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CIRCUIT COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURTS.
10. The State shall be divided into tAir-
teen circuits For the circuit hereinafter
called the first, two judges shall be elected,
cad for each Of The other circuits one judge
SHALL be elected by the voters thereof. Each
90 the Judges So elected shall hold his ciice
f9r the term Of eight years, unless sooner
removed IN Tie manner prescribed m tins
constitution. The judges OF The circuit
courts I'm Office when this sgticle takes
cf-ct shall remain therein until the expir-
alton Of the term Cor which they have been
elected I'm the circuits in which they may
respectively reside, unless sooner removed IS
aforesaid a vacancy in the office of
re Of the cilcui. court shall be filled m
line same manner MS Is provided for in any
ease cf vacancy IN the office Of a Judge oil
tsr supreme court If appeals. During hls
continuance in office the judge oi circuit
t.rrt -aall reside in the circuit a. which
ae IS Judge. The business u the hrst CIR
ruit may be- apporlipned between the judges
thereof, and such judges may hold courts
ia ,le same county or ir different couui"s
si'.in ,ie circuit 40 the s'mc time OF 30
..-r.ut times. as may be prescribed by
.av.
ID. A ciicuit court shall De held IN every
county in ihe Sja'c 10 least three times in
sreh Fe'r, and provisions may he made by
ilw i.r holding special terms Of said court.
A. w'-e oi amy circui; may hold tie courts
in smother circuit.
IT, Tine cirruit court shall have the su-
Ufr,isirn and control oi all Proceedings
...eic Justices an3 other inferior tribunals,
p, ma.j1mUs, Prohibition and cer,iVrarl.
they shall except in eases confined eXclu-
.Vc.s hy this constitution o some other
tunraal. have orgInsl and general iUris-
flcuon oi ah matters st law where the
amount I'm controversy. exclusive ol inter-
go, tNrccd- hl,s dollars; Ct au cases ol
ha'cs- corpus, mandsmGr, quo warrauto
aad prohibition. and 900 eases m 0gujiv,
AND oi 90. crime anJ ri-lemeau0rs They
sasI have appellate jurisdiction in all
cases civil and crlmiuai where an appeal
nrite i error on super, dc,.s may hc allowed
CD thc .dgmcut oi proceedings 90 amy AZ
r.or tribunal. They shall also have such
Other Jurisdiction, whether Supervisory,
original aplt .iete, CT concurrent, aa S. or
miv ,c prescribed hy Jaw.
l5. JGli otherwise provided by law, tie
State 40 De divided into ihe following
circuits. The counties oi Brooke, liam
cueS. Ohio and Msr-hali shall constitute
iact-- circuit; DE counties ot Monon-
gala. Marion ami Harrison. the second
fhe counties oi Preston, Tayior, Barbour,
Tu,lcr and Randolph, he thirl; the
c,au.ies ol Wezi Tyler Ritchie and
DllJr,l.etlefomih ;ile c0uuii,so Of Wood,
Nir arj Pleasant, thc .i;l the counties Of
elias. a. iai.r. jackson Roam and Calhoun,
fne-ixti. llecaun.its OBJ Putnam, KauaVha
ana n ..ln. ihc seventh; Tire counties a.
CLel. WAYNE, liucoia and Logan. the
,f,lth. the counties of Mcdowell Mercer,
s1ic.eh. Wyomiug aui Boone, the ninth;
tDe counties Of Green fier, Monroe, Spm-
ner. rycl,e ana Poc7houias, the tenth;
ts. .annii,s Of llsigr, lewis, BraStou,
Nicholas aul Webster. the eleventh; the
,.uai,. I'd Grant. Handy, lIhmpshue
Ai,nr-sl and peni.ciaa, the twelfth; tie
'.nr,i.s ID Jefferson, Berkeley and Nor
a.n.tie thirteenth.