Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-14
NEW COUNTY COURT LAW.

~ Nv NV" ScullIN t'Nlt ~
effect on the 50th day OF the present
month. and Us in some OF its features 1t
effects this county. we present our read
ers a resume of its principal features,
The law makes county courts uniform
all over the state. and provides that the
courts shall be composed OF three Judges,
and that counties shall be divided int"
two districts. from each of which one
Judge shall be elected every two years,
the third Judge being elected by the
county at large. and tor four years. In
all counties now having more tina three
Judges. upon the taking effect OF this law
such offices shall become vacant, ana
the governor shall appoint three judges
for such counties. to hold until the next
general election. The courts shall nave
power to award process. and 10 ct'lar
To come before them al persons whom
they may deem it necessary 10 examine,
whether parties or witnesses, and may
examine on oath or affirmation Niicii
persons touching any matter IN contro
verSy before them. The court is gwen
control of all the real aud personal prop !
erty belonging to the county. In
settlements required by law to be made |
with the treasurer or other officer hold
ing county funds. it Is made the duty
OF the court to ascertain by actua! et-
animation the ol balances and
funds III the hands OF such officer, and
to what particular fund 1t belongs.
Judges are forbidden to sit III any cause
in which they are interested; they are
made conServatorS of the peace through
out the county, and they are forbidden
| to borrow, directly or indirectly. any oi
the moneys OF the county. Four reSu-
ar terms of the court are fixed Tor earh
wear, on the first Mondays in February.
May. August. and November. froNls-
ion is made by which the court may
change the times for holding stated
terms. by which they may call special
terms. and by which they may hold
adjourned terms. 1t is made the duty
of the court to publish once a year an
abstract of the expenditures of the conn-
ty. Provision is made for appeal from
the decision of the court. Judges are
forbidden to be interested either directly
or Indirectly in any contract to which
the countv Is Il party, OF IL act rs road
or bridge commissioner, or keeper oi
any poor person. or TO act As director III
Il railroad company IN which the county
or any of its component parts are stock
holders. or to act as agent for the sub
scription of stock voted TO any railroad
BY any county or subdivision thereof.
The court is empowered TO provide
for the employment OF all persons con-
victed of misdemeanors aud sentenced
to the county Jail. under such rules
and regulations as it may prescribe.
This is an important provision
when taken in connection with the
change in the law making thetts OF less
than twenty dollars in value petit lar
cenv. instead OF less than ten dollars. a
it has been in the past. And we nope
to see the true solution of this question
work good not only Ia the morals of the
state but to the material Interests OF the
counties. Under the law q majority OF
the court will constitute 4 quorum a
single member may adjourn from day
to day, and require the attendance oi
those absent, and when but W Judge
are sitting and they shall disagree II
any matter submitted to them, the de
: cision OF the presiding Judge at the time
being, to be designated by the CLERK %
t the court. shall stand a the Iudgmen
Judges is changed from five to three
; dollars per day for each day actually
? engaged in holding courts, with Al
| allowance OF eight cents per mile t"'
each mile necessarily travelled III golns
p to and returning from the place ot hold
{. ing such court AL acts and parts o
acts inconsistent with tins act Ar
: repealed.
l Inv short horn breed, - o; Missouri wtll NEE
IN convention at Louisiana, tIk",u-, August lot
uaorsr Frame has sued the 81. Lou. Diaf'at"
: Tor Islander. claiming dIIungrs IN ihe san. 81
4 -. ~.
| Mr.. HAYES says that We have no use 10
;. Mexico, and that We have a. much ]ierrri"r
now as We want. In THIS he 10 right
' ~ go
Il Joseph. the Indian. Is SAID. by latest dis
patches, to be retreating toward tn. Bitter Roo
country, having already crossed 'i"a' Water
r ~
Secretary OF State kvaris, AitOrnrY-henrr
- Dev.ns, and others of the cabinet wIll visit I'll
mining districts Of Pennsy wanna the latter pal
Of this month.
Wheat VA. quoted III st Louis yesterday
: 81 40 tor number two, and declining VII
large receipts. Buyers h.r. were only "fi'rin
81 We advise our friends to stack.
n The st. LOUIS Dispatch reports from thirty I
NJ eighty feet Of water in the jettIcs, except Il
e two hundred yards oil the bar at tile eh'rin'
he from the gulf. This, II is thought. vii! -'o'
y, out in II few days and give the requisite dept
ali HE way through.
a ~
~ \ Correspondent OF the II. Louis RepuhlIca
says that thert are now IN tNe ItHitthtidhS H.
ir CJnyicts-l, 2ls male, and 81 females. The sh'
IL shops have employed 30; harness ana sadi
II. shops. W; wagon manufacture, 40; collar mani
~facturs, sos broom making, %: coal mining, .
. on steamboats,, g.; employed at Cellar CITY
" arrtsting cutting away oil bank. q; otherwl
T. employed, ~; in hospital, ~; IN cells, III. A
Id the female convicts are employed III 'ario
e, capacities
II, Advices from Europe this week are sensation
e.: anu un reliable. That the siege OF kar4 Is rhis'
-, seems to bs certain. The Russians on I
- Danube arc steadily advancing. 1t Is report
10 that Germany, England and Russia have col
to 10 an understanding about the partition
N Turkey in Europe, and also that there Is II pro
ability that England will join Austria, liai! a
y france against Germany and Russia. in ord
i'll to preserve Cpn=tantinopie from the I Har. ~
n paws your money and you take- your choice.
u Religious.
til =
re- Hev. 4. 4. Moore Will preach At Glcnw0
de school house Tomorrow afternoon al
i,I o'clock
/, Rev Il. L. kerr Will preach at the Pre-
byterian church in this city tO-morr,
u" morning and evening.
Die Rev. DR.. j. l.. YantisS breaches Al IraI
he church regularly, tho sccoad and t0uI