The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29

No. T17) AN ACT (H. B. 1090 To create the Sixteenth Judicial Cir
 cult for the State of Alabama, to
 be composed of the counties of
 Blount, Etowah and St. Clair. to
 confer equity Jurisdiction on said
 court as to matters arising in
 Blount and St. Clair counties. and
 to provide for registers in chancery
 therein, to provide for the appoint
 ment of a judge and solicitor for
 said circuit, and fix their salaries,
 and for the removal of pending
 causes and for the remanding of
 pending appeals to the new court; to
 regulate the convening of grand
 and petit juries In said circuit, and
 to authorize the judge of said cir
 cult to adopt reasonable rules of
 practice to facilitate the business
 of the courts therein, to fix the
 time of holding courts in said cir
 cult and places at which such
 courts shall be held and to require
 that a jury be demanded in civil
 causes.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama, That there Is here by created and established the Six teenth Judicial Circuit for the State of Alabama, to be composed of the coun- ties of Blount Etowah and St., Clair.
 Sec. g. That as soon as practica- ble after the passage and approval Of this act the Governor shall appoint a judge for said circuit who shall hold office until the next general election and who shall receive the same salary and be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries or other circuit judges are paid.
 Sec. B. That as soon as practicable after the passage and approval of this Act, the Governor shall appoint solic- flor for said circuit who shall hold of- fee until the next general election and who shall be required to prosecute criminal cases in all the counties of the circuit. and he shall receive the same salary and be paid at the same time and in the same manner as other circuit solicitors are paid.
 Sec. 4. That the court in the several counties composing said circuit shall be held at the following times and places: Tn Etowah County non-jury terms shall begin the fourth Monday in January and June and may continue for one week. Jury terms in said county shall begin the first Monday in April and October and may continue until the business is disposed of and the Circuit Judge may recess the terms of court in Etowah County when nec- essary and to hold the courts of the other counties of the circuit In the county of St, Clair at Ashville non fury term shall be held the first Mor- day in March and September and may continue one week and the jury terms at Ashville in said county shall begin the third Monday in March and Sep tember and may continue two weeks. At Pell City. In St. Clair County. non jury terms shall begin the seventeenth Monday after the third Monday in Jan nary and July and may continue for one week. Jury terms at Pell City in said county shall begin the eighteenth Monday after the third Monday in Jan nary and July and may continue for two weeks. In Blount County non jury terms shall begin the first Monday in February and August and may continue one week Jury terms in said coun- tv shall begin the second Monday In February and August and may con tinue for two weeks.
 Sec. 8. That the court herein estab- lished. Etowah County excepted, shall have and exercise all the powers and jurisdiction which are now and may hereafter be conferred by law upon the Chancery Courts of this State, provided that said Judge while in Etowah Coun- tv shall have and exercise all the