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CIRCUIT COURTS.

10. The State shall be divided into thir-
teen circuits. For the circuit hereinafter
called the first, two judges shall be elected,
and for each of the other circuits one judge
shall be elected by the voters thereof. Each
of the Judges so elected shall hold his Office
for the term OF eight years, unless sooner
removed in the manner prescribed in this
constitution. The judges OF the circuit
courts in Office when this article takes
effect shall remain therein until the expir-
alton OF the term for which they have been
elected in the circuits in which they may
respectively reside, unless sooner removed as
aforesaid. A vacancy in the office OF
\ dye Of the circuit court shall be filled in
The same manner as is provided for in any
case Of vacancy in the Office OF a judge Of
the supreme court OF appeals. During his
continuance in Office the Judge of cir cult
court shall reside in the circuit OF which
he is Judge. The business of the first cir
cult may be apportioned between the judges
thereof and such judges may hold courts
in the same county or in different counties
within the circuit at the same time or at
different times, as may be prescribed by
law.
IL. A circuit court shall be held in every
county in the State at least three times IN
each year, and provisions may be made by
law for holding special terms OF said court.
A Judge Of any circuit may hold the courts
in another circuit.
u. The circuit court shall have the su-
pervision and control of all proceedings
before justices and other inferior tribunals,
by mandamus, prohibition and certiorari.
They shall except in cases confined exclu-
sively by this constitution to some other
tribunal, have original and general juris-
diction of all matters at law where the
amount in controversy, exclusive Of inter-
est, exceeds fifty dollars; Of all cases OF
habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto
and prohibition and all cases in equity,
and 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
10 the judgment or proceedings OF any In
ferior tribunal. They shall also have such
other jurisdiction, whether supervisory,
original appellate, or concurrent, as is or
may be prescribed by law.
Is. Until otherwise provided by law, the
State shall be divided into the following
circuits: The counties OF Brooke, Han
cock, Ohio and Marshall shall constitute
the first circuit; the counties OF Monon-
gala, Marion and Harrison. the second /;
the counties of Preston, Taylor, Barbour,
Tucker and Randolph, the third; the
counties of Wetzel, Tyler, Richie and
Doddridge, the iourth the counties OF Wood,
Writ and Pleasant, the fifth; the counties of
Clay, Gilmer, jackson, Roam and Calhoun,
the sixth; the counties Of Putnam, Kanawha
and Mason, the seventh; the counties Of
Caben, Wayne, Lincoln and Logan, the
eighth; the counties OF Mcdowell, Mercer,
Raleigh, Wyoming and Boone, the ninth ;
the counties Of Greenbrier, Monroe, Sum-
mers, Fayette and Pocahontas, the tenth ;
the counties of Upshur, Lewis, Braxton,
Nicholas and Webster, the eleventh; the
counties of Grant, Hardy, Hampshire,
Mineral and Pendleton, the twelfth; the
counties OF Jefferson, Berkeley and Nor
gan. the thirteenth.