Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-11-19
Courts of Oyer aud Terminer and Quartz,

istence shall be abolished on the first day
OF January next succeeding the ADOPTION of
this constitution.
Sec IL. The G eneral Assembly shall. at
the next session after the adoption of this
constitution, designate the several judici,l
districts as required by this constitution.
The judges In commission when such de-
signation shall be made shall continue du-
ring their unexpired terms judges OF the
new districts in which they reside. But
when there shall be two judges residing in
the same district, the president Judge shall
elect TO which district he shall be assigned:
and the additional law jadge shall be a..
signed to the other district
SEE. Ia. The General Assembly shall. at
the next succeeding session after each de-
celniai census, ard not oftener. designate
the several judicial districts as REQUIRED bv
this constitution.
SEC. l5. Judges learned in the law of anv
court OF record holding commissions IN
force at the adoption of this constitution
shall hold their respective offices until the
expiration Of the terIas for which they
were commissioned, and until their success
sors shall be duly qualified. The Governor
shall commission the president jud 2 c of the
Court OF First Criminal Jurisdiction for the
couaties Of Sch Iylk.il, Lebanon and Dau-
phin as Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of Schuylkill county for the unexpi-
red term of his Office.
SEC. l6. After the expiration of the term
Of any president judge of any Court of
Common Pleas in commission at the adop-
ton OF this constitution, the judge of such
court learned in the law and oldest in conf
mission shall be the president judge thereof,
and when two or more Judges are elected al
the same time in any Judicial district, they
shall decide BY lot which shall be president
judge; hut when the president Judge of a
court shaii be reelected he shall continue
TO be president Judge of that court. Asso-
ciate judges, not learned in the law, elected
after the adoption of this constitution, shall
be commissioned 10 hold their offices for
the torn of five years from the first day OF
January next after their election.
SEC. Ia. The General Assembly at the
first session after the adoption OF this con-
siitution shall TX and determine the com
pensation OF the judges OF the upreme
Court and OF the judges of the several ju-
dicial districts of the Commonwealth, and
tn provisions of the fifteenth 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 il
commission.
SEC. is. The Courts OF Common Pleas
in the counties Of Philadelphia and Ale
eheny shall BE- composed of the presiieat
judges OF the District Court and Court OF
Common Pleas of saId counties until their
offices shall seyerally end, and of such 9th
er judges As may from time to time be Sc
lec:ed.
For the purpose OF first organization in
Philadelphia The judges of The Court num-
Der on c shall be Judges Allison, Pierce and
PaxsOn; Of the Court number two, Judges
Hare, Mitchell and one other judge to b-
elected of the Court number three, Judges
Ludlow, Fipletter and Lynd, and OF the
Court number four, Judges Thayer, Briggs
anG one other judge to be elected.
The judge first named shall be president
judge OF said courts respectively, and here
I after the president judge shall be tine Judge
oldest in commission; but any president
jgdge re elected in the same court or dis
tIict shall continue TO be president judge
thereof
The additional judges for Courts numbers
two and four shall be voted for and elected
AZ the first general election after the aGop-
tIOn of this constitution in the same man.
ner as the two additional judges of the u
preme COG-t. and they shan decide b. lot
10 which court they shall belong. Their
! term of Ofise shall commence ON the FIST
MONDAY OF January, IN the yeLT one thou
raani eight hundred and scvcnty-five.
! SIC. 10. In the county of Allegheny, FOR
/ the pu pose of first org lEizltion under this
constitution, the judges of the Court ol
Common Pleas at the time OF the adoption
OF nIs constitution shall be the judges OF
! the Court numb .r one, and the judges Of the
| Distriet Court 1t the same date shall 5e tn.
! judges of the Common Pleas number Two
The president Judges OF the Common
| Pleas and District Courts shall be president
| Judges OF said Courts number one ami two
! respectively until their Offices shall end, and
| thereafter the judge Oldest in commission
shall be president judge; bat any president
Judge reelected in the same court or dis
trici shall continue TO be president judg,
! thereof.
! SEC. 90. The organization of the Court,
| of Common Pleas, under this constitution
for the counties of Philadelphia and Al e.
| gheny, shall take effect on the first Monday
! of January, one Thousand eight hundred
| and seventy-five, and existing courts in sad
counties shall continse with their present
powers and jurisdiction Uatil that date; bu
I no new suits shall b. instituted in the Courts
! of Nisi Prius after the adoption Of this con.
stitu;iUn.
SEc.2l. The causes and proceedings pen
ding N the Court OF Ms; Prius, Court OF
| Common Pleas and District Court in Phiia
delphia sha,, be tried and disposed of in the
! Court of Common Pleas. The records and
dOckets of SAID courts shall b. transferred
| to the PEo;LOnOtary's office Of said county.
SEC. 81 Thecauses anl proceedings pen.
ding in the Court OF Common Pleas ia th'
coUaty OF Allegheny shall be tried and dis
| posed of in the court number ONE and th'
causes and proceedings pending in the Dis
/ trict Court shall be tried ana disposed of il
court number Two.
SEC. %. The Prothonotsry Of the Court
Of Common Pleas of PhI ade, ,phia shall bt
/ first appointed by the judges OF said court
ON the first Monday Of December, in thS
year one thousand eight hundred and sew
ehty five; and the present PrOthOnotary O
the District Court IA said county shall b'
the Prothonota-y of the said Court Of Com
mon Pleas until .aid date, when his commits
sion shall expire, and the present Clerk y
| the Court of Oyer and Terminer aud Quar-
ter Sessions of the Peace in delphi;
shall be the clerk OF such court until tbs
expiration Of his present commission ON th'
iirst Monday OF December in the yeaI ont
thousaPd eight hundred ami seventy-five.
SIC. 81. In ci,ies containing over lift.
I thousand inhabitants (eXcept Philadelphia
all aldermen ia Office a; the time OF the adOp
ton of this constitution shall continue il
Office until the expiration OF their commits
sions, and al the election for city and ware
officers in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-five one alderman shall b.
elected ia each ward, as provided in thi
constitution.
SEC. p. In Philadelphia magistrates il
lieu "a aldermen, shall be chosen as requir
cd in this constitution at the elec ction III sal,
city for city and ward officers in the yea
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
five; their term OF Office shall commcnc
on the first Monday of April succeeding
their election.
The terms of office of aldermen in SAT-
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