna,
| Culpeper, G oochland, Madison, Greene, and
| Orange, shall constitute the sixth circuit
| a. The county OF Hcnrico ana the city of
| Richmond shall constitute the seventh cir
| cult.
as The counties OF Accomac, Northampton,
York, Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City,
| New Kent, Charles City, ana The city OF Will
liamsbrrg, shall constitute the eighth circuit.
'9. The counties of Lancaster, Northumber-
| land Matthew's Middlesex, Gloucester, King
| William, ESSEX and King Queen, shall
constitute the ninth circuit
! 40. The counties of Westmoreland, SpotSyl-
vania, Caroline, Hanover, Stafford, King
George, Richmond, and Louisa shall consti-
| s'Il The counties Of Loudoun, Fanquier,
Fairfax, Prince William, Rappahannock, and
| Alexandria, shall constitute the eleventh cir
cult.
.sl2 The counties OF Frederick Clarke, War
rem, Page, Shenandoah, and Rockingham,
shall constitute the twelfth circuit.
s'l3. The counties of Augusta, Rockbrldga
| Bath, Highland, and Allegheny, shall consti-
tute the thirteent tn circuit.
| "li. The counties of BotetourL, Roanoke,
Montgomery, Floyd, Giles, and Craig, shall
constitute the fourteenth circuit.
"l5 The counties OF Carroll, GraySon,
| Wythe, Pulaski, Bland, and Tazewell, shall
constitute the fifteenth circuit.
| "l6. The counties of Smyth, Washington,
| Lee Scott, Wise, Russell, and Buchanan,
shall constitute the sixteenth circuit
| "N. The General Assembly may re-arrange
said circuits or any of them, and increase or
| dim lnlsh the number thereof, when the pubic
interests shall require it,
The eleventh and twelfth sections were
| adopted, AS follows
Xxi. For each circuit n Judge shall be
chosen by the joint Vote of the two Houses
OF the General Assembly, who shall hold his
ONCE FOR term OF eight years, unless sooner
removed III the manner prescribed by this
Constitution He shall, when chosen, pos
sess the same qualifications Of judges of the
Supreme Court OF Appeals, and during his
| continuance III office shall reside III the cir
cult of which he is Judge
| NH. A circuit court shall be held at least
| twice II year by the judges Of each circuit in
every county and corporation thereof wherein
| Il circuit court is now or may hereafter be
| established. But the judges may be required
| or authorized 10 hold the courts of their re-
| spective circuits alternately, and a judge of
| one circuit TO hold court in any other
| circuit
The thirteenth and fourteenth sections, con-
corning county and corporation courts, were
| stricken out.
| Pending the consideration of the fifteenth
! section, the Convention took recess.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The Convention assembled at 1 o'clock.
| JUDICIARY.
The subject Of the judiciary was resumed.
Mr. CuRrlss offered the following as 4
substitute TO the fifteenth section, which
was adopted by n vote of ayes 80, noes %:
| All the judges shall be commissioned by
| the Governor, and shall receive such salaries
ana allowances as may be determined by law,
| the amount OF which shall not be diminished
| during their term of office"
! The sixteenth section was adopted, as fol.
! lows;
"XEI. Judges may be removed from Office bv
| q concurrent vote Of both houses OF The Gene.