Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-26

Proper sdoctets sha1i ts 1uads and Kept by th, clerks, of tho causes brought il their fespecetv. counties and the court shall hsveits proper eee to be used under the direction of the courts II all matters in which seal is requinite.
 SEc. l. It shall be the duty of the judges of ths court of common pleas from time to time to aesigr for trial by days. the cases on the dockees of enea thereon and the trial of no case shall be postponed after 1t iH so assigned, unless by the court upor l good and sufficient reasons being gwen; snd tns engagement of counsel in other professional dutiei l shall be no reason for such postponement.
 SEC IA Cases proper to be tried to the jury may
 e entered on the jury docket at the first term and all pleadngs shall be closed to tho court or jury
 the 6s of
 cause shown. The jury for the court of common pleas shall be paid from the State treasury, and shall be summoned by the clerk Of the court o1 of the court, who shall exercise his discretion q | to the time and term when sjufy ahail be sum- moned, provided there shall not be lees:than foul jury terms in each year. if there .remain any eases 4 SEC Is. The Sherifis in their rsspecsiss coun- ties shall attend upon the sessions of said court, shall have the same duties and be- entitled to the the superior court. Whenever either of said sher- ins shall be necessarily absent he shall appoint. with the consent of the judge, deputy sheriff to act in his place.
 
 pleas shall be annually appointed by the General Assembly, in aecordance with existing laws, and each ahsikrsceive the same sAlaty that judges oi the superior court are now by w entitled to, pay { SEC. 16 Whenever any judge of the court of common pleas shall be legally disqualified to act as judge in any action pending before his court he shall remove said action to the superior court then in session or next to be held in tne county, and the clerk of the superior court sha on receipt of tho files and records and the order of said judge, enter the same in the docket of the superior court in it's proper place to be proceeded wth tried and brought to said court provided that ir the parties to said action shall file written agreement waiv- ing. ali objection to said acting in such man. ner, said cAuse need dnots she removed. 4
 SEC. I6 Whenever any judge of the court of common pleas shall be unable to sit at any term of the court in his county by sickness absence, or any other cause, the chief justlce of the supreme conr9 o1 errors h on peng n9ed 0t snSa iaes D and direct some judge of the superior court, or supreme court of error, to hold the term of the court. tl ,e8h cat1E1s.-
 SEC. F. All writs and processes returnabre to the court of common pleas, shall be served at least ten days inclusive, before the sitting of the court. % - ' 9. SEC. IS. It shall be the duty of the county com missioners of each of inc counties of Hartford and New Haven, at the expense of thelr respective counties to provide such sufficient and proper countrooms for the said courts to be held in said counties and suoh other accommodation as ma :, be necessary. @a ~ # ~%l@kA
 pleas shall be appoint by the General Assembly at It's present session. but shall not enter upon their duties until tho first Monday of September, A. D. 1869, on which day the first term of said courts shall be holden. sS4ssg1
 SEC. 20. All cases at law or in equity whtch shall be pending on the 1st Monday of September AID. 1869 before the superior court for the counties of Hartford and New Haven, and upon which there Lne osk1 or committee, and which are within the original exclusive jurisdiction of the courts. of common pleas as herein before provided shall be transfer red by said superior court during the month of September, 1069, upon motlon of either party to the respective courts of common pleas for said counties. and shall be included in the respective dockets of said courts of common pleas, and shall bs thereafter proceeded with final Judgment or ex- judgment of decrees of said last mentioned courts thereon shall be binding, valid and conclusive.
 SEo Al. The jurors for the trial of causes in the courts of common pleas for each county shall be such county, chosen according to law to serve as jurors in the superior court; and the jurors shall be summoned and drawn in the same manner as is by law provided In regard to the summoning of jurors for the superior court.
 SEC. 22. The forms of writs summons, and at- tachment and execution ip causes brought before the court of common pleas, may be the same as those allowed by law to be used in proceedings before the superior court with the substitution of the words "Court of Common Pleas" for Superior Court" whenever the latter term is used therein to designate the court. ,y,Te.
 The court fees, and the taxable bills of costs in the a courts of common pleas, shall be the same as in the superior court.
 The clerks of said court shall draw orders for the bills that may be taxed by the jadges of said court for attendance stationery and other current expenses of said court in the same manner as such orders are drawn by the clerks of the superior court; and said clerks shall account for and pay over to the treasury of the state all court fees ac- cruing in said court, in the some manner and at the same time as is procided by law for clerks of the superior court. a .afsl .saa4s.t-1qH bes
 SEc 23. The provisions of this act shall not af- feet in any manner the jurisdiction of sthe several city and borough courts in the counties afore- said. .g.gsf ga s-... s.- ..-
 Approved, July 8, 1869. :! 3ser