The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-25

with full power and Jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil causes at law and | criminal causes and causes in equity that | may be transferred thereto from any other court of Madison County, by statue, operation of law, agreement oi | parties or otherwise, s1d to issue and l execute all process therein.
 4. The judges shall be appointed for this court by the Governor, to hold un- l til the general election in 1910, and un- ! til his successor is elected and qualified The judge of this court at the time of his appointment, or election, shall have been a citizen of this State for five | years next preceding his election, and shall be. not less than twenty five years of age and learned in law. The term Of the judge shall be six years, and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified; and a judge shall be el- ected at the general election in 19lo' and every six years thereafter. The judge shall take and file the oath of office required of circuit judges. Va cancies in the office of judge shall be filled by appointment of. the governor. the appointee to hold office until the next general election of circuit judges and until his successor Is selected or appointed and qualified, at which cleo tion judge shall be elected to hold 
 cessor is elected or appointed and quail flied. The judge shall be resident of the county of Madison at the time of his appointment or election and during his continuance in office. The salary of the judge shall be tws lty-five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the County treasurer monthly at the end of each month upon the order of the judge to the treasurer. Such claim shall be a preferred claim against the county.
 5. Causes may be transferred from the chancery or circuit courts of the county to this court, and from this court to the chancery or circuit courts upon the written agreement of the parties filed in the court where the cause is pending, and when so re- moved. cause shall stand for trial in the court to which they. are moved as if originally filed therein.
 6. All laws relating to the failure of circuit judges to attend court, penalty for failure to hold court by such judges and appointment of special judges so far as practicable. All laws relating to the incompetenty of circuit judges and the selection of a competent judge to act, shall apply to this court and the judges thereof, so far as practicable. Special judges shall have and exercise all the Jurisdiction and power of the judge of this court and shall receive five dollars per day while actually engaged in hold ing court, payable out of the county treasury on their order to the treasurer.
 T. This court shall be held on the second Monday in January and may continue until the last Saturday in June in each and every year or until the business is disposed of, and on the third Monday in September and may continue until the last Saturday in De- cember in each and every --ear or until the business Is disposed of, and at such terms shall transact all business civil, | criminal or in equi-. in such order as the judge may direct or see fit
 8. Grand juries shall be organized at the January and September terms, whose sessions shall be limited to two weeks at each term, unless the Judge | shall enter an order upon the minutes | extending the session
 g. All laws relating to the qualifca- tions, competency, exemptions object ions to, challenging, drawing, summon | ing, organizing, swearing and arrang- l ing of juriesIand grand Juries and tales men and special petit juries In capital cases and special grand and petit juries and regular juries at the special terms i applying to circuit courts, shall apply to this court as far as practicable, and not in conflict with any of the provis- ions hereof.
 10. All laws relating to indictments excusing jurors, objections to jurors | juries and grand juries and to organi- zation of juries and grand juries, anC | to proceedings against defaulting ju 1 TOTS. and all laws or practice or pro | cedure, in circuit courts shall apply so far as practicable to this court il I not in conflict with any of the pro visions hereof, and jurors and grand jurors shall receive ehe same pay t' be paid in the same manner as in cir cult courts.
 II. Petit jurors shall be drawn an' summoned for the first three weeks O each of said terms, in the manner nov 1 prescribed by law, and petit jurors ma! be drawn and summoned for any othe week of said court, as the judge ma! direct. by an order entered On the min utes, such jury when so ordered must be drawn from, the jury box, by tn
 judge, and the jurors summoned a other jurors.
 12. The judge may, if he sees fit dispense with the summoning of a jur, for any term or any part of tern by an order entered on the minutes il vacation term time; and he may by
 similar order. dispense with the hold
 ing of any term of said court, or an
 part of a term at his discretion.
 13. All laws local or general, regu
 latng proceedings and practice in tn
 circuit court of said county. and regu
 lating the proceedings and practice i
 circuit courts generally, where sal
 general laws are not in conflict wit
 said local or general laws regulatin
 proceedings and practice in said coun ty. so far as practicable shall apply {
 this court, and all rules of practice ap
 pIicable to circuit courts. so far a . practicable, shall apply to this cour
 when not in conflict with any provisio 1 hereof,