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| called to testify. and unless they prove their attendance within that time, their fee shall not be taxed as costs, nor shall they be recoverable against either party.
 Sec. D. That the venue in any cause i in said Court may be changed to other Counties than Shelby under the same rules and regulations that govern changes of venue in the Circuit Courts of this State.
 Sec. 26. That the Sheriff of said County shall be in person or by deputy required to attend said Court, preserve order, and execute and return it's process, and per 1 form such other duties in all respects as in the Circuit and Chancery Courts of this State and he shall furnish all sub ordinate officers that may be necessary to expedite the business of said court the same as he is now required to do under the law governing him as officer of the Circuit and Chancery Courts of this State the fees of the officers of said Court for services rendered. and the com pensation of jurors and witnesses therein i shall be the same as are or may be al ] lowed for like services in the Circuit and Chancery Courts of this State,
 Sec 27. That in all civil cases at law this court may set down any causes for hearing on the pleadings alone, and render judgments thereon, and error may be assigned on such judgments on appeal taken after the final determination of the cause. but in all jury cases, unless much pleadings have been settled heretofore, the Court must take the week immediate ly preceding each jury term for the set clement of the pleadngs in such cases, and must see to it that the issues are
 .1. .4 of ha " term Provided. that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Court from eX. tending the time of settling the pleadings when In it's judgment it is proper to do so, but in all such cases, the judge shall have the right 10 impose such terms as seem to him proper, before granting such eX- tension of time for settlement of plead ings
 Sec. 2s. That all cases of mlsdemeanor returned by justices of the peace Or ap- peals from the justices of other courts of said County to the said County Court, shall be tried upon the complaint of the solicitor. filed in the cause, which com plaint shall be in the form and of such sufficiency as required by law and shall be subject to amendment
 Sec. 29. That all the expenses of said County Court not otherwise specially provided for by this act shall be paid out of the general fund of the Treasury of Shelby County, in the same manner and on the same conditions the eX- penses of the Circuit Court are paid.
 Sec. 90. That all sales of real or per sonal property made under the orders and decrees of said County Court shall be made under the same rules and regu- lations that sales from the Circuit and Chancery Courts are made in this State.
 Sec. 3l. That the judge of said Court shall soon as he is appointed and qualified, proceed to open and organize said Court without delay, and conduct the business of the first term thereof On the first Monday in each month the Court shall sound the docket for the purpose of setting down for trial all non-jury cases and for the settlement of the pleadings in jury cases and whenever practicable, he shall require the pleas in non-jury cases to be settled on a day previous to the day on which they were set down for trial
 Sec 32 That whenever 1t shall be neces- sary to draw any grand jury or petit jury, regular or special. for said County Court of Shelby County" and the jury box of said County shall be empty, or not have sufficient names therein to complete such jury said Court may by order made and entered on the minutes of the Court, direct the sheriff to summons such jury, or sufficient jurors to com plete the same, as the case demand, from the qualified citizens of Shelby County, and such jurors so summoned and inn paneed, shall constitute the jury for which they are summoned and impaneled as if they had been regularly drawn from the jury box.
 Sec 3S That the fines and forfeitures from said County Court of Shelby Coun- ty' shall be collected and disposed of In the same manner fines and for feitures from the Circuit Court of said County except in cases where otherwise provided by this act
 Sec. 34 The provisions of this act are to take effect from the approval of the same. Provided all causes now pending in the present County Court be. and the same hereby are transferred to the "Coun- ty Court of Shelby County herein estab lished. Provided, the clerk of said Court herein established shall be entitled to, and the clerk of the present County Court shall transfer and file in the County Court of Shelby County herein establish ed, all the original papers in such causes together with certified copies of all minute and docket entries in said causes, and thereupon this court therein established shall have exclusive jurisdiction of such causes.
 Sec. 35 That the present clerk of the Circuit Court of said County shall be ex-officio clerk on the law side and the present Register in Chancery of the Chancery Court of said County shall be ex-offico clerk on the equity side of said County Court of Shelby County until the expiration of their respective present terms as clerks of said Circuit Court and Register of said Chancery Court.
 Sec. 36. That all laws, and parts of laws, in conflict with the provisions of this Act be. and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved Aug. 20, 1909.
 Official.
 Frank N. Julian,
 Sec. of State.