Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16

not only appoint the grand and petit
juries for said court, and cause to be
Issued q writ Of venird fdcids to the
sheriff of said county Of Montgomery,
but shall have power at any time that
II may be necessary, to cause to be
summoned other persons to serve as
jurors In said court.
SEC. IL. Be IL further enacted, That
the judge of said Criminal Court shall
have the powers and Jurisdiction of
the Circuit Judges of the State, and
may interchange with other Crimi-
nal Judges, and the Circuit Judges In
the State, when causes exist, making
an interchange necessary, or for mu-
tual convenience, and in the absence
of the judge Of any Circuit Court, his
death or inability to hold court, the
judge of said Criminal Court may
hold court in his stead, and in all
such cases the Criminal Judge or
Circuit Judge holding court In the
district or circuit of another, shall
have the same power and Jurisdiction
as the judge in whose place he is act
ing.
SEC. 10. BE IL further enacted, That
for the purpose of carrying into effect
the full intentof this act, all the pow
ers and jurisdiction vested in the Cir
cult and Criminal Courts of the State,
for the trial and punishment of crime
and offenses against the State, are
hereby and herein vested in the said
Criminal Court for Montgomery
county.
SEC. II. BE 10 further enacted, That
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Criminal Court in each year, to be
held the first Wednesday in each
month, and to continue from day to
day, Sunday excepted, until the bust
ness is disposed Of.
SEC. Is. BE IL Further enacted, That
all indictments and presentments for
crimes and otfenses against the State
in said county of Montgomery, shall
be found and presented by the grand
jury for said county, in said Criminal
Court, and the power and jurisdiction
of the Circuit Court for said county,
to empannel a grand jury to find in
dictments and presentments, and to
empannel petit jury to try crimes
and offenses against the State, as en-
braced in the act of the day of
June, 1870, establishing said court,
and as expressed in section 4,226 of
the Code, is hereby repealed, so far
as the same conflicts with this act,
but not otherwise. d,
SEC. 16. BE IL further enacted, That
the judge of the County Court, for
said county of Montgomery, shall be
the Judge of said Criminal Court,
and shall hold the same, and at the
election to be held on the first Thurs
day in August, 1870, the qualified
voters of the said county of Mont
gomery shall elect the said County
Court and Criminal Court Judge and
an Attorney General for the State,
who shall respectively hold their
offices for eight years, and shall have
been residents of the State, respect
lively for five years, and of the county
one year.
SEC. II. BE it further enacted, That
the said Attorney for the State, elect
ed on the first Thursday i'm August,
1870, by the qualified voters of the
said county Of Montgomery, shall
attend the said Criminal Court and
prosecute all crimes and olfenses
against the State in said county, and
at all times to do and perform all
other duties by law required of At
torneys for the State, and his com.
pensation shall be the same as now
liked by law, for Attorneys for the
State.
SEC. IS. BE Il. further enacted, That
the salary of the said County and
Criminal Judge, shall he the same rs
the Circuit Judges and Chancellors of
the State, to be paid out of the Treas
ury of the said county of Montgom
cry, to be paid upon the warrant of
the judge Of said court.
SEC. 10. BE it further enacted, That
the judge of said County and Crimi-
nal Court, shall be person learned
in the law and possessed Of the same
qualifications as the Circuit Judge of
the State, and shall have the same
powers and jurisdiction.
SEC. 20. BE IL further enacted. That
the said County and Criminal Courts
may each always be kept open if the
interest of the State and the said
county of Montgomery requires It.,
and no conflict of powers and juris-
diction in this respect shall arise, and
when said Judge is sitting as County
of said county shall act as clerk of
the County Court; and when said
Judge is sitting as Criminal Judge,
the clerk of the Circuit Court of said
county, shall act rs clerk Of the
Criminal Court, nor shall any conflict
arise between the Circuit court of said
county of Montgomery and the said
Criminal court, rs to the clerk of said
court, but both courts may he open
Mt the same time, and the duties of
clerk in both courts may he attended
to and performed by said clerk and
his deputies. The said County and
Criminal Judge shall not practice
law or perform any other functions OF
attorney or counsel in any of the
courts of this State, except in cases
in which they may have been en-
ployed as counsel previous to his
election.
SEC. 81. BE II further enacted, That
the said Circuit Court for MOntgom
cry county, shall take recognizances
and bind persons under indictment
and presentment in said court, to APP
pear before the said Criminal court ia
answer said charges and offenses.
SEC. %. BE IL further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and
after its passage, the public welfare
requiring il.
Passed July 9th, 1870.
w. O. n. PERKINS,
Spc0kcr Of TIC Youse of Rep.
ID II THOMAS