Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-14


upon it to morrow at 2 p. NJ; which was
agreed to.
A motion was afterwards made to make
the report Of the committee the specinl
order for to morrow at II A. NJ. Agreed
to.
A message was received from tho Senate
insisting upon its amendments to House
bill regulating the pay of members, attaches
and employees of the two bodies, and re-.
qucstinga conference committee, which was
agreed to.
Acts Passed by the General As
sc,lbiy aa the Extr;. Session Of
1877.
An Act to carry into effect the fourteenth
section of article Of the constitution
relating to the judiciary.
Whereas tho constitution of this State
provides: "Judges of the Circuit Courts
shall interchange circuits with each other
10 such manner as shall be determined by
laws
SECTION /. BE IL enacted, by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Caroline, now met aud sitting in
in General Assembly, and by tho authority
OF the same, That to carry the said constitu-
tonal provision into effect within sixty days
after the passage Of this act, the Chief JUS.
ticc Of the Supreme Court, or, in case of
his death, resignation, illness or absence
from the State, the presiding Associate
Justice, shall cause to be mado roster Of
the Circuit Judges of this State, and shall
assign each Of the said Circuit Judges to
hold the fall terms of the courts Of ono of
the circuits for the year 1877, commencing
with the First Circuit, and the Judge as
signed to hold the courts of the First Cir
cult shall continue 10 be assigned to the
other Circuits, in regular order, as the
Circuits stand in their numerical series:
oud the other Circuit Judges shall be- as
signed to hold the terms of the courts of
the other circuits, as the Chief Justice may
select them, in the numerical order Of the
circuits following, 80 that the Circuit
Judges shull regularly rotate in holding
the terms of the courts in all circuits of the
State.
SEC. 2. That between the first and ff:
tcenth 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 tho assign.
ment of Circuit Judges to hold tho various
courts in all Of tho circuits for the whole of
the succeeding year, in such order es will
effect a constant interchange Of circuits;
and immediately upon any such assignment,
Us provided 10 this and the preceding section
Of this act. the Chief Justice or presiding
Associate Justice, shall oause official noti.
fication to be given to tho Circuit Judges
Of the order Of their assignment, and shall
cause notice to bo inserted iu two daily
newspapers, one in the oity of Charleston
and onc ia the city Of Columbia, for two
weeks, oftho order of such assignments; and
said notification shall be sufficient notice to
tho said Circuit Judges, and they shall
proceed to hold the terms of the courts in
the circuits to which they are respectively
assigned, ut the times appointed by law
for the various Circuit Courts therein to
convene.
SEC. 3. Whenever any Circuit Judge,
pending his assignment to hold the courts
of any circuit, shall die, rosign, be disabled
by illness. or be absent from tho State, or
10 case of a vacancy in the office Of Circuit
Judge Of any circuit, the Chief Justice, or
presiding Associate Justice, may sssign any
other Circuit Judge, disengagcd, to hold
the courts of such circuits, or to fill any
appointment made necessary by such va.
oancy.
SEC. 4. No Circuit Judge ehall absent
himself from this State without leave being
first granted 10 writing by the Chief
Justice or presiding Associate Justice.
SEC 5. Any Circuit Judge who shall
fail to neglect to hold tho term or tel ms OF
any Court of General Sessions or Common
Pleas in any circuit to which he may be
assigned until tho business of said courts
shall have been disposed Of, Or the end o.
the term or terms arrives or shall fail t,
recognize and obey the order of the assign
ment of the Chief Justice or presiding As
sociate Justice, or shall violate tho 4tl
section of this act, upon any reliable notif
cation of the same, tho Attorney General oI
the State shall, by official communication
bring suth Violations of this, act to tho
n,tiee of tho General Assembly at its tirst
.es.;on. and suoh Circuit Judge shall be
held amanable to procdediDgs for neglect Of
duty, as provided in article T, settiOn 4, Of
tho constitution.
SEQ. 6. That sootion &c, titlo 8 of the
code of procedure, chapter l22 Of the ro--
viscd statutes, and all other acts or parts Of
acts conflicting with tho provisions Of this
act, arc hereby repealed
Approved May 81, 1877.
An ACT to provide for the filling Of vacan-
eies in county Offices and to regulate the
holding of ELECTIONS therefor.
BE At enacted by the Senate and House
Of Represeitatives' Of the State Of South
Cnrnlina. uny9 met md sittinos ia General