South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-07-30

versy exclusive OF interest. exceeds Of
" dollars; of al cases OF kGseas corpns,
snaat'amus, Qso ea-ruato. and prohibit
ton; and all cases in equity. and OF all
crimes aud misdemeaRors. They shall
have appellate jurisdiction in eli cases,
civil sul criminal, wacse a, appeal writ
OF error or s'persafcls may 90 allowed
Ia tie judgmen. or proceedings OF any
inferior tribunal. Thcy shsil also have
such other jurisdiction, whether super
visory, original appellate. or concurrent
as is or may be prescribed by Law.
IS. Until otherwise provided by law,
the State shall he divided into the fol-
loving circuits: Tic counties or Brooke
Hancock, Ohio and Marshall shall con
stitu,e the FIRST circuit; the counties OF
Mononsalia, Marion and Harrison, ,hc
second; the counties az Preston. Taylor,
Barbour, Tucker & Randolph, the third !;
the counties or We;zel. Tyler. Richie
and Doddridge, tie fourth; the counties
of Wood. Writ, and Pleasant. tic 9th;
tho counties OF Clay, Gilmor, Jackson,
Roane aud Calhoun, the sixth the coun.
ties OF Putnam, Kanawha and Mason,
the seventh; tic counties or Cabell,
Wayne, Liacolu and Logan. the eighth
the countios OF Mcdowell, Mercer, Ra-
leigh, Wyoming ami Boone. the ninth !;
the counties or Greenhrier, Monroe,
Summers, Fayette and pocalontas. the
tenth; the counties OF Upshur, LOWS.
B-aSton, Nicholas and Webster. the c.
ieventh; the connties OF Grant, Hardy.
Hampshire, Mineral snd pcndleton, lac
twelfth the counties OF Jefferson, Rerse.
ley and Morgan. the thirteenth.
Ii. The legislature may resrrangn
the circuits herein provided FOR at any
session thereof next preceding any gen
eral election OF the judges of said cir
cults, and after the year ono thousand
eight hundred and eigh:y.eight, may at
any such session, increase or diminish
the Number thereof.
Is. The legislature shall provide BY
law for holding regular aud special terms
Of tho circuit courts. where from any
cause the Judge shall fail to attend. or,
Sin Attendance, cannot properly pre-.
side.
CENTRAL PROVISIONS.
l6 III judges shall TO commissioned
by thc Governor The salary Oft judge
of The supreme ooug. OF appeals shall he
two thcuaand two hundred dollars per
aunum. ani that OF = udgo az ,he circuit
court shall DO one thousand eight hun
dred dollars per annum: sad each shall
receive the same mileage o. members OF
the Legislature. ProUme3 That Ohio
county msy pay IN additional SUM per
aanum TO tho judges OF the circuit cour,
thereof: but such allowance shall not bs
or diminished during tho term
OF Office OF tina judges TO whom it may
have been made. 20 judge during his
term OF oisce shall prGo,ic0 the profess
sion Of law Or hold any other ofilco, Gp.
pointment or public trast, under this or
any other government, ami the accept
ance thereof shall yacste his Judicial OF
Dec. Nor shall lie during his continu-
ance therein be eligible to any political
Office.
IL. Judges may be ramovcd from Of.
fec by concurrent vote Of both hon sea
OF tho Legislature, whom from age. dis
ease, mental or bodily ilGfniiy or in
they ore incapable % dis-
charging the du;iesof Their ofTioc. Bat
.wo.thirds or al th. members elected TO
each house must concur ia such vote.
and the cause OF reTeoyal shaii be enter.
Ell upon Ito joarEal of each house. Tho
Judge against whom the legislature NAV
be about TO procc ed shall rrscivo notice
thereof, accompanied wiki the cause al
legod for h:s ranorsi, ~ least tW0nty
days bafGra The 6sy on which action is
To IS tak2n iherein
Is. The voters OF each county shall
al ri, IL e ~ Il
term os Office shall be six yoars his du.
ties and compensation and tic manner
Of removing him from Office shall be pre-.
scribed by law {: and when vacshcy
shall occur is the Office, tho Circuit court
or the judge thereof IN vacation shal!
I'll the same by appointment until tao
next general election. liz any case in
respect to which tho cierI shall to so
situated 81 TO make il improper for him
10 act, the eGid court shall appoint q
clerk 20 act therein. Tho clerks OF said
courts in Office when this article takes
effect, shall remain therein for tho torn
for which they wers elected, unlsss soon.
or removed in tic manner prescribed Gy
law.
10. Tho Legislature may establish
COuttS Ot iiiOitou JuTiSulcLlon WtthIu any
county, incorporated city, town OK viii
lago, with the right of appeal 30 tho cir,
cult court, subject to such limitations
az may hc prescrihei by Law; and al
courts Of limited jurisdiction heretofore
established in any county, incorporated
city, town or village, shall ROMAN az a.
present constituted until Otherwise pro
vided by Law. The municipal court OF
Wheeling shall continue in cxistence
until otherwise provided by Law and said
cour. cad The Judge thereof shall cxer-
else the powers and Jurisdiction hereto.
foTo conferred upon tlIoro and appeals
in civil cases from said court shall lie
directly 70 tho suPreme court Of appeals.
20. No citizen u this State ShO cidcd
Or participated ia the lat9 var between
TIE government OF Tho United Statos
and part Of the people thereof on ei-
thor sidc, shail DO liable in any procesd.
ing, civil or criminal nor obail his prop.
city be seized or sod under final pro-
cess issucd upon judgments Or degrees