The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

 circuit judges to be voted for at tho general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Mo-
 vember. 1916. all persons shall be en-
 titled to participate and be eligible Tor
 nomination as candidates Tor circuit judge in such primaries who will be qualified electors of the circuit al the
 time of such succeeding general elec- ton and who otherwise possess the daaliflea tions prescribed hv the con- stitution and the laws of the state for circuit judges.
 Ia. That it shall be the duty of the
 presiding judge. as far as practicable,
 to cause all appeals from the county courts. inferior courts, and municipal
 courts to be set and tried as preferred cases
 70 In circuits composed of one coun-
 " and having two judges, the courts
 of said circuit shall be open for the transaction of business every day in the year except Sunday days that have been declared holidays by the legisla- ture of Alabama. and such days as the court by order entered the minutes shall designate. That said circuit shall
 be divided into two divisions to be
 known as the first division and the sec
 ond division and each of said divi-
 sons shall he presided over by one of the judges of said circuit. The judge receiving the highest number of votes
 
 as the presiding Judge of said court
 and shall preside over the first divf- sion of said circuit and the other judge shall he known as the associate Judge of said court, and shall preside oyer the second division of said cir cult If said judges shall receive the
 same number of votes in the general election then the said judges shall agree over which division each shall
 preside. and shall enter an order to
 that effect upon the minutes of each ! division of said court. If unable to agree. this fact shall be certified to the chief justice of tho supreme court of Alabama by either of said judges.
 and said chief justice shall thereupon designate which judge shall preside over each division, and this action or
 the chief justice shall thereupon be entered upon the minutes Of each divi- sion and shall have the force and effect q an order of said court The judge of each division shall by ar order entered on tho minutes Of the division. designate the day on which the docket of civil, criminal and equity cases to be tried in the divi- sion over which each of said judges preside, shall be called; the days when
 the cases for trial with and without juries shall be called the days when
 criminal cases shall be called for trial. and the days when the docket of equity cases shall he called. and may from
 time to time, as experience dictates,
 change the order or times when these docl<ets will be called: provided that no cases, except equity cases and crim- inal cases wherein the defendant is confined in jail, shall be tried during the months of July and August of each year. All civil and equity cases pend ing in said first division shall be called during the months of January. March. May, July. September and November of each year, at such times as the judge of said division may designate all civil and equity cases pending in
 the second division shah be called dur ing the months of February April. June August. October and December
 of said year at such times as the judge of said division may designate. except as herein otherwise provided. The grand jnries may be empanelled and crim- inal cases may be set for trial by the judges. of either division at such times as he sees fit and nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the time when the judge of either division may eu-
 panel the grand jury or set for trial the docket of criminal cases pending in his division and the judge of each division shall empanel not less than two grand juries in every year. and may, if he sees fit, empanel said grand jures during such months as his dtvi- sion is not open for the trial of civil and equity causes Parties shall have the right to commence actions in either division of said circuit. and all actions shall be continued until finally dis posed of in the division in which orig l inally begun; provided. that by con- i sent of the parties, any cause may be transferred from one division to the other.
 21 If any section. clause. or provi- sion of this act shall he declared in- valid or unconstitutional. 1t shall not
 affect any other section. clause or pro- vision thereof
 Approved September 25, 1915 Official:
 JOHN PURIFOY.
 Secretary of State