The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-03-16
JUDICIAL DIsTRICT BILL.
Reduces Circuit Judges From
Eleven to Six.

Below We print tue principal
features OF the Judicial Bill passed
by our Legislature aud approved
by the Governor. 1t divides the
State mto eight Circuit Court Dis
tIicts, as follows:
Fret. District-TiShominso, Al.
corn, PrentlSS, Lee, ltawamOa,
Clay, Chickasaw. Monroe, Oklibbe-
ha. L0wnles aud PontOtoe.
Second District-WiuSton, N0x-
ubee, Kemper, %Lauderdale, Clarke,
Wayne, Greene, Perry, Marion,
Hancock, Harrison and Jackson.
Third District -Tippah, Union,
Benton, Marshall, Lay fay ette, Yal-
ObuSha, Panola, Tate aud DeSOto.
Fourth DiStrict-Tuuica, CoahO-
ma, Quitman, BoIiYer, Washington,
Sunt1ower, Sharkey, lssaQuena, and
Taliahatchir.
Fifth DiStrict-Grcnatia, Cal
houn, Alfalfa, Carroll, Choctaw,
holmes, Montgomery and Webster.
Sixth District-Warren, Clai-
borne, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin
and Wilkinson.
Seventh District-Amite, Pike,
Lincoln, Copiall, Kinds, Madison,
YazoO aud LeflUre.
Eighth Distrlct-Covington, JAS
per, Jones, Lawrence, Leabe, Ne
shoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott,
Simpson aud Smith.
The State shall be divided into
six Judicial Districts for Cbancery
COmts:
First District-Clay, Chickasaw,
Monroe, P%ontotoc, Lee, Itawamba,
UNION, PrentiSs, Tishomingo, AL.
corn and Webs Ell.
Second District-Hancock, Har.
sou, jackson, Greene, Perry, Ma,
rion, Covington, Jones. Wayne,
Clarke, Jasper, Smith, Newton and
Lauderdale.
Third District-DrSoto, Tate,
Pamela, Yalobusha, Tallahalcbie,
Grenada, Lafayette, Marshall, Ben,
ton, Tippah aud Calhoun.
Fourth District-Tuuica, CoahO-
ma, Quitman, Bolivar, Washington,
Suufower, lSsaQuena, Starkey,
Warren, Claiborne, Jefferson,
Adams, Franklin aud Wilkinson.
Fifth Distnct-Amite, Pike, Lin
coin, Copiab, Lawrence, Kinds,
Rankin, Madison, Yazoo, Simpson
and Let1ore.
SIKH Distr.et-Leake, NpSLoba,
Kemper, Noxubee, Winston, AT
tala, Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery,
Choctaw, Oktibbeha, LOwndes aud
Scott.
Section II. That the Hons. w.
II. Rodgers, S. II. Terral, Locke Il.
Houston, j. IL, Wmn, G. Il. Camp
bell, Ralph North, j. B. ChliSman
aud A. e.. Mayors, Circuit Judges
of the 9th, 7th, LIST, 4th, 9th, 11th,
10th and 9Th judicial Districts as
now constituted, lie aud they are
hereby assigned to duty as'CiIcuit
Judges to the districts created by
this act as follows:
First Distribution. w. II.
Rodgers.
Second District-Hon. s.. II. Ter.
raj. 90.
Third Distrist-Locke L. Hous.
ton.
Fourth District-J. Ii. Wiun.
Fifth DiSlrict-C. fl. Campbell.
Sixth District Ralph Moth.
Seventh Dislrict-J. b. Chris
man.
Eighth District-A. G. Mayors.
Section is. That the Hon. Bax-
ter Mcfarland, S. Evans, j. q.
Hall, w. r.. Trigg, Warren Cowan-
I. b. Graham, ChancellOrs respect
lively, of the LIST, 9TH, Sd, 4th, 11th
and Sth districts as now couslitu-
ted, be and they are hereby assign
ell to duty rs ChancellorS to the
Chancery Districts created by this
act as follows:
First Distribution. Baxter Nc
Farlaud.
Second Distribution. S. Evans.
Third Distribution. j. G. Hail.
Hon. w. r. Trigg.
Fifth DISTRIBUTION. Warren
Cowan.
Sixth Distribution. I. b. Gra-
ham.
Section 10. That the District At
tOrneys shall continue to the expi-
ration of their present terms as
District Attorneys for the counties
constituting the Districts to which
| they wore elected.