Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-07-18
Functions of the New Court.

The superior court composed of seven
Judges. and went into being July l. The
first Judges were appointed by 1.-THE Gov
ernor, and hold office under his commits
sion until the first Monday of January,
1896 The first elected judges OF the court
will be chosen at the election in NoVem-
ber next, when the seven candidates re-
ceiving the highest number OF votes snail
lie the Judges, but no elector shall vote
for more than six candidates. This insures
one Judge to the Democracy. The term
of Office is ten years. The president judge
shall be that elected judge whose com
mission shall have priority either IN time
or as the result of lots cast Immediately
after the first election. The salary oil
each Judge is s., 500 per year.
The court shall sit at least once year
at Philadelphia, Pitsburg, Harrisburg
Scranton and Williamsport. but may NIX
for sittings at other places. Each county
wherein it may sit shall provide at the
cost of the state, suitable accommoda-
tions and facilities for its meetings. The
Supreme court prothonotaries at Phua-
delphia Harrisburg and Piutsburg shall
be prothonotaries of the Superior court
snd at each of the other places OF meet
ing the court may appoint prothono-
tary. All its decisions shall be printed in
volumes to be entitled "PennsYlg ania
Superior Court Report"
The Superior court has no original Jurls-
diction. except that it may issue wrlts
of habeas corpus, but it has exclusive and
final appellate jurisdiction of all appeals
now allowed to the supreme court in all
proceedings in the court of Quarter Ses-
sions, except cases involving the right to
a public Office, but no appeal from SEN
tence upon an indictment may be taken
unless it be specially allowed by Judge
| of the Superior court, who may admit to
bail or make an order of supersedas. 1t
has Jurisdiction in all proceedings IN
Courts of Oyer and Terminer, except cases
of felonious homicide, and in all other
cases, including distributions in the COM
| mon pleas at law or in equity, where the
amount in controversy is not greater than
S., 900, except cases brought, authorized or
defended by the Attorney General. Any
case whatever except felonious homicide,
| NAV be held by the Superior court, if the
| parties or their attorneys stipulate that
| this may be done.
Nevertheless, there may still be an
appeal to the Supreme court, if the juris-
| diction of the Superior court is an issue;
| if the case involves a construction OF the
| United States Constitution, statutes or
| treaty., if it involves construction OF the
Pennsylvania Constitution, or if the ap-
| peal be allowed by the Superior court
| itself or by any justice of the Supreme
court Four judges may certify in any
case that the questions involved are so
| difficult or important as to make it expe-
| dent that it should be decided by the
Supreme court, in which event it goes to
the latter for decision. So far as applica-
BILE, the rules governing practice in the
| Supreme court shall obtain in the Supe-
rior court Members of the bar of the
| Supreme court on July l, 1895, shall be-
| come without further action members OF
| the bar of the Superior court, and subse-
| auent admissions shall be under rules not
| more burdensome than those OF the Su-
preme court.