The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-10


The first Wednesday after the fourth
Monday Of January. May and Sep
tember. ~ 5e,f 5l4tu So lStEsia e ervi- h
s.. The Court of General Sessions
at WalhalIa, for the County OF Oco-
nee, on the second Monday of March,
July and November; and the Court
OF Common Pleas at Walhalla, for
the County of Oconee, on the first
Wednesday after the second Monday
of March, July and November.
4. The Court of General Sessions
at New Pickens, for the County Of
Pickens, on the fourth Monday of
March, July and November; and the
Court of Common Pleas ut New
Pickens, for the County of Pickens,
on the first Wednesday after the
fourth Monday of March, July and
November.
x. The Judges elected and COM
missioned for the several Circuits
shall hold the Courts Of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for the
several Counties in their respective
Circuits: Prooided, said Judges shall
interchange Circuits, upon their re-
quest to and order of the Chief JUS
ticc, OF upon the order of the Chief
Justice, without such request, when
ever, in his judgment, it shall be ad-
visable
NJ. Should the business before the
Court of General Sessions, at any
term, not be completed on the arrival
OF the day fixed by law for the hold
ing OF the Court of Common Pleas
for said County, the Judge presiding
may, n his discretion, adjourn said
Court of Common Pleas until the said
business OF the Court of General Ses-
sions shall have been concluded.
XII. The several Circuit Judges
shall have power to hold special ses-
sions within their respective Circuits,
at any time in their discretion, or at
the discretion of the Chief Justice, of
which the Judge presiding shall give
such notice rs the Chief Justice may
direct, or as may, in his Judgment,
be necessary, should no directions be
given. The Clerk of such Court
shall, at least. fifteen days before the
commencement of such special ses-
sion, cause the time and place for
holding the same to be notified, for
at least two weeks successively, in
one or more Of the newspapers pub
lished nearest the place where the
session is to be holden. All processes,
wrlts and recognizances of every kind,
whether respecting jurios, witnesses,
bail, or otherwise, which relate to the
cases to be tried at the said special
sessions, shall be considered as be-
longing to such sessions in the same
manner rs if they had been issued or
taken in reference thereto. All bust
ness depending for trial at any special
session shall, at the close thereof, be
considered as of course removed to
the next stated term of the Court.
SAID special sessions shall be held in
pursuance of au order which shall be
transmitted to the Clerk OF the Court.
and by him entered on the records of
tho Court.
AIII. Petit jurors summoned to
attend the Court of General Sessions
in any County, except the County of
Charleston, shall also attend and
serve as jurors for the Court of Com
mon Pleas next ensuing in and for
said County.
XIV. The Judge of the Circuit
shall have power to direct any Circuit
Court in his Circuit to be adjourned
over to future day, designated in a
written order to the Clerk of said
Court, whenever there is dangerous
and general disease at tho place where
said Court is usually holden.
XIV. The Judges elected and quail
fled by taking the oath prescribed in
the thirtieth Section of the second
Article of the Constitution, which
oath, to the Judges under the first
election, shall be administered by the
Governor of the State of South Caro-
lima, who is hereby empowered to
administer the same, and to the
Judges under any subsequent elec-
tion by one of the Justices of the
Supreme Court, shall forthwith enter
upon their duties; and all cases begun
and pending in the Courts of Com
mon Pleas and Sessions of the Provi-
sional Government Of South Carolina,
at the expiration thereof shall be, and
the same are hereby, transferred to
the County Conrts having jurisdic-
tion Of the same, established by this
Act, with all files, records and pro-
norfy ,,orfoipipo, fJ,o,oto o-l l.