The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-15
nresent sub-diyisions of the counties


shall constitute such districts.
80. The justices Of the peace shall be
classified BY law for the performance o.
their duties in court; they shall receive
a compensation Of three dollars per day
for their service in court, to be paid out
OF the country treasury, and for service
rendered not in court, they shall receive
such mpensation as may be prescribed
by law, to be paid by the parties fol
whom such service is rendered.
81. The county court shall have
original jurisdiction in all actions at law
where the amount in controversy ex
ceeds twenty dollars, and in all suits IL
equity Ii shall have jurisdiction in al
matters of probate; the appointment
and qualification of personal representa-
tives, guardians, committees, and cura'
tors, and the settlement of their accounts
and in all matters relating to appren
tees, and OF all criminal cases under the
grade of felony. They shall have the
custody, through their clerks, OF a.
wills, deeds, and other papers presented
for probate or record in said county, and
shall preserve the same as required oy
law.
80. Itshall also have the superlntend
ence and administration Of the interna
police and fiscal affairs OF the county
including the establishment and regu
lation OF roads, WAYS, bridges, public
landings, ferries and mills, with author
ity to lay and disburse the county levIes
1t shall judge Of the election, qualltica
ton, aud returns OF its own members
and OF all county and district officers
and it shall exercise such other Jurls
diction, and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by law.
33. There shall be one term OF the
court, specially prescribed by law, tor
laying the levy Of the county, to which
all the justices shall be summoned, but
a majority of whom shall constitute 8
quorum for said purpose; but if al the
justices shall for any cause be summoned
more than twice 10 any one year, there
shall be no per diem charged for such
additional attendance.
81 The county court shall have
jurisdiction of all appeals from the
judgment Of the Justices, the decision o
which court shall be final in all cases
except such as involve the freedom OF q
person, the validity OF law, or OF ar
ordinance Of any corporation, or the
right Of q corporation TO levy tolls OF
taxes
IS. The voters OF each county shalI
elect a clerk OF the county court whose
term of office shall be six years, and
whose duties, compensation AMI mode
Of removal shall be prescribed by law
So. The clerk OF the county court
shall be er 0tFcio auditor OF the county
aad .. such shall perform such duties
a. may be required OF him by law.
81. A vacancy in the office OF pre-
siding judge shall be filled until the
next re zular election, by the justices,
Of whom shall be summoned for tha
purpose. Vacancies in the office o
Justice Of the peace may be filed unit
the next regular election by the county
court at one OF its regular sittings.
IS. The power and jurisdiction o
justices ofthe peace within their re
spec;ive countje. shall be prescribed b!
! law
80. The Legislature shall have The
power, upon the application OF any
county, to reform, alter, or abolish the
county court established by this Con
s:itution, and in lieu thereof, with III,
assent OF the majority of the voters o
said county, to create another court, Of
other tribunal, as we'll for judicial a,
for police and iscal purposes; but with
the same powers jurisdiction and mod,
OF compensation as are herein CON
ferred upon the county court; Pr0rldsl
That the courts so created shall in the'I
provision. be male to conform to TIT
policy OF the State as prescribed in thl:
| Constitution.