South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-09-24

ma and general Jurisdiction Of al Ia@f.
teis 81 Law where the amount % coutso-
yersY exclusive of interest. exceeds tir-
y dollars; OF eli cases ofhabeas eorpi,s
TsGndaHus, quo ,garraRt0. antl prohibi-
ticn and al cases liz equity. and OF ell
crimes and Inisdemeanors. Thoy shall
have appellate jurisdiction in ali cases.
civil and criminal, where aa appeal wris
! OF error or supsrse}sGS may DO allowed
10 the judgment or proceedings Of anY
inferior tribunal. They shall also have
snch other jurisdiction, whether super-
yisory, original appellate. or concurrent,
as 10 or may be prescribed by law.
IL. Until otherwise provided by law,
Lie State shall be divided into tie fol-
loving circuits: The counties OF Brooke
Hancock. Ohio and Marshall shall con-
stitute the first circuit; the counties of
Moaongalia, Marion and Harrison, the
second the counties of Preston. Taylor.
Barbour. Tucker & Randolph, the third !;
the counties OF Wetzel, Tyler, Richie
and Doddridge, the fourth the counties
OF Wood. Writ, and Pleasant. the fifth !;
the counties of Clay, Gilmer, jackson,
Roane and Calhoun, the sixth the coun-
ties OF Putnam, Kanawha and Mason.
the seventh; the counties OF Cabell,
Wayne, Lincoln and Logan, the eighth !;
tho counties Of Mcdowell, Mercer, Ra-
leigh, Wyoming and Boone, the ninth !;
the counties OF Greenbrier, Monroe,
Summers, Fayette and Pocahontas, the
tenth; the counties OF Upshur, Lewis,
Braxton, Nicholas and Webster, the e.
leventh the counties OF Grant, Hardy,
Hampshire, Mineral and Pendleton, the
twelfth /; the counties OF jefferson, Berke.
ley and Morgan, the thirteenth.
II. The Legislature may rearrange
!, the circuits herein provided for at any
session thereof next preceding any gen.
eral election of the judges of said cir
: caits, and after the year one thousand
eight hundred and eighty eight, may AT
any such session, increase or diminish
tho number thereof.
Is. The legislature shall provide by
Law for holding regular and special terms
OF the circuit courts, where from any
cause tie judge shall fail to attend, or,
II in attendance, cannot properly pre-
side.
GENERAL. PROVISIONS.
16. All judges shall lie commissioned
, by tho Governor The salary OF Judge
OF the supreme court Of appeals shall be
two thousand two hundred dollars per
annum, and that OF 5 Judge OF The circuit
court shall be one thousand eight hun
d:cd dollars per annum: and each shuli
receive The same mileage Is members OF
the Legislature. Prooide9, That Ohio
county may pay az additional sum per
anhum TO the judges OF the circuit court
thereof: but such allowance shall pot be
Increased or diminished during the torn
) OF Office OF the judges to WHOM it ,aay
!. have been made. No Judge duyiag his
te7a Of Office shall practice The profess
siOn OF law or bold any otker Office. ap-
pUintment or public trust, under this or
any other government, and the accept
ance thereof shall v-cate lis judicial Of.
Ace. Nor shall Us during his coutinu-
ance !herein be eligible to any political
Office.
II. Judges msy 30 removed from Of
fee by concurrent vote OF both houses
OF tho Legislature. when from age, dis
ease, mental or bodily intirmity or in
temperance, they are incapable OF dis
charging the duties OF their Office. But
tTo'th!rds Of ali The members elected to
each house must concur in such vote,
and the caa7s OF remova! SHALL be enter
ea upon the journal OF each house. The
judge against whom the Legislature laay
be about 20 proceed shall receive notico
thereof, accompanied with the cause al
!. legged for his removal, ct least twenty
; days before the day on which seton 10
proposed TO be taken therein.
, Is. The voters Of each county shall
elect clerk Of the circuit court, whose
term OF Office SHALL be six years; his du.
tics and compensation and the EanaeT
OF removing him from cllico shall he pre-.
!, scribed by law, and when vacancy
!, shali occur in the Office, the circuit court
or the judge thereof in vacation shall
|. MI tho same by appointment until the
I next general election. In any case in
, respect TO which the clerk shall be so
oituated as 10 make il improper for kim
10 net, the said court shall appoint
clork 10 act therein. The clerks OF ssid
courts ia Office when this article takes
effect, shall remain therein for the term
for which they were elected, unless soon.
err removed IN tic manner prescribed by
law.
10. The Legislature may establish
courts OF lipaitod Jurisdiction within any
county, incorporated city, town or vii
lage, with tho right Of appeal to the cir.
cult court, subject to such limitations
rs may 30 prescribed by law; and oil
} courts Of limited jurisdiction heretofore
established ia any county, incorporated
city, town or village, shall remain as at
present constituted until otherwise pro-
, vided by Law. The municipal court OF
, Wheeling shall continue in existence
until otherwise provided by law and said
court aud the judge thereof. shall exer-
. else the powers and Jurisdiction hereto
8 fore Conferred upon them and appeals
in civil cascs from said court shall lie
b directly TO the supreme court or appeals.
, 20. No citizen OF this State who aided
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