Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-02

personal property in said County bo levied.
| SEC. 4. That an election shall be held in
the County of Aiken, as established by this
Act, on the third Wednesday of October,
a. ID. 1872, for members of tho General
Assembly and the regular County Officers
provided for by the Constitution and laws of
tho State aud tho officers so elected Shall,
before entering upon the duties of their re.
spective offices, be required to give bond,
with sureties, as now is or may be required by
law.
SEQ. s That until the apportionmcnt of
Representatives, the representation of the
| several counties of this State affected by this
Act shall remain rs now established
SEC. g. That the County of Aiken be, and
it is hereby, attached to the Third Congress.
sonal District.and shul form part aud parcel of
tho Sixth Judicial Circuit, and that the reg.
ular terms of the Courts of General Sessions
aud Common Pleas shall be held in the town
of Aiken, on the second Monday of tary,
May and September Of each year, and that
the Justices of the Peace, Constablcs, in the
several counties affected by this Act, who
shall be in Office at the time this Act goes
into effect, shall continue in office until their
successors shall have been elected, and shall
have qualified Provided however, That the
Justices OF the Peace and Constables now
in Office shall from and after the time this act
goes into effect, sbc confined and limited in
their official capacity, duty and power to the
limits Of their respective counties, as altered
by this act and the said officers residing in All.
ken county shall, in like manner, be restric-
ted in their official function to said county
of Aiken.
SIC 7 That from and after the fourth
day of Octub"r, A. d. 1912, all suits pending
in the Courts Of Barnwcl, Edgec!d, Lex
ington, and Orangcburg, of which tie dcfcn-
dants reside i'll those portio,.s Of the said
counties now established us the county of All
ken, and all indictments now pending in the
! Courts of said counties, where the offence was
committed in those parts of the said counties
now established as the county O. Aiken, and
all records, commissions, and other papers be-
longing to any of The said It's or indct-
mcnts, together with all the legal incidents
thcrcunto appcrtaining, shall be transferred to
the Clerk of the Court of the said county of
Aiken, and all writs and other processes al
ready issued and made rcturnable to tho fall
term Of the Courts of Barnwcll, lihgclcld,
Lexington and Orangcburg, where the dercn-
lants in the said case reside in the parts of
the said counties now established Us the coun.
-
as though they had been issued to the fall
term of the court of the county of Aiken;
and tho service of such process by the
sheriff of any Of the said counties Shall be as
good and cncctEai as a service to the Fall
term of the court of the said county of Al
ken and all such writs aud processes shall
be transferred by the Clerks of the courts of
the said counties to the Clerk of the court of
the county of Aiken
SEC. s. That the Board of Jury Commis-
sioncrs of Barnwcl. Elgeiicd, Lexington
! and Orangcburg counties, be, and are hereby,
required to prepare and furnish to the Board
| of Jury Commissioners of Aiken county, on
or before the fourth Monday of October,
1872, separate lists of persons liable to serve
as Jurors, and residing in the limits of the
said counties, as altered by th, act. From
The lists ST furnished 10 the Board of Jury
Commissioners Of Aiken county shalt be
! drawn in accordance with law, the Petit and
Grand Jurors. and talcsmcn of the courts to
be holden in Aiken county, in conformity
with the provisions of this act, and the in.
rors SO drawn are hereby declared lawful iu-
rors, to all intcnts and purposes.
Approved March TO- 1871.
An Act to amend Section % Of the Code of
Procedure.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the Senate
and llousc Of Representatives Of the State
! Of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same
That Section % of an act entitled Gan
Act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules,
practice, plcadings and forms of courts in
this State" be SO amended us to read as fol-
lows:
l. The Court of General Sessions at Cam.
den, for the county of kcrshaw, on the third
Monday of January, April and September;
and the Court of Common Pleas at Camden,
for the county of Kcrshaw. on the first Thurs
day after the third Monday of January, April
and September.
g. The Court of General Sessions at Co.
lnmbia, for the county of Richland, on the
first Nlonnay of February, May and October
and the Court Of Common Pleas at Columbia,
for the county Of Richland, on the second
Monday of February, May and October
B. The Court of General Sessio ons at Lex.
ingten, for the county of Lexington, on the
fourth Monday of February, May and Octo-
Der and the Court OF Common Pleas at Lex.
ington, for the county of Lexington, on the
first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of
| February, May and October.
| H. The Court of General Sessions at Edge.
field, for the county of Edgcfcid, on the first
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