The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-13
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

tivty will be apparent in the court cir cles of this county.
 The board of revenue will be husily en- gagged in having printed new doclSets and other books necessary to court procedure, and in rearianging the topography of the courthouse for the accommodation of a new order of things. And the several l judges will be in session for the purpose of electing one of themselves to digni- l fled position of presiding judge.
 For the delegatio convinced that the legislative recess committee on the judi ciary will abandon it's drastic plan for the remodeling of the court system as it effects Jefferson county, and as result l of renewed enthusiasm in the fulflment Of it's purpose. has reached an unani- nous agreement on each of the 52 sec tions of the so-called consolidated court bill of Jefferson county
 As result of this agreement it will require extraordinary effort in strategy and diplomacy on the part of the oppo- nents of the bill, if any there be. to l bring about its defeat Despite the fact that the delegation declined to increase 1 the pay of judges from s4500 to S6000 and i struck from the bill section providing for the election of Judges by practicing | attorneys, if is understood that the bill. as a whole, has the support of the great majorty of the members of the bar as- sociation.
 How Consolidation Is Affected The consolidation of the several courts into the circuit court of Jefferson coun- ty is accomplished in the first section of the proposed bill. In the third section, which follows the court Is divided into divisions and the judges designated by titles
 That the said circuit court of Jefferson county shall have and be composed of three divisions to be known and called the law division. equity division and the criminal division, respectively Said court shall be presided over by nine judges as follows The four judges of the city court circuit court of Jefferson county and the two judges of the criminal court of Jefferson county. and the chancellor of such chancery division of Alabama as shall include Jefferson county, and said judges shall serve as judges of the cir cult court of Jefferson county for the terms for which they are elected or ap- pointed to serve as judges and chancel- Tor. respectively.
 The law division shall be composed of six parts. with one judge for each part. to be designated as follows:
 
 expires in November, 1916, shall be here after designated first associate judge law division.
 The judge of the circuit court Of the Tenth judicial circuit. whose tern expires in January 1917, shall be hereafter desig- mated second associate judge, law divi- sion.
 The additional judge of the circuit court of the Tenth judicial circuit whose term expires in January. 1917, shall he here : after designated third associate judge. law division.
 The Criminal Division The senior judge of the criminal court in November, 1918, shall be hereafter 1 designated first associate judge, criminal division
 The associate judge of the criminal court who was appointed on January G, 1915, to serve until the next general cleo ton in November, 1916, shall hereafter be designated second associate judge, criminal division.
 The associate judge of the city court of Birmingham, whose term expires in November, 1918. shall be hereafter desg- mated fourth associate judge, law divi- sion.
 , The two associate judges of the city , court of Birmingham whose terms ex- 1 pire in November, 1920. shall be hereafter designated fifth and sixth associate judges law division. respectively. , The chancellor of the Northwestern | chancery division of such other chan
 cery division as the legislature shall ere | ate to include or comprise Jefferson coun- 1 ty shall hereafter he designated chan
 cellor of the equity division of the cir
 cult court of Jefferson county.
 How Clerks Are Treated
 The clerks of the court are treated in
 the following section, which is section ,
 of the bill
 Sec. ?. That the present clerk of the
 circuit court of Jefferson county shall be
 the clerk of the law division of said court and the present clerk and register of the city court of Birmingham shall be the !A assistant clerk of the law division oi T said court until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January. 1917, th' M present register in chancery shall be the W register of the equity division of sait W court until the first Monday after tho W second Tuesday in January, 1917, unless M removed as provided by law; the presen
 clerk of the criminal court shall be the
 clerk of the criminal division of the cour