The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-07-24
Measure Provides That SUI
perior Court Judges Shall
Work lin Rotation
FOUR JUDGE fS.FOR THE STATE
There is Much Interest Manifested in
the Sill and the final Result win
be Watched With Interest
Over the State

The following from yesterdays A
lanta Constitution. win be of inter
/ est in iaaai and iudioiai circles ia tli
city
The substitute for the bin proyid
ing for The rotation Of superior cour
Judges Of The state, prepared by
special committee is the special orde
tor Monday morning, Immediately af
ter the reading Of tie iourna..
The bill is one Of particular inter
est throughout the state and will pro
badly evoke some discussion. The
bin as it viii be presented to the
house provides for four judicial cir
cults, and in this manner each Judge
win preside over his cwn circuit once
every four years fit becomes a law
the bill is not effective until January
4. 1905.
The advocates Of the measure state
that if the bin is passed the increase
in salaries Of the Judges is assured
ON The other land. they declare, if
the bib is defeated ii the hodse, the
proposition to increase the salaries
.of Che judges viii Meet win strong
opposition The bill is of interest to
Jho judges throughout the state, and
the reception with whtcl it meets
in The house MQ.Bsa be closely
watched.
Among the, ,@portatt PROVISIONS OF
tho bin arc b,1e folA2wiak:
..e,s.~t.sprs.a X5UI ID ~ 10W existing
Judicial circuits os Wis state, except
those circuits composed Of one county
only and containing city of moro
than $4,000 inhabitahtB according to
the last United States census, four
judicial divisions, as follows: The
FIRST judicial division clmposed of the
following circuits. nun Herica}ly desig-
mated Rome crcuitl No / Blue
Ridge circuit, Mo. 2, Cherokee circuit
No 3 Tallapoosa Circuit, No, 4 Stone
Mountain circuit, No and Goweta
circuit, No. 6 The second judicial
division composed o the following
circuits, numerically designated;
Nonhoastern circuit, No. I Western
circuit, NO 2: Flint circuit. No. g.; Oc-
nulgee circuit, No, d Northern cir
cult, No. s. The thiAl Judicial diyis
ION composed Of the filowing circuits
numerically designated. Augusta cir
cult No 1 Middle circuit No 2;
Oconee circuit, No 3:tAtlaDta circuit
No. 4; Brunswick circuit, No s The
fourth Judicial dlvisidh composed ol
tho following circuits, numerically des
,gnatod Chattahoochee circuit. No
Macon circuit No. 3, Southwestern
circuit NO. 8; Pataull circuit, No. q
Albany circuit. No. 8; Soalhern cir
cult. No 6
section 2 provides that The juices
OF The judicial oircAts within eaci
division SHAH preside according 20 th'
following system of rotation; Eaci
Judge shall preside for tho year 190i
over the superior court Of the circui
next higher in number, after his owl
uhe Judge of the superior courts 0
the FIRST circuiD and successiyel
thereafter over the courts Of the va
lrious circuits in the increasing orde
lof the numbers In rotation, rotatin
by the year and not by the term. N
nudge shall preside over the snperic
courts of any county oftener tina
once in three years No judges sha
exchange circuits or codnties, nor pr
side over the superior courts Of an
county In any circuit except as herei
provided; provided, however, th'
when any Judge shall be preVente
iron sickness or other proyidenti;
causes from presiding in any circu
to which by the privisions heret
ne becomes assigned, when said pr
yisidential cause is made known
Q the chief justice or presiding justi'
= Of the supreme court of this sta
@ Through the certificate Of said judi
or if said Judge is TOO i'll to certi
through the certificate of hrs atten
Q ing physician, said Judge shall be
S Ilieved and the chief justice, or pres
y ing Justice, shall Immediately appoi
to preside in his place, a Judge Of t
lsane division. who has not presid
in said county within three years, ne
preceding, and said Judge, during
@ term Of his special appointment sh
Ibe clothed with all the authority
~ Itbe Judge relieved as to all the cou
j TO which said relieved Judge is at
RI time assigned, Said certificate a
ID said order OF the chief justice
w. presiding justice shall be entered
on the minutes Of the superior Co
u or superior courts of the county
scounties affected.