Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-20
THE coURTS
RrAanASelNo the JUDICIAL DISTRICT,

htANhANhlNb lHh Junl'lAL nl.IAlNih.
We notice that the Senate Appoint.
ment Committee has prepared a bill re.
arranging the Judicial districts Of the
State and making swccpiog changes
The boundaries OF the now districts are
determined upon and the committee
would be ready to report were it not
that il has been deemed advisable to
prepare schedule assigning to tho
new districts the several Judges now
on the bench in districts which are to
be divided. This is very delicate
matter and will not be completed be.
forc several days. The subcommittee
having in charge this matter of assign.
ment, as well as the REMEMBERING OF
the districts, consists Of Senator Nc.
CraclScn, Greer and Sill. The changes
proposed by the Senate bill affect dl
teen Of the most important districts OF
the State. Philadelphia and AlIo
gheny are not changed. In brief the
rearrangement is rs follows
The Twelfth district, now composed
of Dauphin and Lebanon, is divided
each comfy being made aseparate dis
trict, with Judge Henderson as Prcsi
dent Judge Of the Lebanon district
and an additional Law Judge provided
to assist Judge Pearson in Dauphin.
Montour and Columbia, now oonsti.
tuting the Twcnty.sixth district are
Joined with Sullivan and Wyoming
now constituting tho Forty fourth dis
trict, the four counties making one new
district,
OF the Fourth district, consisting Of
Tioga, Potter Cameron and Mexican,
and the largest in the State, Tioga aud
Mexican will each be made separate
districts, and Judge Williams, now
President Judge, will probably be as
signed to Mexican, and Judge Wilson
present additional Law Judge, will be
come President Judge Of Hioga.
Potter and Cameron will be Joined
with Clinton, now part of the Twenty.
fifth district, and Elk, now part of the
Thirty.seventh district, to form q new
district, the President Judgeships oI
which will undoubtedly be bone ot
contention between Hon. A. G. Ohm
stead Republican, OF Potter, and Sen
ator John G. Hall, Democrat, Of
Elk, with about u thousand majority
in favor OF the latter.
Forest, now part Of the Thirty.sev
enth district, is cut off from Warren
and joined to Jefferson, now part of the
Eighteenth district, leaving Warren a
separate district, whilo Clarion, now
constituting with Jefferson, the Eigh
teenth district, is also made q separate
district
Perry and Juniata, now constituting
the Forty first district, arc divided
Perry goes to Huntingdon and Juni
alta Is joined to Union and Snyder
which now make, with Mifiin, the
Twentieth district. Mifllin is Joined tC
Centre for a now district, and Clear
field, the remaining county of the
Twenty 9Th districts made a separate
district. Perry and Huntingdon make
new district, leaving Cambria and
Blair, which make, with Huntingdon
the present Twenty.fourth district by
themselves.
Fulton, which is now attached tc
Franklin us the Thirty.ninth district
will be cut of and put in with Bedford
and Somerset, now constituting the
Sixteenth district leaving Franklin
separate.
Green and Fayette, now constituting
the Fourteenth district, are to be d.
vlded and Green will be put in with
Washington, which is now the Twenty
seventh, separate district
The Seventeenth district, consisting
Of Lawrence and Butler, is to be diyid
cd and each county made separate
district
A Harrisburg correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Tines says; at is mol
expected that this reapportionment
will be adopted without opposition, and
it is probable that changes may be in.
troduced on its passage through the
Legislature. A number Of the Sona,
tors say they will take no interest ir
the matter at present, as it will be i'm
possible to complete their appointment
at this session, and the work will have
to be done over again at the special
session of next Winter, which it is now
generally conceded will he called by
the Governor"