Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-05
TENNESSEE.
PUnLro LAFEs-oFEICIAL.

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An act to organize the Supreme Court Of Tennes-
see, IN pursuance Of Article VI, Sections J. 3,
snd 3; and Section . Of the schedule Of 4hs
Constitution Of this State.
Section /. BE it enacted By the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
That Supreme Court of the State of
Tennessee be, and lhe same is here by
established, to be composed of six Judges,
two of whom shall reside in each of the
grand divisions of the State, but in the
event any vacancy shall occur in the Office
of either of the said Judges at any time
after the first day of January, 1873, 1t
shall remain untitled, and the court shall
from that time be constituted of five
Judges; each ofssaid Judges, and their
successors, shall be thirty-five years of
age, and shall before his election have
been resident of the State for five years;
said Judges shall hold their offices for the
time herein prescribed, and shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the
State on the first Thursday in August,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That be-
fore entering upon the duties of their Of
fee the said Judges shall take an oath or
affirmation to support the Constitution of
this State, the Constitution of the United
States, and an oath faithfully and impair
italy to discharge all the duties of their
Office and the oath against dueling pow
required by law to be taken
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the
said Supreme Court shall hold one ses-
sion in each year at the following places,
to-wit: At Nashville, Knoxville and
Jackson, in this State, at the times pre-
scribed by law for holding the present
Supreme Court of the State of Tennes-
see.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
the said Judges at the frat term of the
Supreme Court held by them at Nashville,
Knoxville and Jackson, shall appoint one
clerk for each one of the Courts to be
held at those places, and the clerks so
appointed shall take the oaths and give
the bonds with security as required by
law for the present clerks of the Supreme
Court and until the clerks under this act
shall be appointed and qualified. The
present clerks at Nashville, Knoxville and
jackson shall continue to discharge the
duties of their respective offices, and shall
deliver all the records, books and papers
of their respective offices to the clerks
appointed and qualified as aforesaid.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
while the Court shall consist of sixJudges,
they may sit in two sections, and NAV
hear and determine causes in each at the
same time. When so sitting the concur
renee of two Judges shall be necessary TO
decision, but when the said six Judges
shall be sitting together, the concurrence
of four of them shall be necessary TO
decision in any cause.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
if at any time after the first day of Janu-
ary, 1878, a vacancy should occur, then
the concurrence of three of the five rc-
naming Judges shall be necessary TO a
decision in any cause, and if any vacancy
shall occur in the Office of any of the
five remaining Judges it shall be filed
from the Grand Division of the State in
which the vacancy occurs, by the quail
fed voters of the State.
Sec. T. Be it further enacted, That af-
ter the election and qualification of the
Judges of the supreme Court, provided
for in this act, they shall appoint an At
torney General and Reporter for the
State, who shall hold his time of office
for eight years. A certificate of his ap-
pointment shall be signed by all the
Judges, and shall be entered on the min
utes of the court, when first sitting at
Nashville, Knox lille and Jackson, after
his appointment has been made. Said
Attorney General and Reporter shall
qualify and perform all the duties of his
office as by law are required of the pres
ent Attorney General and Reporter of the
State, and subject TO like pains and pen
alties. .s.-... ...-
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That the
said Supreme Court shall only have ap-
pellate jurisdiction under such regulations
and restrictions as may from time to time
be prescribed by law, but it may possess
such other jurisdiction as is now conferred
by law on the present Supreme Court.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That
eaeh of said six Judges, shall hold his
office for the term of eight years, COM
puted from the first day of September,
1870.
Sec. TO- Be il further enacted, That of
the five Judges of the Supreme Court of
the State of Tennessee, elected by the
qualified voters of the State, on the first
Thursday in August, 1878, and forever
thereafter every eight years, one shall re-
side in each grand division of the State,
and the other two shall not reside in the !
same grand division of the State. Said |
Judges shall have all the qualifications,
possess the same jurisdiction and powers, |
and shall be subject to the same laws ss |
by this act are required of and conferred |
upon the Supreme Court, when consisting !
Of six Judges, except that a concurrence |
of three of them shall be necessary to a |
decision in any cause.
Sec. IL Be it further enacted, That !.
after their election and qualification, the |
Judges of the Supreme Court of this S. ate /
shall designate one of their members, who
shall preside as Chief Justice.
( Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That as
The public welfare requires it, this act
shall take effect from and after its pas
sage.
Passed June 16, 1870.
~. w. ON. PERKINS,
speaker of the House of Representatives.
JONATHAN MORRIS,
Speaker of the Senate, pro tenn.
f. Approved June Is, 1870.
D. w. G. SEESRR,
Governor.
certify that the above Isl true copy of
he original, now on file in my Office.