Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-11
THE COUNTY COURT.

For the information of our readers
we Law before them the following act,
approved December 2l, l972,and which
is now law.
AN ACT providing for county Courts
and defining their Jurisdiction.
Be il enacted By The Legislature IF Het
Virginia
l. For every county there shall be a
court called the county court OF such
county. 1t shall be held by the presi-
dent Of the county court, and two JUS
tices of the peace, except where it is
otherwise expressly provided. And in
the absence of the president, any justice
may be added to make the court, who
with the other two may designate one
Of their own number to preside, provided
that no justice shall sit in review of a
decision made by him.
g There shall be held in each county
six sessions of the county court every
year, two of which shall be for the ex-
animation of matters connected Within
police and fiscal affairs of the county;
the other four shall be held for the trial
causes, and for the transaction of all
other business within the general juris
diction of the court, except an assess
ment or levy upon the property of the
county.
In all cases where levy is laid,
majority of all the justices elected in the
county shall be necessary to constitute
quorum for the transaction of that bus
mess.
3. The county court shall have origi-
nal jurisdiction in all actions at law,
where the amount in controversy exceeds
twenty dollars, and also in all cases OF
habeas corpus,quo warranto, mandamus,
prohibition, certiorari, and in all suits in
equity, in all matters of probate, the APP
pointment and qualification of personal
representatives, guardians, committees
ana curators, and the settlement of their
accounts, and in all matters relating to
apprentices, and of all criminal cases
under the grade of felony. The said
court shall have jurisdiction to hear and
determine all matters and other mo-
tons cognizable therein by statue.
4. They shall have the superintend-
ence and administration of the internal
police and fiscal affairs of the county,
including the establishment and regula
ton of roads, ways, bridges, public Ian
dlngs. ferries, mills, with authority to
lay ard disburse the county levies; and
it shall perform such other duties, and
exercise such other jurisdiction as may
be prescribed by law.
5. All matters that shall be pending
and undetermined before boards of SUI
pervisors, on the first day of January,
1873, shall be proceeded in and deter
mined in the county court. as if they
had originated therein. And all orders
entered by the board of supervisors and
unexecuted, shall be executed by means
of process issued from the clerks office
of the said court.
6. They shall have jurisdiction of all
appeals from the Judgment of the JUS
tees, and their decision upon such an
appeal shall be final in all cases, except
such as involve the title, right of posses
sion or boundary of lands, the freedom
of person, the validity of law, or an
ordinance of any corporation, orthe right
of any corporation to levy tolls or taxes.
7. The proceedings of the county court
shall conform, as nearly az may be, to
the practice of The circuit courts in like
cases, except where it otherwise provid-
ed by law.
s. AT the first session of the county
court now elected, and at the first sess-
ion of every such court, after general
election, or as soon as may be, all JUS
tees being summoned and a majority
being present, the court shall classify
the justices for the performance of their
duties in court, and when a vacancy
shall occur in any district, the justice
elected or appointed to fill the vacancy,
shall occupy the place, in said classified
ton, of the justices who preceded him,
and when any one, or both the Justices
classified to have a session of the court
shall tail to attend, the president of the
court shall call to his assistance any 9TH
er Justice or justices who may be present
Tue 9th section fixes the term of the
court of the different counties, that OF
Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan being
as follows
For the county of Berkeley, on the
second Monday in February, April, June,
August, October and December OF each
year.
For the county Of Jefferson, on the
third Monday in February, April, June,
August, October and December of each
year.
For the county of Morgan, OH the first
Monday in February, April, June, Au-
gust, October and December of each year.
TO- The court shall decide, at the first