The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-23

Clay under the provisions of this act; and the court of Chancery of the County of Clay Is hereby vested with full power ana jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases In equity. and to execute all pro- cess therein, of all such cases transferred to said court of chancery for the County Of Clay under the provisions of this act.
 Sec. la That it shall be the duty of the clerk Of the County Court of Clay to transfer to the Circuit Court of Clay all the dockets of all the cases at law and or all criminal cases. and all the papers of every kind and all the causes at law and all the criminal cases which have
 been brought in the County Court of Clay
 since it's organization. and all indictments
 which have been returned into said Coun-
 ty Court of Clay since its organization to- gether with all the capiases issuei and all l the bonds taken in criminal cases, at law
 and all other papers connected with any
 and all criminal cases or civil cases at
 law and proceedings from the organi-
 zation of said county court of Clay and
 all the records and minutes of said court of civil cases at law and proceedings
 from the organization of said county court
 of Clay, and ail the records and minutes of said court of civil cases at law and
 criminal cases from the organizatio$
 thereof and all other boks and papers
 which appertain to civil cases at law and criminal cases which belong to said
 county court of Clay.
 Sec. 14. That 1t shall be the duty
 of the register of the county court of Clay to transfer to the chancery court
 for the county of Clay all record minutes, entries. books, papers of every class and description from the organization of said county court of Clay which pertain to or belong to all cases in equity pending in said county court of Clay.
 Sec. 15. That the clerk of the circuit court for the county of Clay is hereby vested with authority to do and perform
 all the acts and discharge all duties in
 regard to said records, dockets and pa pers transferred from the county court
 of Clay, which the said clerk of the county court of Clay could or might do, with reference to civil cases at law or criminal cases. if the said county court of Clay was still in existence All the powers of the county court of Clay, in civil cases at law and in criminal cases. while 1t existed, are hereby conferred upon the circuit court of Clay.
 Sec. 1G. That the register in chancery for the county of Clay is hereby vested with authority to do and perform all acts and discharge all duties in regard to the
 records, dockets and papers transferred from the county court of Cliay which the register of said county court of Clay
 could or might do If said court was
 still in existence-all the powers of the
 register of the county court of Clay in
 cases in equity while it existed being
 hereby conferred upon the register in
 chancery for the county of Clay. Soc. 17. That all costs heretofore &C.,
 crued in the said county court of Clay
 due and owing to the clerk and to
 the register and to the solicitor and
 sheriff for services performed by the so- ehn nriH ,,1a nd he lett
 of said court, or to be hereafter due and
 owing for such services shall be collect ed by the clerk of the circuit court of Clay and register in chancery for the county of Clay respectively by due pro- cess of law as all such fees are collected, and paid to such officers as though the county court of Clay were still in exist ence.
 Approved Sept. IS, 1905.
 Official
 J. THOS. HEFLIN. Secretary of State