Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
the state lying west of the Missouri

the state lying west of the Missouri
river.
Second District-An that portion of
the state lying east of the Missouri
river n west Of the Dakota river.
lhlru District-All that portion of
the state lying east of the Dakota river.
sec. IA. There shall be a clerk of the
supreme court. who shall he appointed
by tne Judges thereof, and shall hold
his office during the pleasure of sad
Judges, and whose duties and emolu-
menus Snail be us prescribed by law
n ny the rules Of the supreme court
not inconsistent with law.
CIRCUIT COURTS.
sec. 10. The circuit codrts shall have
original jurisdiction of all actions and
causes, both at law and in equity, and
SUCH appellate jurisdiction as may be
conferred by law and consistent with
this constitution; such jurisdiction as
TO value and amount and grade of Of
tense may be limited by law. They
ana n Judges thereof shall have juris-
dlctlon, also, and power to issue writs
OF haDeas corpus, mandamus, quo War
ranto, certiorari, injunction and other
original and remedial writs, with ar-
thorlty to hear and determine the same.
Sec. is. The state shall be divided
into Judicial circuits, in each of which
there shall be elected by the electors
thereof, one judge Of the circuit court
therein, whose term of Office shall be
four years: provided, however, that the
judges elected at the first election Shall
hold their Office for four years from and
after the first Monday Of January next
preceding the taking effect of this con-
stltutlon; and, provided further, that
the term OF Office for all Judges after
those first elected may by law be in
creased to six years.
Sec. IL. Until otherwise provided by
law, said circuits shall be five in num-
Der, and constituted as follows, viz:
First Circuit-The counties of Union,
Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Lake, Minneha-
ha, McCook and Miner.
Second Circuit-The counties of
Yankton. BonIIomme, Charles Mix.
Douglas, Hutchinson. Dawson, Hanson,
Sanborn, Aurora. Brule, Buffalo and
Jerauld.
Third Circuit-The counties of
Brookings, Moody, Kingsbury, Clark,
Hamlin, Deuel., Grant, Codington, Day,
and Roberts, the Wahpeton and Sisse-
ton reservations, and all that strip of
territory now included between the
north line OF the county of Day and the
forty-SfXth parallel of north latitude.
Fourth Circuit-The counties ofBea-
die, Hand, Hyde. Hughes, Sphinx,
Brown, Sully, Potter, Edmunds, Faulk.
Walworth, Campbell, Mcpherson, and
including all that portion of said state
lying east OF the Missouri river not in
cluded in any other judicial circuit.
Fifth Circuit-All that portion of
said state lying west Of the Missouri
river.
Sec. IS. The legislature may. when
ever two-thirds of the members of each
house shall concur therein, increase the
number Of judicial circuits and the
judges thereof, and divide the said state
into judicial circuits accordingly, TAX
ing care that they be formed of COM
pact territory and be bounded by coun-
ty lines, but such increase of number
or change in the boundaries ofdistricts
shall not work the removal Of any
judge from his Office during the term
for which he shall have been elected OF
appointed.
Sec. 10. Writs OF error and appeals
may be allowed from the decisions of
said circuit courts to the supreme court
under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law.
COUNTY COURTS.
Sec. 20. There shall be elected in each
organized county a county judge who
shall be judge Of the county court of
said county, whose term Of Office shall
be two years, until otherwise provided
by law, and whose compensation shall
be as may be provided by law; pro-
vided. however, that the judge first
elected under the provisions of this
constitution shall hold his office for the
term of two years from and after the
first Monday in January next preced-
ing the taking effect Of this constitr-
ton.
Sec. 81. County courts shall be courts
of record, and shall have original juris-
diction in all matters of probate, settle
ment Of estates of deceased persons,
appointment of guardians. conserva-
tors and administrators, and settlement
of their accounts, and such other civil
and criminal jurisdiction as may be
conferred by law; provided, that such
courts shall not have jurisdiction in
any cast where the debt, damage,
claim or value Of property involved
shall exceed one thousand dollars, eN-
cept in cases relating to the estates of
deceased persons and the appointment
OF guardians. Writs of error and ap-
peals may be allowed from county to
circuit courts, or to the supreme court
in such cases and in such manner as
may be prescribed by law. No appeal
shall lie to the circuit courts from any
Judgment given upon an appeal from a
justice of the peace.
Sec. %. The county courts shall not
have jurisdiction in cases of felony, nor
shall criminal cases therein be prose-
cuted by Indictment; but they may have
such jurisdiction in criminal matters,
not Of the grade of felony, as the legis-
lature may prescribe, and the prosecu-
ecutions therein may be by inform
alton or otherwise as the legislature
may provide.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Sec. %. Justices of the peace shall
have such jurisdiction as may be con
ferred by law, but they shall not have
jurisdiction of any cause wherein the
value OF the property or the amount in
controversy exceeds the sum OF one
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