Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-24
RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE
JUDGES CIRCUITS ASKED
Committees Report Provides
for 2 Circuits, One of
Which Is New

A complete arrangement of the judi
cial circuits OF the state OF Georgia will
be recommended to the general assembly
by a committee appointed at last years
session for the purpose OF formulating
a report on this very important Ques-
ton
The committee consisted OF FIVE mem
bers. two from the senate and three from
the house. Senator Ia s. Griffith OF
the 3Sth district was made chairman.
The committee met twice this year. once
in May and again in June. Their re-
port is ready. and will be submitted to
both houses Friday. in ala probability.
It will be accompanied oy the necessary
bill to make the recommendations law.
The committee has divided the state
into % judicial circuits, one Of which.
the 18th. is newly created. 1t comprises
the counties OF Columbia, GlascOck, Lin
coin. ,McDufie. Talia4errO. Warren and
N.-Aes-
KNOWN BIZ NUMBER.
The committee recommends that the
circuits snail henceforth be known by
number and not by name, and that the
names now in use be repealed
that the several SOLICITOR generals contin-
The committee further recommends
ue to serve their present terms OF ONCE,
and that the governor appoint a judge
for the new circuit.
-Four terms OF court pa year in each
county are recommended by the commit
tee: and they further recommend the
abolition OF all city courts. believing
that ,.lrs would be 10 the best interests
OF the state and that the courts could
be more economically administered In
this way This latter Recommendation,
however. is not included in the bill 10
make their general recommendations
Law. 800
The committee earnestly recommends
that. now the circuits are more COM
pactIy arranged. the trial Judges be re-
quired by a new law to appear in each
county TO hear motions at chambers that
may be pending, in the presence or the
parties Iitigant; and they further recon-
mend that the state pay the judges act
ual expenses on these trips
COMMITTEES REPORT.
The committee recommends that the
judicial circuits OF the state be compos-
ed and arranged as follows:
We hereby recommend that the first
judicial circuit be composed OF the coun-
~ Of Chatham
That the second judicial circuit be COM
posed OF the counties OF Efingham, Bull
lock. Tattnall, Toombs. Liberty and
Bryan
That the third judicial circuit be COM
posed OF the counties OF Mcintosh.
W ayne. Appling. JEFF Davis. Camden and
Glynn.
That the fourth judicial circuit be COM
posed OF the counties Of Coffee, Cllnch,
EchoIs, Ware. Pierce and Charlton
posed OF the counties OF Tiff. Berrien,
Colauitt. Thomas, Brooks and Downdes.
That the sixth judicial circuit be COM
posed Of the counties OF Decatur, Grady,
Miller. Baker. Mitchell. Dougherty and
Worth.
That the seventh judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF Early, Clay.
ouitman. Randolph. Calhoun, Terrell
and Lee.
THAT the eighth judicial circuit be COM
posed OF the counties Of Dooly, Crisp,
wilcox. Turner. Ben Hill and Irwin.
That the ninth judicial circuit be COM
posed of the counties OF Twiggs. Pulaski,
Laurens. Dodge, Telfair and Montgom-
cry.
That the tenth judicial circuit be COM
posed OF the counties Of Washington.
Johnson, Emanuel, Jenkins. screven and
Jefferson.
That the eleventh judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF Burke and
Richmond
That the twelfth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties Of Jones. VIII
kerson. Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Jas
Per. Morgan and Greene.
That the thirteenth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF BIB. Craw-
ford and Houston
That the Fourteenth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF Stewart.
webster. Sumter. Schley, Macon and
Chattahoochee-
That the Fifteenth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties Of Muscogee.
Marion. Talbot and Taylor.
That the Sixteenth Judicil circuit be
composed Of the counties Of Harris,
Troupe Meriwther. Heard and Coweta-
That the Seventeenth judicial circuit be
composed Of the counties Of Epson. Mon
roe. Pike. Butts. spaIding. Fayette and
Henry.
That the Eighteenth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF Gwinnett,
Walton. Oconee, Clarke and Jackson.
That the Nineteenth judicial circuit be
composed OF the counties OF Glascock.
Warren. McDufie. Columbia. Lincoln.
wilkes and Taliaferro.
That the Twentieth judicial circuit be
composed Of the counties OF Oglethorpe,
and Stephens.
That the Twenty-frst judicial circuit
be composed Of the counties OF Hall, For
syth, Dawson. Lumpkin, White, Hab-
ersham. Rabun and Towns.
That the Twenty-second judicial circuit
be composed OF the counties OF Cobb. Mil
ton. cherOkee. Pickeas., Gilmer. Fannin
and Union.
That the Twenty-third judicial circuit
be composed OF the counties OF Barlow.
Gordon. Murray. = Whitfield. Catoosa and
Dade.
That the Twenty-fourth judicial circuit
be composed of the counties OF Floyd.
Chattooga and Walker.
That the Twenty-fifth judicial circuit
be composed OF the counties OF Carroll,
Douglas. HARRISON, Paulding and Polk.
That the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit
be composed Of the county Of Fulton.
That the Twenty-seventh judicial cir
cult be composed Of the counties of Camp
bell. Clayton. DeKalb. Rockdale and
Newton