Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-05

ffo-jhir,i. ofdu tho mcab,rs clCctcd :" tdch IVas
dJr,cinJ tacreto. That the following be anu Wv
same Is hereby proposci as al ameiuineh' W
The Constitution of this state, TO vii: lha' ART
Gle eight uf said Constitution ~ u nov !, w
stricken out and the following be ihser'eu III
lieu thereof;
ARTICLE VIII.
IInIIIAL pfrARIAENT.
1 The judicial power OF the state shall ee
vested in "A su pICme court al appears, ia 't',tt,
courts aud the judges thereof IN >uch I,IoiW'
tribunals a. are herein authorized snd IN Jus
tees Oi the peace
surIEME CuUWT OF ArrEAS.
9. The suureme court uf appeals shali voiish'
nf i,ur iudsrs any three OF whom shail "
quorum iDr the transaction oil business, NV
shall be elected by the voters ol INC oN'c, A"'
hold their office Tor the term oitweiye years uh
less sooner removed IN the manner prcs'tp9u
hy this Constitution, except that Tue luls's W
Office when tus article takes InrCl slaii 'ena'
therein until the expiration al lh'I P''s'"'
term al uiiCc.
2. IL shall hayc original jurisdiction III cases
OF hlisty corpus, mGHdImTS ahl llnhipi'n"' "
shall h,y, RIJellatc jurisdiction in ci'il eases
Nh,re the matter III controversy, exclusive VI
costs. /, ui greater value or HnoIhl 'nai' "ne
hundred dollars I" .on,aI,T,s''' If land
The probate Oi wills. the appointments
ur qualification OF peT""hal Itl',stnM
tive guar tan, committee on curator u' You
ryrungu mill, road, way, berry OF ldh"i"k w
the Iipht al "A corporation or County " NV,
InIl, ar taNt,, aud alsO IN cases Oi quo Ud"Ni"
LIl. n. rurpu,, WdIddH,Hs Crii"NTl ahu I'"''"'
non. and IA eases inv diving ircctnm ur the con
stItutiuuAlity OF "A law. II shall nave tfi"'h'
jurisdiction In criminal eases Nhcie uIc,c nns
IN. a ,nt,,i rlinu for felony or mi,domclnur III
"A circuit court Hud where CuuNlcllnl mas pecn
had In ANY inferior court au,' teen hlufiheu ~ a
CiICuit court and ia eases TtIa'luS I" 'he pu'uD
rek,uUr the right ut appeal shall 10 long !" ihe
SLATE ~ we'll A. the defendant, ana Nnti "ihe,
nur.llat, jurisdiction ia both civil aIii criminal
Casv>, ~ may he riCSuihci hI law
4, No decision rendered 10y The supreme court
oi ,p,ral, shall be- considered ~ hindlng a9
thnriiy upon any al Ihc interior courts ct ,,''
STATE. EXCEPT IN the PARTICULAR CA>e u'."i'i', ""
l',, such decision Il CuuCugrci ia 10y al Ie"H
three Judges ui said court
~, Nhru A iudgmcuI or decree is reversed ur
gtlirmct, hy the supreme court ul apl""l,' ''c'S
u,iut faulty arising Urau the tv,uId al thc 'hs'
Shall Ir volSii,ryd aud decided and tac Te'1a
on, therefor Ahail hc C"nuisvlN stated III MrluiE,
a1d preserved with The record at the r'>o ana u
shall be- tGv duty ut the cnuI! l"PSt|a'oa Il"
I'm, oil the Iuiuts aiiudrdtcd IN each case con
cured ina hy thrcn ui the Judges thereof, whlvh
shall hc prCiACd 10 the Published report at me
CH'V.
g.. Awrit ui rrrur, .up@"hd, "r arlTHl sha,'
h., ALLOW cl only hl thrNupiriur court ol an" n'N
ar "A utis, thereof upau a petition assigning CT
rur ia tuv Judgment ct plpC,-uIiIs> "I u'' Ih-
t.linT court aud then only aitcI 'dil court CT
iudsy hall have examined AMI c"liNln'I'h u'S
rav"ui uui assignment CT errors ann n nl-n'd
that there T. error III the -huIv, ur lhat " pre-
A.ut~ A uuluI proper lot the constellation "' lhc
VUIIvmr count Oi Appeals
n trnu ANY cause a vacancy shall occur ia
the supreme count 81 arrtNi>, lne Governor hhali
Issue a writ # election tn al "a Il vacancy t
The ur n general election tor the r'siuc al th'
term aud IN the meantime he shall M su'l
vacancy ~ appointment unlilh JUICE L. chNWu
and qualified blt II the UncNWIEu lErm pv
FlFst ...Nn mp = hal
yacaurl 10y appointment Tor ihr uhcNPii'd
term.
'. The officers of the supreme court ofappca's.
except the reporter, shall hr HpP"lal'i Wv lht
cnuu or. in vacation hy the Judges thereof Win
mower al r,u,uNa Their dutN- and Compcu'i
lion shall lee pu>,rihrihy law
. There shall h,At least two terms 0i the su.
prcnc count ul Appeals he'd annually, at 'u'h
Time, aud places ds may TIE pie>CIlheh bN law
CIE,vIT cot MS,
Ia TIN, STATE shall hr divided intu thirteen
,ir,uit, fuI the ClICUit hercinnler called the
HTSI two Judges shall o. elected aud Tor each at
the other circuit, one Judge shall hc elected hi
the Voters thereof bach OF the judges ,neiecleu
hall hold his utli e. iuT Tie term al tRht wears:
uulcS, SupucT rcmuN V1 ia the manner prescribed
ia thu, constitution. Tho Judge, "i thc circuit
rnutIs iu uilicr when this article takes elect
shall remain th,tVin until the expiration "i We
term for which they have been elected III 'hr
circuit, in which they may Tr>IV lNclS iv>luc,
uuIrs, ~puu TgIno Cd a. aforesaid A vacancy III
lhv office 81 - Iud,C 81 the CiI,ut C"uIt shall
hc ililed Ia the same manner ~ i PT"Niicl inf
In any C,Sc ut a vacancy ~ the Office ~ - ludIe
ul the sapTyIuC Cauu at appeals bullns MS
continuance Ia ulive tuu nudge ot circuit court
shall reside Ia the circuit III viii, h hC l. Judge
The husiuc,> ui the first CiUuit may he nppot
toned between the Judge thereof, AMI SuCh
WdsCs may hold courts IN tn same county or ia
different rnuuti,- Within the circuit at the SaIuu
time "r at dtvrclt tunes, ~ may he ritSriheo
hy Law.
II. 4 circuit court shall hs held In every
count, in IA" state at least th'C' Times ~ Clch
wear aud pruyi>ouS may be- made ny law Tor
holding special rms ot SAD court Judge oi
auy DipuIt mBy hold the courts III another cit
cult
l. The cir,uit court shall have the supcryi
sion aud control uf all pruC,CdiugS before jus
tir,, and other inferior tribunals ly muHjdmW
prohibition aui rr.f,.nI,,. They shiIl except in
CA>,> UuuiuCl exclusively hy THIS constitution
~ some other tribunal, have original and gen
cral idris Il, lion ct all mattts AT law where the
amount In CoutruNvfsy exclusive ot Interest, or
ccvds fifty db.lar>, ui all eases Of hdhtds corpus
mVE'irsU', qup UIrrI"''. snt Prohibition. ami
al, tLS,s IN equity. uud at all crimes AMI misde
mcauors They shall have appellate iUrl>dic
ton IA all eases, civil aGi criminal, where an
appeal wit ui CrOI az gP,is.d'uS may hc allow
e Ia the Judgment or proceedings al any initri
or tribunal They shall alNl have such other
jurisdiction. whether supervisory, original APP
palate, al curCutrcal ~ " or iHsN he pItsIHO.d
10y lW,
a. Uuth otherwise provided hy law, the
State shall ice Div IL" Into the follow iuG uIrCuis
The counties uf Brooke. HaEcn L, ohio aud
MARSHALL shall constitute The INST IiiCull. TIE
counties Ot MunuugJllla, Marion and Harrison,
the second: the counties oi .'pSInu, TsylOr, Bar
hour. Tucker aud Randolph. the third the
counties at WetIcl, Tyler RltChly and bod
dridgr the fourth: the counties OF Wood Writ
aud Pleasant, the 9th the counties Oi Clay,
GIimeT Ia, kSuD, RuaEe and Calhoun, the sixth 3.
the counties vt Putnam, kauAwEa and Mason,
th' >,NvuiH the counties oil tHbcii, Wayne,
Lincoln aIid Logan. the eight; the counties ul
Mcdowell MvrCCr, Raleigh, Wyoming and
BIuu,, the ninth, the counties OF brcguhTiCr
Monroe, summers fayctjc sui Pocahontas, the
tenth the counties ut upshur, Lewis. BraHton,
Nicholas aud Webster the eleventh the Coun
u,sui Grant Hardy, Hampshire, Mineral aud
rCuile uu, tn twelfth the CIuui v, at Jcfvr
son, RcTkclcy snd Morgan, the thirteenth.
IL The legislature NAY r'AITAusC the ,ircul
herein provided Tor at ANY session thereof ur-t
preceding suy scH,raI election ot the Judges ui
~ai ,iT,UItS, and alter IA, year one thousand
eight hundred aud eighty eight, may At ANY
>urh session, iUer,Ssc "r dimlLIsiI the number
thereof
H. The legislature shall provide by law for
holding regular aud sp,Cid t,TH,Sui the CiTCuit
courts, Nhvrv ichm HUS Sc the Judge shall
fail Ia attend, az, i'm aItoaiance, cannot prep
CTly Iit>iie.
DTNERAI PROVISIONS
l6. All Judges shall be commissioned by the
Governor The saiaTy of Judge III the supIVme
v"url of appeal, shall Lo tao Ihuu'aud two
hundret d"l.r' per snnum, ahd TIA!
ui judge ct tps circuit court shal De
ole thousand eight hundred dollar
per aUuGm, aud each shall rcCrivc the same
mileage as member. 1T the Legislature. Pro-
ypsd, That Ohio county may pay on additional
SUM ICT Huuum io the judges Of the circuit
Court thciurui. hutsUCh ALLOW anoe shall not 10
increased III dimiui'hc! during the term Of OF.
ice nj tie Judges To- whom IL may have been
made. No iUiEp iuIil = his term of Office shall