Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-05-14

effect shall be returned, and by which all new
| process proper in cases either pending or de-
termlned in existing Circuit Courts, may be
issued. And all indictments, prosecutions,
suits, pleas. petitions and other proceedins ss
! pending in the present Circuit Coart of any
county, shall be prosecuted in the Circuit Court
established in that county by this Constitution.
to hnal judgment and execution except that
all pending appeals from justices may be
transferred to the County Court organized in
such county.
IS. Copies and transcripts of the records
and proceedings of the present Circuit Courts
shall be made aud certified by the Circuit
Courts established by this Constitution. or the
proper officers thereof, and shall have the
same force and effect as if they had been
heretofore properly made and certified by the
existing courts or their proper officers.
l9. hecognizances, bonds, obligations and
all undertakings entered into, or executed.
before the adoption of this Constitution to.,be
Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of
West Virginia, or to any public officer. cor
poratlon, township, or county. shall remain
binding and valid; and all rights and liabili-
ties growing out of them. shall be unimnairevl
~. The Executive Department of the gov
ernment shatfremain as at present organized.
and the Governor shall continue in Office until
oosefuoF eiectcd under this Constitution
shallabe qualified; and all other persons in
othce when this Constitution is adopted, except
as herein otherwise expressly directed. shall
continue in Office until their successors ara
qualified; and vacancies in Office. happening
before such qualification, shall be filled in the
manner now prescribed by law.
2l. All the courts of Justice now exis.ino
shall continue with their present jurisdiction.
aud be held as now prescribed by law, until
the judicial system established by this Con-
stitution shall go into effect, and all rights.
prosecutions, actions, claims and contracts.
shall remain, and continue. as if this Constitu-
tion had not been adopted, except so far as
the same may be effected by the terms and
provisions of this Constitution, when it shall
go into effect
%. The Legislature shall pass all laws no.
cessary to carry this Constitution into full Oh.
GRAFTON and effect.
%. AT the time of the submission of this
Consultation to vote of the people, there
shall be submitted as separate proposition
tile following:
.Any white citizen entitled to vote. and no
other, may be elected or appointed to apy of
flee; but the Governor and Judges must have
attained the age of thirty, and the Attorney
Genera! and Senators the age of twenty. five
years, at the beginning of their respective
terms of service, and must have been citi-
zens ofthe State for five years next preceding
their election or appointment. or citizens at
the time this Constitution goes into opera
ton" And the mode of voting on the said
proposition shall be by ballot, on which shall
be written or printed the word sswhite." and
If majority of all the votes cast for ratifica>
ton and rejection of the Constitution be in
iavor of the said proposition. it shall take the
place OF section fourth of Article fourth of the
Constitution The result of the said election
shall be certified and ascertained in the same
manner aud by the same officers as hereinbe-
fore provided in regard to the election for the
ratification or rejection of this Constitution.
and it the result be in favor of the said prop-
ositlon, the Governor shall make proclamation
of the effect thereof as hereinbefore provided