The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-02
General Assembly Of Virginia.
FRIDAY, April l, 1870,

FRIDAY, April l, 1870.
SENATE.
Tie Senate met at II M.-Lieutenant-
Governor MARYE in the chair. Prayer by
Bishop Doggett.
COURTS OF RICHMOND.
House bill entitled an act for courts Of
the city of Richmond, and defining the ju-
risdiction thereof, Was taken up and passed.
The bill is as follows:
On act preceding for courts for the city Of
Richmond, and defining the jurisdiction
thereof:
/. lie il enactedbyMe General assembly,
That there shall be for the city Of Rich
nond circuit court, to be held by the
Judge of the seventh circuit; hastings
court, to be held by judge with like quail
tcations and elected in the same manner
as Judges of the circuit courts ; and Il court
of probate and record, to be called " the
chancery court Of the city Of Richmond,
to be held by q judge with like qualitca
tions and elected in tho same manner anC
for the same term as the judge OF the hus
tings cou;t.
.. The circuit court of the city of Rich
mond shall have exclusive original iurisdic-
ton Of ali cases, motions, matters and thing
which are cognizable by Law i'll circuit
court, except that said court shall have nc
jurisdiction of any suit or proceeding in
chancery, or Of any criminal prosecution,
unless by law such Jurisdiction be specially
given.
3. The circuit court of the city Of Rich
mond shall have jurisdiction of all criminal
proceedings against convicts in the penitcn-
tiary, and of all proceedings to enforce
payment of money to the Commonwealth
There shall be. brought and prosecuted il
said circuit court all suits in which it mGy
be necessary or proper to make any Of the
following public officers party defendant
as representing in the Commonwealth
wit: The Governor, Attorney -Gencral
Treasurer, Register Of the Land Office, 0,
either Auditor; or in. which it may be me-
cessary Or proper to make any OF the fol-
lowing public corporations parties de,
fendant-to wit: The Board of the Lite.
rary Fund, Board of Education, Board Of
Public Works, or any other public corpo-
ration composed of officers of Government,
of the funds and property of which the
Commonwealth is sole owner, or in which il
shall be attempted to enjoin or otherwise
suspend or affect any judgment or decree
on behalf of the Commonwealth, or any
execution issued on such Judgment or de-
cree.
4. The hastings court of the city Of Rich
mond shall have exclusive original juris-
d;ction Of all presentments, informations
and indictments for offences committed
within the Jurisdiction aforesaid.
5. The chancery court of the city OF Rich
mond shall exercise exclusively all juris-
diction now vested in circuit or corporation
courts concerning the probate and recorda-
ton Of wills the appointments, quai6ca-
tons and removal Of fiduciaries, and the
settlement of their ACCOUNTS, the docketing
Of judgment, the recordation in the manner
prescribed by law of deeds and other papers
required by law to be recorded, and shall
hare exclusive Jurisdiction of all suits and
proceedings in ehancery cognizable By low
q circuit court.
s. So coon as the clerk Of the chancery
,ourt of tho city of Richmond shall have
qualified, MI chancery records and papers