The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-05-15
HOUSE BILL NO. 4

AN ACT to be entitled IAN Act to NIX the
times of holding the Circuit Court in the sew
eraI counties composing the Eleventh Ju
dicial Circuit OF the State OF Tennessee ana
re gulate the terms OF said Court in said Cir
cult, and to provide for the administrator
of Justice therein" and for these purposes
to amend Section of Chapter Az OF tn
A cts of 1897. entitled AN Act to divide the
State of Tennessee into Judicial Circuits
the administration Of justice and guilty in
the Circuit and Chancery and other inferior
Courts OF this State, and to fix the time for
holding the terms of said Chancery Giro uit
and other Courts" as the said last men,
toned Act was amended by Chapter go, OF
the Acts of 1901, entitled IAN Act to change
the County of Perry, from the Eleventh
Judicial Circuit and attach it to the
Twelfth Judicial Circuit, and to provide for
the holding of the Circuit Court for said
County,
SETON |. Be At enacted by the General
assembly of the State of tennessee, That
on an after the second Monday in Feb
ruary, 1903, being the ninth day of Feb
ruary, 1903, the Circuit Court Of the
State of Tennessee shall be convened
and held in the various counties, com
posing the said Eleventh Judicial Cir
cult, on the respective dates fixed in
the following schedule:
Lawrence County-The first Monday
IN January, second Monday in April
and fourth Monday in September of
each calender year.
Giles County-The third Monday in
January, fourth Monday in April, and
second Monday in October, of each cal
lender year.
Lewis Cou 1ty-The second Monday
in February, third Monday in May, and
first Monday in November of each cal
lender year.
Maury County-The third Monday in
February, fourth Monday in May, and
second Monday in November of each
calender year.
Hickman County-The thlrd MONDAY
IN March, first Mon day in September
and second Monday in December of
each calender year.
WAYNE County-rh fl st Monday in
April, third Monday in September, and
third Monday in December of each cal
lender year.
SEC. 2. BE IL further enacted, That
hereafter all bonds and recognizances
shall be taken and all processes III ide
returnable to said Court IN these var.
Gus counties at the time and according
to the terms fl xed by this Act for hold
ing the same, and all bonds and recog'
niZances that have been taken, or that
NAV be taken at or after the last term
OF said Court as the same may have been
held in any county under the existing
laws OF this State and all processes is
sued and bonds taken, after that time,
shall be 'returnable to the first term OF
said Court to be held in that respective
County under the provisions OF this Act
SEC. BE it FURTHER enacted, That nc
civil suit or criminal prosecution or
other judicial proceeding, whether civil
or criminal, now pending, or that may
hereas ter pend, in the various Circuit
Courts of these respective counties,shall
abate or suffer discontinuance by reason
Of the abolition or postponement OF the
terms of said Court that would next en-
sue under existing laws butfOr the pro-
visions Of this Act, but the same shall
be and pend in the next term in each
respective county that shall be held
under the provisions of this Act as
though the original term had not been
changed,
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That so
much of Section 3, of Chapter AT of the
Acts of 1899, as fixes the times for hold
ing the circuit Court in the various
counties composing the Eleventh Judi
cial Circuit, and all other laws and parts
of laws In conflict with the provisions
of this act, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
this Act shall take effect on and after
being February 8, 1913, the public well
fare requiring 1t.
Passed February 3, 1903.
L. ID. TYSON,
Sneaker of the House of Representa-
tiUeS.
ED. T. SEAY,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved Feb. 6, 1903.
JAMES b. FRAZIER,
Governor.
A true Copy-Attest:
JNO. W. NORTON,
Secretary of State.