The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-03-15
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The Judi otary Amend eat.
The following are the proposed
amendment 70 Article Sth5 Of the
Constitution of this Slate, Is
adopted by the Legislature last
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CIRCUIT COURTS, H
SEC. TO- The State shall be {di-
'yided into thirteen circuits. SFor
lie circuit hereinafter called the
First, two Judges shall be elected,
and for, each of the other circuits
ond Judgessliall he elected lbysthe
voters thereof Each ofthc Judges
solicited shall hold his Office for
the term Of eight years, i, unless
!; sooner removed in the manner pre-
scribcl 'inithis Constitution. THE
Judges Of the Circuit Courts in Of;
! fec, when this articlcrtakcs effect,
shall remain.thcrcin until the ex.
ipiration Of tho term for which
a they have been elected in the
3 circuits in which they may
reside, unless sooner
'frcmoyed as aforesaid. A,yacancy
in the Office Of a Judge oflthc
Circuit Court shall he filled in the
same manner asis provided for in
thc.caso ofiaiyaeancyinFth office
ola Judge Of the Supreme Court,of
Appeals. During his continuance
lin Office tlieiJudgo ola, Circuit shall
reside in tho circuit ofwhicli lie is
Judge. Thcjbusiness Of the First
circuit maybe appointed between
{ the Judges thereof, md such Judges
may, hold courts in the same county
orfin different counties within the
circuit atthe same time, Or at any
different times, IS maybe proscrib-
ed BY law. X; H
SEc.#,11. A Circuit Court shall
be held in every. countyin the State
Z ut least three times TIM aehsyear,
and provisions may made BY
slaw for holding special terms Of
said Court. a Judge Of any cir
cuitmay hold the courts in another
/ circuit, III e - tsis{
SEo.S12 The Circuit Courts shall
Ehayest hesisupervision and control
of}all proceed ings before Justices
and other inferior tribunals, By
a.aaa4mas., prohibition and esrtiorari.
They shall, cxeeptin cases confined
ecxclusiyelybyitlis Constitution to
some other tribunal have original
andSgeneral jaristlic tion ofsalllmat-
tiers. tlaN5wllerot amount nEcon=
=troyorsy, exclusive Of Interest, OK
sceedsz tifty:do liars ;;Eofs eases of.
Fltlbeas corpus 7.qaiqnlUsS gtl0 lpoyrdnt0'
anl=prollibitio ;EEan1 of=all cases.
in equity,andz all #crimus Eands
4misdemeanors. They shall ifhavo
appellate jurisdiction in all cases,
ciyil.anl criminal, where IN appeal,
writ of error or snpersedeas may be
allowed to; the judgment or pro.
ceedings Of any inferior tribunal.
.Thcyzshall also sllayc5such other
Jurisdiction, whether supervisory,
original, appellate, or concurrent,
as is or may be prescribed by law.
SEC. -, Until otherwise pro.
vided by law, the Stato shall be
divided into?thc following circuits;
The counties of Brooke, Hancock,
Ohio and Marshall shall constitute
tlle First circuit J; the counties Of
Monongalia, Marion and Harrison,
q
the Second the counties Of Pres.
ion, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, and
Randolph, the Third; the counties
Of lFctzcl, Tyler, 'llitcllic and Dod-
bridge, The Fourth; the counties Of
Mood, WHIT and Peasants, the
Fifth the counties Of Clay, C;ilmer
Jackson, Roane and Calhoun, the
Sixth; the counties Of Putnam,
Kanawha and Mason, the Seventh;
the counties o., Cabell, Wayne, Lin
coin and Logan the Eighth; the
counties Of Mcdowell, Mercer, RAJ
leigh, Wyoming and Boone, the
Ninth; the counties Of tireonBricr,
Monroe, Summers, Fayet!s and
Pocahontus, the Tenth; the coun-
ties Of tUpsttlr, Lewis, FBfaxtOn,
Nicholas and Webster, tic Elev-
enthi the counties ofGrnnt, Hardy,
Hampshire, Mineral andTPendle-
ton, tho Twelfth; the counties Of
Jefferson, Berkeley and Nrorgau.tllc