The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-01


and diseharge any duties heretofore com
ierred on, "a required Of any court OF fri
bunal established for iutieiaspurposes uli-
4 der the snid article and seciionoi the con-
stitntion Of one thousand eight hundred
and seventy or the clerk OF said curt
or tribunal respectively, respecting the re-
4 cording and pre- eryation Of deeds and 9TH
or papers presented for record, matters Of
probate, tie appointment and qualification
.hof personal representatives, guardians,
!. committees, etirators and the settlement OF
their accounts, and in all matters relating
70 apprentices.
y % All actions, suits and proceedings not
embraced in the next preceding section,
pending Ia d county court when this arti-
Gle takes eifeei, togetberwith the records
and papers pertaining thereto as well as
liall records aud papers pertaining to such
factions, suits and proceedings, as have al.
ready been disposed OF by said courts shall
be transmiftedto and filed with the clerk
LOT the circuit court Of the county to which
Office an process outstanding at the time
this article goes into operation shall be re-
turned; aud said clerk shall have the same
4 power and shall perform the same duties
in relation 10 such records papers and
4 proceedings as. were vested inand required
OF the clerk OF the county court, on the day
before this article shall take effect. All
Isuch actions, suits and proceedings so
Epending as Aforesaid. shall be docketed,
proceeded in,i tried, heard and determined
in oil respects by the circuit court, as il
said suits and proceedings had originated
4 in said court
/ 20. The voters Of each county shall elect
Ia clerk q the county court, whose term OF
/ Office shall be six yeara Ills duties and
4 comp nsation, and the manner OF his re-
Inloval, shall be prescribed by law. But
the clerks Of said courts, now in Office,
shall remain therein for the term forwhich
lthey have been elected, unless sooner re-
moved therefrom, in the manncrprescribed
bylaw.
4 ~. Each county shall be laid off into
districts, not less than three nor more
than ten in number, and as nearly equal
as may be in territory and population.
4 There shall be elected in each district CON
tanning q population not exceeding twelve
hundred, one justice Of the peace, and il
the population exceeds that number, two
such justices shall be elected therein. Ev-
cry justice shall reside in the district for
which he was elected, and hold his Office
Tor term OF four years, unless sooner re-
moved IN the manner prescribed by law.
The districts as they now exist, shall re-
main TIL changed by the county court.
%. The civil jurisdiction Of a Justice OF
| the peace shall extend to actions OF assump-
Isit, debt, detinue and troyer, il the amount
Iclaimed, exclusive OF interest, does not ex-
coed three hundred dollars. The iurisdic-
! ton OF justices OF the peace shall extend
Throughout their county; they shall be
conseryators OF the peace, and have such
4 jurisdiction and power in criminal cases as
may be prescribed by law. And justices
OF the peace shall have authority to take
the acknowledgment OF deeds and other
writings, administer oaths, and take and
certify dispositions. And the legislature
may give to justices such additional civil
jurisdiction and powers within their re
| spective counties as may be deemed expe-
dent under such regulations and restric-
tons as may be prescribed by general law,
excepttha in suits TO recover money or
| damages their jurisdiction and powers
shall III no case exceed three hundred dol
lars. Appeals shall be allowed from iudg-
Iinients Of justices Of the peace in such man
ner as may be prescribed by law.
20. The legislature shall upon the appli-
cation ofany county, reform. alter or mod
lily the county court established by this
article in such county, and in lieu thereof,
i with the assent of q majority OF the voters
OF such county, voting at an election, Gre
ate another tribunal for the transaction Of
the business required TO be performed by
the county court created by this article;
land IN such case, all the provisions of this
article in relation to the county court shall
\ be applicable to the tribunal established
lin lieu OF said court And when said tri-
bunarhas been established, it shall con
time to act in lieu OF the county court tln.
til otherwise provided by law.
| 80. The Office Of commissioner and ius-
tice OF the peace shall be deemed incom-
patible, Vacancies in the Office of COM
missioner, clerk OF the county court and
justices OF the peace shall be filed by the
county court OF the county until the next
general election.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution OF this State.
Resolred blythe JeGisirtuoof West Fiyinia,
t.r0-airds Of all lie members elected 10 each
HO.ts agreeing thereto: That the following be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendmentNto the Constitution OF this
State, to-wit:
That section thirteen, of article three, as
it now is, be stricken out and the following
be inserted in lieu thereof:
\ "1S. Insults at common law, where the
value in controversy exceeds twenty dol
lars, exclusive OF interest and costs. the
right Of trial by jury, if required by either
party, shall be preserved; and in such suit
before q Justice, q jury may consist of six