The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-08
prohibition,

QuO-WdTrdnto ana ndDeaS corpus. Each
OF the justices shall have power to is
sue WritS of habeaS corpus, to any
part of the State, upon petition by or
on behalf of any person held in actual
custody, and may make such writs re-
turnable before himself or the Sd
preme Court, or before any district
court or judge thereof in the State. In
other cases the Supreme Court shall
have appellate jurisdiction only, and
power to issue writs necessary and
proper for the exercise of that juris-
dlction. The Supreme Court shall hold
at least three terms every year and
shall sit at the capital of the State.
Sec. 5. The State shall be divided
into seven judicial districts, for each
OF which, at least one, and not exceed
ing three judges, shall be chosen by the
qualified electors thereof The term of
office Of the district judges shall be
four years; except that the district
judges elected at the first election shall
serve until the first Monday in Jan
uary, a. D. 1901, and until their sue
cessors shall have qualified. Until
otherwise provided by law, a district
court at the county seat of each county
shall be held at least four times a year.
All civil and criminal business arising
IN any county, must be tried in such
county, unless a change Of venue be
taken, in such cases as may be pro-
Vlded by law. Each judge of a district
court shall be at least twenty-five
years of age, a member of the bar,
learned in the law, resident of the
Territory or State of Utah three years
next preceding his election, and shall
reside in the district for which he shall
be elected. Any district judge may
hold district court in any county at
the request Of the judge of the dis
trlct, and upon a request of the Gov
ernor, it shall be his duty to do So
Any cause in the District Court may be
tried by a judge pro tempore, who
must be member of the bar, sworn to
try the cause and agreed upon by the
parties or their attorneys of record.
Sec. 6. The Legislature may change
the limits Of any judicial district, or
increase or decrease the number of
districts or the judges thereof No
alienation or increase shall have the
effect of removing a judge from office
In every additional district established.
judge shall be elected by the electors
thereof, and his term of office shall
continue as provided in section five of
this article.
Sec. z. The district court shall have
original jurisdiction in all matters
civil and criminal, not excepted in this
Constitution, and not prohibited by !
law; appellate jurisdiction from all in |
ferior courts and tribunals, and a su-
pervisory control of the same. The |
District Courts, or any judge thereof, |
shall have power to issue wrlts of |
habeaS corpus, mandamus, injunction, |
quo warrantO, certiorari, prohibition |
and other writs necessary to carry |
into effect their orders, judgments and |
DEGREES, and to give them a general |
control over inferior courts and tri-
bunals within their respective juIisdic-
tions.
Sec. s. The Legislature shall deter
mine the number OF justices of the
peace to be elected, and shall fix by
law their powers, duties and compen-
sation. The jurisdiction of justices of
the peace shall be as now provided by
law, but the Legislature may restrict
the same.
Sec. 9. From all final judgments of