The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-12-09

terms judges of the new districts In which they
reside but, when there shall be two Judges re-
siding IN the same district, the President Judge
shall elect to which district he Shall be assign
ed, and the additional law Judge shall be as
signed to the other district.
sec. "a. The General Assembly shall, at the
next succeeding session after each decennial
census aad not oftener, designate the several
judicial districts, as required by this Coustitu-
tion. ,
Sec. Is. Judges learned in the law of any
court Of record, holding commissions in force
at the adoption of this Constitution, shall hold
their respective offices until the expiration of
the terms for which they were commissioned,
and until their successors shall be duly duali-
fed. The Governor shall commission the
President Judge of the Court of First Criminal
Jurisdiction for the counties Of Schuylkill, Leb-
anon and Dauphin as a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Schuylkill county, for the
uuexpired term of his office.
Sec. @. After the expiration Of the term of
any president Judge Of any Court of Common
Pleas in commission at the adoption of this
Constitution, the judges of such court learned
in the law and Oldest in commission shall be
the President Judge thereof; and when two or
more judges are elected at the same time in any
judicial district they shall decide by lot which
shall be President Judge; but when the Presi-
dent Judge of court shall be reelected he
shall continue to be President Judge of that
court. Associate Judges not learned in the
law, elected after the adoption of this Constl-
tuition, shall be commissioned to hold their
offices for the term of five years from the first
day of January next after their election. H.0
Sec. II. The General Assembly, at the first
session after the adoption of this Constitution,
shall fix and determine the compensation of the
Judges OF the Supreme Court and Of the Judges
several judicial districts of the Commonwealth;
and the provisions of the thirteenth section of
the article on Legislation shall not be deemed
inconsistent herewith. Nothing contained in
this Constitution shall be held to reduce the
compensation now paid to any law Judge of
this Commonwealth now in commission. "a
Sec. IS. The courts of Common Pleas in
the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny,
shall be composed of the present Judges of
the District Court and Court of Common Pleas
of said counties until their offices shall sever
ally end, and such other judges as may from
time to time be selected. For the purpose of
first organization in Philadelphia the Judges
of the court number one, shall be Judges Alli-
son, Pierce and Paxson of the court number
two, Judges Hare, Mitchell and one other
judge, to be elected; of the court number three,
Judges Ludlow, Finletter and Lynd and the
court number four, Judges Thayer, Briggs and
one other judge, to be elected The judge first
named shall be the President Judge of said
courts respectively, and thereafter the Presi-
dent Judge shall be the Judge Oldest in COM
mission; but any President Judge reelected in
the same court or district shall continue to be
President Judge thereof. The additional Judges
for courts numbers two and four, shall be vo-
ted for and elected at the first general election.
after the adoption of this Constitution, in the
same manner as the two additional Judges of
Supreme Court, and they shall decide by lot to
which court they shall belong. Their term of
office shall commence on the first Monday of
January, in the year one thousand eight hum
dred and seventy-fve. .Hal s.E ts.If
Sec. 10. In the county of Allegheny, for the
purpose of first organization under this Consti-
tuition, the judges of the court of Common
Pleas, at the time of the adoption Of this Con-
stltution, shall be the judges of the court num-
ber one, and the judges Of the District Court,
at the same date, shall be the judges of the
Common Pleas number two. The President
Judges of the Common Pleas and District
Court shall be President Judge of said courts
number one and two, respectively, until their
offices shall end and thereafter the judge old
est in commission shall be President Judge
but any President Judge reelected in the same
court or district shall continue to be President
Judge thereof.
Sec. 20. The organization of the courts of
of Common Pleas, under this constitution, for
the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny,
shall take effect on the first Monday of Janua-
ry, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
five, and existing courts in said counties shall
continue with their present powers and jurs-
diction until that date, but no new suits shall
the adoption of this Constitution. E.fa. O..
Sec. 81. The causes and proceedings pend
ing in the court of Nisi PriuS, court of Com
mon Pleas, and District Court In Philadelphia
shall be tried and disposed of in the court of
Common Pleas. The records and dockets of
said courts shall be transferred to the Prothon-
otary's office of said county. oA oi.
Sec. 22. The causes and proceedings pending
in the court of Common Pleas In the county of
Allegheny shall be tried and disposed of in the
court number one and the causes and proceed
ings pending in the District Court shall be tried
and disposed of in the court number two.
Sec. 23. The Prothonotary of the court of
Common Pleas Of Philadelphia shall be first
appointed by the judges of said court on the
first Monday of December, Ia the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-fve, and
the present Prothonotary of the District Court
in said county shall be the Prothonotary of
the said court of Common Pleas until said date
when his commission shall expire, and the
present Clerk of the court OF Oyer and Termi-
ner and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in Phil
adelphia shall be the clerk of such court until
the expiration Of his present commission on
the first Monday of December, In the year one
thousand eight hundred and seyenty-fiye.
Sec. "a. In cities containing oyer fifty
thousand inhabitants except Philadelphia, all
aldermen In Office at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution shall continue in office
until the expiration of their commissions; and
at the election for city and ward officers In the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy
FIVE, one alderman shall be elected in each
ward as provided in this Constitution.
Sec. 25. In Philadelphia magistrates, In
lieu Of aldermen, shall be chosen, as required
in this CONSTITUTIONS at the election in said city
for city and ward officers in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-fve their
term of Office shall commence on the first Mon
day of April succeeding their election. The
terms Of office of aldermen in said city holding,