The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-10
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 ARE COMING FAST
Much Interest in New ConSOIi-
 dated Court
THE GIST OF THE MEASURE
There Will Be One Senior Judge and Six Associate Judges-No Eighth Judgeshp Provided
 for.

Many announcements are being made for the various positions created by the recently enacted consolidated court meas ure of Jefferson county.
 As the matter stands now Judge c. A. senn is the only one who has definitely announced that he is candidate for the office of senior judge of the Circuit Court, Judge A. A. Coleman not having yet stated definitely that he is a candi- date for this position.
 Judge c. W. Ferguson Is a candidate for the office of second associate judge. ". c. Garrett is out for the third asso- ciate judgeship, and 1t Is understood that Von L. Thompson will also announce for this office. Chancellor J. c. Carmichael has definitely stated that he will make the race for fourth associate judge, while the friends of Col. J. J. Altman think that he will announce himself q candidate for this position within the next day or so.
 Sterling A Wood. c. P. Harsh and A. O. Lane are also said to be in the field, as well as Capt. w. P. Ward and A. c. Howze, although they have not expressed themselves definitely.
 The only announcement made for the of fee of clerk of the divisions of the court are W. K. McAdory for clerk of the Cir cult Court and Dr. J. s. Gillespy for reg ister of the Circuit Court
 The Act.
 An official copy of the act consolidating the various courts of Jefferson county has been received from the department of state by The Age-Herald, and extracts from it touching the most vital points will be of interest to many persons.
 The act provides for the consolidation of the Circuit, City, Chancery and Crim- inal Courts into the Circuit Court of Jef ferson county and the measure goes into effect November 2. 1904.
 Section 2. provides that 'the circuit court of Jefferson county shall have and bo composed of three divisions, to be known and called the law, equity and criminal divisions respectively. Said court shall be composed of seven judges as follows; One senior judge and six associate judges, all of said judges to be elected as hereinafter provided. Except as other wise provided in this act, the judges of said court shall hold office for the term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified That at the general election to be held in this state in 1904 the senior judge and the first second and third associate judges of the said court shall be elected by the quail fled electors of the county of Jefferson, and the chancellor of the northwestern division elected at said election by the qualified electors of said division as now i provided bY law, and his successors shall be and constitute the fourth associate judge of said circuit court, and when not engaged in holding court in the other | ,f "a perform the same duties In said court as are required of the other associate judges of said court by this act"
 The Elections.
 Section further provides that at the general election to be held in the state in 1906, and every six years thereafter there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county of Jefferson two as- sociate judges of the circuit court of Jefferson county, whose terms of office shall be six years from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified
 The same section further provides that the associate judges who are to be elected at the general election in 1904 shall be known and called first associate judge second associate judge, third associate judge and fourth associate judge respec- l election in 1906 shall be known and called fifth associate judge and sixth associate respectively and shall be elected by these designations"
 Section 3 provides that the senior judge of said court shall have the power l and authority, and it shall be his duty to allot and apportion the cases pending ] in said court and which may hereafter l be brought therein, between the judges of said court for trial in such manner as to him shall seem best, and the public l interest demands, and to expedite the trial of cases therein"
 Three Clerks.
 Section provides that there shall be elected by the voters of said county three clerks of said court as follows: One clerk for the law division to be entitled the law clerk of the circuit court; one clerk for the equity division to be entitled reg ister of the circuit court and one clerk of the criminal division to be entitled criminal clerk of the circuit court"
 The same section further provides that the clerks of the law and equity divis- ions shall give bond each in the sum of $15 GOO and the clerk of the criminal divis- ion in the sum of $l0,0OO said bonds to be approved by the senior judge of said court"
 Section provides that the terms of said court shall begin on the first Mon day in October every year and end on the last day of the succeeding June, unless said last day be on Sunday, and then on the Saturday preceding
 Section 22 provides that immediately upon the consolidation above provided for all the causes pending in the city court of Birmingham, the circuit court of Jefferson county the criminal court of Jefferson county and the chancery court of Jefferson county shall be deemed and held as pending in the circuit court of Jefferson county, maintaining their re- lative positions on the docket as nearly as possible"
 Petit Jurors.