The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-06

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s1as nom ctnras meula. and comm0
E ara1Eafd5. grant letters testamanlar
ana e administration settle account
OF executors. a1mInistfatars. ana Euard
lans' transact aH business appertainln0
io the estates og d4osrsed persons
minors idiots iunaues. persons nos
eompos mentls and camm0a drunkards
Including the sale. settlement. partition
and distribution Of the estates thereof
The County Court shan Be held at th'
county seat but the Legislature maj
provide Tor holding sessions OF the Coun
y Court at not more than two addition
al places IN the county: Provided
That alternate sessions Of County Courl
IN Leflore County shall he held al
Talihina.
Sec H. Until otherwise provided By
law. the county court shall have juris-
diction OF all cases on appeals from iudg-
ments Of the justices OF the peace IN
civil and criminal cases; and in al cases.
civil aad criminal. appealed from ius-
tices Of the peace to such county court.
there shall be trial de novo on cues
tiona Of both law and fact.
Sec. Is. Appeals and proceedings in
error shall be taken from the judgments
Of county courts direct to the supreme
court IN all cases appealed from justices
OF the peace and In all criminal cases or
which the county court is vested with
Jurisdiction. and in all civil cases origi-
nally brought IN the county court. In
the same manner and by like proceedings
as appeals are taken to the supreme court
from the judgments Of the district court.
Sec 10. Until otherwise provided by
law. IN all cases arising from the pre-
bate jurisdiction Of the county court. APP
peals may be taken from the judgment
Of the county court to the district court
Of the county in the same manner as is
now provided by the laws OF the territory
Of Oklahoma for appeals from the pro-
bate court TO the district court. and In
all cases appealed from the county court
TO the district court the cause shall be
tried dc novo in the district court upon
questions Of both law and fact
Sec. H. County courts shall also have
and exercise the jurisdiction Of exam
lining and committing magistrates In all
criminal cases.
Sec Is, The office OF justice OF the
peace Is hereby created, and until other
wise provided by law. courts Of justices
OF the peace shall have, co-extensive with
the county, Jurisdiction as examining
and committing magistrates in all fell
concurrent with the county court and dis
trict court, In civil cases where the
amount involved does not exceed two
hundred dollars. exclusive Of interest
and costs and concurrent jurisdiction
with the county court IN all misdemeanor
cases IN which the punishment does not
exceed q fine Of two hundred dollars
or imprisonment IN the county jail for
not exceeding thirty days. or both such
fine and Imprisonment. Justices OF the
peace shall In no event have Jurisdiction
IN actions for libel and slander, but un-
III otherwise provided by law. appeals
shall ba allowed from Judgments OF the
courts or j,istlces or the peace in all
civil and criminal cases to the county
court in the manner now provided by
tho laws Of the territory Of Oklahoma
governing appeals from the courts Of JUS
tlces Of the peace to the district court.
In cities, Of more than two thousand and
five hundred inhabitants, two justices OF
the peace shall be elected
Sec. 10. All judges OF courts Of this
state and justices Of the peace shall by
virtue OF their office, be conservators
Of the peace throughout the state
! The style OF all wrts and process
shall be 1.-THE State Of Oklahoma" All
prosecutions shall be carried on In the
name and by the authority Of the state
Of Oklahoma. All indictments. informa-
tlons and complaints shall conclude
Against the peace and dignity OF the
state"
Sec. 20. IN all issues Of fact, Joined
in any court all par-ies may waive the
right to have the same determined by
Jury; IN which case the finding Of the
judge, upon the faces, shall have the
force and effect Of verdict by jury
Sec. 21 In all jury trials. the jury
shall return general verdict, and no
law IN force, nor any law hereafter en-
acted. shall require The court to direct
the jury to make findings on particular
questions OF fact; but the court may,
in its discretion, direct such special
findings.
judicial Apportoument
See. 20. The state Is hereby divided
into five supreme 'oour judicial dis
tricts, numbered respectively one to five,
Inclusive, and is sub-divided into TWEEN
ty-one district cours judicial districts,
numbered, respectively, one to twenty
one. inclusive; and all such judicial dis
trcts shall be and remain, until changed
as provided In this constitution.
Sec. 20. OF the supreme court judicial
Districts No 1 shall embrace the lst,
I'd, 80 and 4th district court judicial dis
tricts. No. shall embrace the 5th, 9Th,
fth nnd sth district court Judicial dis
trIcts No. shal embrace the 9th. 10th
18th. 12th ana 2lst district court Judi
cia districts; No. shall embrace the
18th. 14th. 18th and 18th district court
judicial districts. and No. shall en-
brace the 17th, 18th, 18th and goth dis
trict court judicial Districts.
Sec. "a or the district court judicial
districts No ! shall comprise the cdun-
ties OF Adair. Cherokee, Delaware and