The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09

cause to be made roster of the Circuit
Judges Off this State, and shall assign
each IF the said Circuit Judges to holo
theSfall terms Of the courts ofyone of the
circuits for the year 1877, commencing
with the First Circuit, and the Judge as
signed to hold the courts of the First
Circuit shall continue to be assigned te
the other Circuits, in regular order, as
the Circuits stand in their numerical
series; and the other. Circuit Judges
shall be assigned to hold the terms o1
the courts of the other circuits, as the
Chief Justice may select them, in the
numerical order Of the circuits following
so that the Circuit Judges shall regularly
rotate in holding the terms of the courts
in all circuits of the State.
SEC. 2. That between the first and
fifteenth Of. December, 1877, and during
the same period Of each succeeding year,
the Chief Justice or presiding Associate
Justice from the said roster shall make
the assignment of Circuit Judges to hold
the various courts in all of the circuits
for the whole of the succeeding year, in
such order as-will,e l,efectf constantzinter.
change of circuits and Immediately
upon any such assignment, as provided
in this and the preceding section of this
act, the Chief Justice or presiding Asso-
/ ciate Justice, shall cause official noti6ca-
Ition to be given to the Circuit Judges OF
the order Of their assignment, and shall
cause notice to be inserted in two daily
newspapers, one in the city Of Columbia
and one in the city of Charleston, for
two weeks, of the order of such assign
ment; and said notification shall be suf-
ficient notice to the said Circuit Judges,
and they shall proceed to hold the terms
of the courts in the circuits to which
they are respectively assigned, at the
times appointed by law for the various
Circuit Courts therein, to convene. :.
i Sec. 8. Whenevef any Circuit Judge,
pending his, assignment to hold the
courts Of anyscircuit,. shall die; resign, be-
disabled by illness, or be absent from the
State, or in case of a vacancy in the
offiee-ef- Circuit Judge ANY. circuit
the Chief Justice, or presiding Associate
Justice, may assign any other Circuit
Judge, dise6gaged, to- hold the courts Of
such circuits, OF to fill any appointment
made necessary by such vacancy.
Sec. 4. No Circuit Judge shall;absent
himself from this State without leave
first granted inI writing BY the Chief
Justice or presiding Associate Justice.
SEC. 5. Any Circuit Judge who shall
fail or neglect to hold the term or terms
Of any Court of General Sessions or
Common Pleas in ANY circuit to which
he may be assigned until the business Of
said courts shall have been disposed Of,
or the end of the term or terms arrives,
or shall fail to recognize and obey the
order of the assignment of the Chief
Justice OF presiding Associate Justice, or
shall violate the 4th section Of this act,
upon any reliable notification of the
same, the Attorney General of the State
shall, by official communication, bring
such violation ofsthis act to the noticesoft
The General Assembly at its first session,
and such. Circuit Judge shall be- held
amenabled totpfoeeediugs for neglect Of
duty, as provided in article z, section 4,
of the constitution.
SEC. 6. That section 26, title of the
code of procedure, chapter 1872 of the
revised statutes, and all other acts or
parts of acts conflicting, with the provi:
,ions of this act, areIhereby repealed. III
Approved May 81, 1877.