Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-03-20

MEMBER OF IERMs OF THE CIRCUIT
CouRTs, AND To FIX THE Pay OF
CoUNTI JUICES.
Passed March 18th. 1871
The following is copy OF the act
''to regulate and define the jurisdiction
of the County and Circuit courts, to
prescribe the number of terms OF the
Circuit courts. and to fix the pay OF
county judges" as it passed both Hous
es Oft General ASSEMBLY:
]. BE 1t enacted by the Geae,.M As
senatig, That the county couts may
grant letters OF administrator, admit
wills to probate, appoint guardians,
curators and committees, and shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine
all motions and othe. matters made
specially coglizable therein byTsny stat
ute. ID
g. The county court shall likewise
have jurisdiction Of all presentments,
informations, and indictments for mis-
demeanOrs.
3.zThe county Court shall execute
and enforce. by proper process and in
the manner provided by law, every
Judgment, decree, or. order heretofore
entered therein, and shall supervise,
correct, and enforce in like manner any
rule taken, or order, entry, or endorse
r.ent made by the clerk OF. said court
+ 4. The circuit court shall have the
same jurisdiction as is provided by law
on the day before this act takes effect;
and shall, in addition, have exclusive
original jurisdiction for the trial Of in
dictments for felonies, and for cases OF
contested elections, which may be re-
cognisable by any court.
5. In every year there shall be three
regular terms of the circuit court in
each county Of this State; and special
terms OF the circuit courts may be held
as now provided by law.
6. All causes at law and in chancery
pending in the county court on the day
this act takes effect, Of which said court
has no jurisdiction under this act, shall
he removed to circuit court for such
county, and the clerk of the county
court is hereby directed to deliver to
the clerk of the circuit court for such
county the original papers, complete, of
all such causes at law and in chancery
so removed, with the copies of all rules
and orders made not found in the said
original papers, and statement Of the
costs incurred by each party therein,
and shall enter on the order-book of the
county court the disposition made Of
such causes; and the clerk of the circuit
court is hereby directed to receive and
file in the Office of his said court the
papers so removed, and the said causes
shall stand in all respects as they stood
in the county courts. and like proceed
ings shall be had and process issued as
if said causes had been originally com
menced in the circuit courts. The
cost of such removal shall be equally
borne by both parties.
7. The county Judge shall receive. az
ter the LIST day Of Jannaiy, 1874, sala-
ry of two hundred dollars, and an adj
dition compensation of twenty dollars
for every thousand inhabitants over ten
thousand, to be determined by refer
ence to the census of 1870, and after
wards to the last preceding official emu
meration ofthe inhabitants Of this State,
and in such computation the fraction of
a thousand population shall no, be conn
ted; which shall be a charge on the
md be levied, collected and &C
counted for in the same manner that
any other county expenses are; and
when judge is judge of more than one
county, each county in the district shall
pay in proportion to the inhabitants
thereof, and the mileage allowed by
law shall be charge equally upon the
counties of the district.
8. The judges of the county courts
shall be privileged, if licensed lawyers,
to appear as attorneys at law in any
case not pending in their courts, or
which may be carried into OF from their
courts by appeal.
9. Sections Is of chapter 1877, and 5
Of chapter 1873, of the Code of Virgi
MIA edition ofl850), and 8 and 4 Of
chapter SO of the acts of Assembly of
1S6o.'7o, aud all acts and parts of sacts
and parts of acts in conflict or inconsis
tent with this act are and shall be re
peaed on and from the day this ac-
goes into effect; and section 5 of chap
ter "a Of the acts of Assembly of 1885,
70 is and shall be repealed after the
1st day of January, 1874.
10. 1t shall be the duty of The coun
ty judges elected under the provisions
of this act, in the exercise of the duty
imposed upon them by the oath section
Of chapter 76 of acts Of Assembly Of
l869-'7J, to appoint at least one Judge
Of election precinct in his county from
each political party.
This act shall be in force on and from
the LIST day. of August, 1878.