The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-13

OF pamsn S and the acceptance Lhete =
I1scste No judicial office; moi SnI \.
shall Vs tas bis continuance therein, D'
eligible u d nay be removed from , oiic 3
- S"C vote OF both Houses o.
6y : c orisaturc, where from age, disease y.
the Leg, .l y, hodily intlrmlty, they are m
OF mI Of dlscharging the duties Of .Re,,
e csI"Ss But two.thIrds Of tue msU,oy n
ClllCsSi IN each House, must concur "
, So entered gid upon the journals OF e@ ,SS
II Ton uE The Judge, against whom iS.aoa .nS
Ts,;'Isture may be about to pro "s;od
E EII ,scrjye notice thereof, accompanied !,
S Sss, twenty daysbetore the day on Wn, "nl
c sJI's House Of The Legislature snail 1''
thereupon. .oh county shall
elect Clerk Of the Circuit Cout, |. T Sr,;ss
,cr,n Of Office shall be six years. hs aut ~
@ "aS no y, mems and the mode OF re-
anu coni 5im T,onl office, shall be prescrib'
al by Isw; and when q vacancy shS ni oG,
c"r Il The office, the Judge oil the Olrcu
T Court =, shsIl appoint Clerk, who sha y
T goubsr D tbs duties Of the office, unit
I ,6S vssspcg shall be filled by election y
N SHv .nv css6 iircspect TO which the CLERK
a%.n IA % situated as to make II Improper
for him 70 act, the Court shall appoint
'u On Ths CLERKS Of tho Circuit Courts
and The Clerk Of the Supreme Court o
ADDeals, shall, under such regulations q
NAV be prescribed by law, make an ANN
Al feport TO the Auditor, exhibiting III!
number Of suits commenced, pending anG
Needed in their respective courts, ana
tbe number Of days the courts were u
ession during the year, which shall Dt
condensed BY said Auditor, and made q
mari Of bis annual report to the Legisla'
tuFe.
a. Wherever the Legislature Is express
" prohibited, by this constitution, from
doinr any particular act, and the same
shSIlbe done, in violation Of such prohi'
bllion It shall BIO the duty OF the courts
upon proper case presented before them'
10 declare such act null and void.
%. The Legislature may establish
courts Of limited Jurisdiction within any
Incorporated town or city, subject to such
appeal as now Is, or may hereafter be,
prescribed by Law.
COUNTY COURTS.
%, There shall be in each county Of
The State, a county court, which s6all'be
composed Of a President and two justices
Of the Peace, except when, BY this consti.
tuition, the presence Of greater number
i, required. 1t shall hold six sessions du.
ring Tue year, at times to be prescribed
by law; two Of which shall be limited to
matters connected with the police and
fiscal affairs Of the county; the other lour
shall be held for the trial Of causes. and
for the transaction Of all other business,
within the general jurisdiction Of the
court, except an assessment or levy upon
theprOperty Of the county. In all cases
where levy OF the county is laid, ma.
jOrity Of all the Justices elected in the
county, shall be necessary TO constitute a
quorum Tor the transaction Of business.
"a. The President Of the court shall be
elected by the voters Of the county, and
shall hold his office Tor the term OF IouI
years. ItshRll be his duty to attend each
term Of the said court, and he shall re-
ceiVe for such services four dollars fol
Or every day he presides in court, to be
paid from the county treasury. He shal
also perform such other duties, and re-
Ceive such compensation therefor, as may
be prescribed by law, except that be shall
not be authorized 10 try causes out Of
court, When from any cause he Il
unable TO attend rs President OF the
court, any Justice may be added to make
The court, who, in conjunction with Tie
other two, may designate one Of their
own number 10 preside in his absence.
Is Each county shall be laid off into
districts, not less in number than three,
nor more than ten, as nearly equal as may
bein territory and population. In each
district there shall be elected by the
voters thereof, one, and not more than
Two, Justices Of the Peace, who shall re.
side in their respective districts, and
hold their Office for the term of four
years. The present sub. divisions of the
counties by townships shall constitute
such districts until changed by n court
constituted Of majority Of the Justices
Of the county.
W, The Justices ofthe Peace shall bt
Classified by law, for the performance o.
Their duties in court; they shall receive q
COMPENSATION Of three dollars per day
ioF their services in courtto be paid out oI
Tue county treasury, aud they may receive
lees Tor other official duties, TO be pre-.
scribed by law, and paid by the parties
Tor whom the service shall be rendered.
q. The county court shall have origi.
naI jurisdiction In all actions at law,
where the amount in controversy exceeds
twenty dollars and also in all cases oil
"Go:Gs corpus, quo ioGrTGnt0, mdRddmuS,
prohibition, and certiOraT, aud in all suits
ID equity. 1t shall have Jurisdiction in
all matters Of probate; the appointment
and qualification Of personal representa-.
yves, guardians, committees and curators
and the settlement OF their accounts, and
10 all matters relating to apprentices; and
o. all criminal cases under the grade Of
felony, except as hereinbeiorc provided,
Sut The Jurisdiction of the county court
saAII be subject to such limitations as may
Ge prescribed by law. They shall have
9s custody, through their clerks, Of Nil
Els deeds and other papers presented
10y probate or record In said county,
Walca shall be disposed Of, or preserved,
Is II shall also have the superinten.
ueace and administration of tho internal
poIlSe and fiscal affairs of the county, in.
sadIng the establishment and regulation
o. o. roads, ways, bridges, public landings,
%strs AMI mills, with authority 10 lay
1aa dlSoutse the county lcvies: Proctdei
o SSa' no license shall be granted in any
wv Town or village without the consent
" Wy aS authorities Of the same first had
Sau obtained 1t shall, in all contested
S NY Judge Of the election, qualification
N Ha returns Of It's own members, and o.
Ill county and diSir,r, OOjcas. MI i, 80