Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-07-17
CIRCUIT COURTS

iO.>The State shall he divided inlo thir-
tscn circuits. For the circuit hereinafter
called the hiS, two Judges shall be elected,
and for each al the other circuits one Judge
shall he elected by the voters thcteoi. Each
oi the Judges So elected shall hold his office
l1r tho term II eigh, years, unless sOcn,r
removed in the manner prescribed in tins
constitution. The Judges Of the circuit
courts in Office when this article takes
effect shall remain thcrein until the eXpir-
alton Of the term for which they have been
elected IN the circuits IN which they my
respectively rcsijeUuless sooner removed as
ainresaid A vacancy in the Office oi
I ige Of the circuit court shsll be filled IN
tne same manner as Is provided Tor in any
ease Of vacancy in-the Office Of judge oil
the supreme court Of appeals. During hls
continuance in office the Judge Of circuit
court shall reside in the circuit OF which
&c Is Judge. The business OF the first cir
ruit may BE- apportioucd between the judges
thereof, and such judges may hold courts
in the same county or in different counii's
within ,le circuit ~ the slme time or at
different times, as may be prescribed by
iaw.
II. 4 circuit court shall be held IN every
county IN the State ut least three times m
each year, and provisions may be made by
law for holding special terms Of said court
\ Judge Of any circuit may hold the courts
IN another circuit.
p The circuit court shall have the SUI
teryision and control OF all proceedings
before justices end other inferior tribunals,
by maLdamus, prohibition and certiorari
They shall except in cases confined exclu-
,tvciy by this constitution 20 some other
tribunal, have original and general juriS-
lictieu Of all matters 40 law where the
amount IN controversy, exclusive Of inter
est. exceeds liity dollars; q all cases OF
habess corpus, mandamus, quo WaTranto
md prohibition aud all cases IN equity
ard OF all crimes and misdemeanOrs. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction In all
cases, civil and criminal, where an appeal
writ Of error or supersedeas may be allowed
20 the Judgment OF proceedings Of any III
frrior tribunal. They shall also have such
other juri-dictioa, whether supervisory,
original. appellate, OF concurrent, as Is or
may be prescribed ly law.
Is. Until otherwise provided by law, the
State shall be divided into the following
circuits: The counties % Brooke, Han
Goes OlllO dAfA MfAtcAl"4t 0iAe%A - --tANN'NN
thefrst circuit; the counties OF MOnOn-
gala, Marion and Harrison. the second
ihs counties q Preston, Taylor, Barbour,
Ticker and Rudolph the third; the
counties Of W,izcl, Tyler, Richie and
Doddyidgc, the fourth the eosntiCs Of Wood,
Witt and Pleasant, the 9Th; the counties Of
Clay, Giimcr, Jackson, Roam and calhoun,
the sixth the counties OF Putnam, Kanawha
and Mason, the seventh; the counties Of
Cabel, WAYNE, Lincoln and Logan, the
,i,btb. the ctmniie- Of Mcdowell, Mercer,
Raleigh, Wyoming and Boone, the ninth /;
ris counties 81 tireenlrier, Monroe, sum
mcrs. Fsyettc and Poeahon,as the tenth +;
,bs couniic. Of Upshur, Lewis, Braxton,
Nichols aud Webster, the eleventh. the
eountiss Of Grant. Hardy, Hampshire,
Mineral aud pcniieton, the tweii u the
eauniies If JcfeI-on. Berkeley ana Nor
Kan. the thirteenth.