Chap. 139.—hn ACT amending and re-enacting section & of chapter L597
of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Jurisdiction of the Corpora.
tion Court of the City of Norfolk, and creating the Office of Judue a
said Court.

Pasrncd PU MALY 20, Tsun,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section five
of chapter one hundred and fifty-seven of the Code ot Vir
einia (edition of cighteen hundr ed and sixty) be amended anc
re-enacted so as to read as follows
“95. Tlereafter, the court of the corporation of the city
of Norfolk shall he held by the justices of said corporation,
or any three or more of them, except where it is otherwise
provided; and also by a magistrate, who shall be ealled ‘the
judge of the court of the corporation of the city of Norfolk.’
“A term of the sayl court, not exceeding six days, shall be
held by the justices aforesaid, in every month; at w hich shall
be exercised all the jurisdiction, powers and duties of the
court of the corporation, except such as are expressly vested
in and delegated to the said court, when held by the judge
aforesaid.

«A term of the said court, not exceeding twenty days,
shall also be held by the said Judge, in every month, at such
time and place as the councils of the said city shall in joint
meeting prescribe; at wlich term the said court shall exer-
CISC, exclusively, the jurisdiction now vested in it over all
civil matters and cases at law and chancery, all matters con-
cerning the probate of wills, the appointment, qualification
and removal of fiduciaries, and the settlement of their ac-
counts, and all other civil procecdinus, except those relating
to apprentices, bastards and matters of polic e.

“lhe said court, at the terms held by the judge thereof,
shall have original jurisdiction of all felonies committed
within the territorial hinits of its Jurisdiction, and cognizance
of all appeals that may be allowed trom the orders or judg-
ments of a justice of the suid corporation, in all cases in
which the justices of the said corporation have jurisdiction.

“The business of the said court, when held by the said
judge, shall be distributed between monthly and quarterly
terms, as now prescribed by law; but there shall not be
hereafter any quarterly terms of the said court, when held
by the said justices.

“A grand jury shall be summoned, as prescribed by law,
to attend the terms of the said court held by said judge in
February, April, duly and October; which grand jury shall
be hi irged by the judge.

“All provisions of jaw, concerning grand and petit juries,
aynilical te to circuit cour tx, 8 shall apply to the said court when
held by the Judge thereof, except as hereinafter provided.

“Tf, upon examination by the court, when held by the
justices, of a person charged with felony, such person be
remanded for trial, he shall be remanded to the court, at its
terms held by the said judge; and all depositions and re-
cognizances taken in such eases, shall be thereto returned.

“The said court, when held by the said judge, shall have
eeanizance of pleas of the commonwealth, at its monthly as
well as at its quarterly terms; and the writs of venire facias
for such juries as may be required at any of said terms tor
the trial of persons charged with either felony or misie-
meanor, shall be issued at least three days letore any term
aut, which their attendance may be required.

‘The said court, when held by the judee, and the said
judere, respectively, shall have the same power as a cireult
court or ciremt judge, to award injunctions, writs of habeas
corpus, certiorari, mandamus and prohibition.

“ Appeals, writs of error and of supersedeas, from and to
judements, decrees and orders of the said court, held by the
Judge, shall be taken and allowed as if they were from or to
the judgments, deerees and orders of a ‘circuit court or a cir-
cuit judge. But if they be from or to the judements, de-
crees and orders of the said court when held by the said
justices, they shall be taken to the circuit court of the city
aforesaid, as heretofore.

“The commonwealth’s attorney for the circuit court of the
city of Norfolk shall proseeute in all cases of felony in the

said court of the corporation held by the judge thereof.

“During the absence of the said judve, or his inability
from any cause to hold the terms of his court, the same may
be held by any circuit judge, who shall be paid by the coun-
cils of the said city such sum as they may deem sufticient.

“And the said court, when held by the judge, or the said
judge in vacation, may remove causes to any circuit courts,
for the same causes and in the same manner as are prescribed
by law for the removal of causes from one circuit court to
another.

“The said jude shall be elected hy the select and common
eouncils of the said city, in joint meeting assembled, and
shall hold his oftice for the term of eight years. He shall be
paid by the said councils the same salary as is allowed by law
to the judge of the cireuit court of the said city; which shall
not be diminished during his term of office. During his term
of office, he shall not hold any other oitice, appointment or
public trust; and the acceptanee thereof shall vacate his
office of jndge. No one shall be elected Judge of the said
court of the corporation, who has not resided in the said eity
for at least twelve months immediately preceding his elee-
tion, or who has not been a practising lawyer within this
commonwealth for at least five years, or who has not attained
the age of thirty vears.”

2. This act shall go into operation as soon as the same
shall be approved by the select and common councils of the
city of Norfolk.

Chap. 139.—hn ACT amending and re-enacting section & of chapter L597
of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Jurisdiction of the Corpora.
tion Court of the City of Norfolk, and creating the Office of Judue a
said Court.

Pasrncd PU MALY 20, Tsun,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section five
of chapter one hundred and fifty-seven of the Code ot Vir
einia (edition of cighteen hundr ed and sixty) be amended anc
re-enacted so as to read as follows
“95. Tlereafter, the court of the corporation of the city
of Norfolk shall he held by the justices of said corporation,
or any three or more of them, except where it is otherwise
provided; and also by a magistrate, who shall be ealled ‘the
judge of the court of the corporation of the city of Norfolk.’
“A term of the sayl court, not exceeding six days, shall be
held by the justices aforesaid, in every month; at w hich shall
be exercised all the jurisdiction, powers and duties of the
court of the corporation, except such as are expressly vested
in and delegated to the said court, when held by the judge
aforesaid.

«A term of the said court, not exceeding twenty days,
shall also be held by the said Judge, in every month, at such
time and place as the councils of the said city shall in joint
meeting prescribe; at wlich term the said court shall exer-
CISC, exclusively, the jurisdiction now vested in it over all
civil matters and cases at law and chancery, all matters con-
cerning the probate of wills, the appointment, qualification
and removal of fiduciaries, and the settlement of their ac-
counts, and all other civil procecdinus, except those relating
to apprentices, bastards and matters of polic e.

“lhe said court, at the terms held by the judge thereof,
shall have original jurisdiction of all felonies committed
within the territorial hinits of its Jurisdiction, and cognizance
of all appeals that may be allowed trom the orders or judg-
ments of a justice of the suid corporation, in all cases in
which the justices of the said corporation have jurisdiction.

“The business of the said court, when held by the said
judge, shall be distributed between monthly and quarterly
terms, as now prescribed by law; but there shall not be
hereafter any quarterly terms of the said court, when held
by the said justices.

“A grand jury shall be summoned, as prescribed by law,
to attend the terms of the said court held by said judge in
February, April, duly and October; which grand jury shall
be hi irged by the judge.

“All provisions of jaw, concerning grand and petit juries,
aynilical te to circuit cour tx, 8 shall apply to the said court when
held by the Judge thereof, except as hereinafter provided.

“Tf, upon examination by the court, when held by the
justices, of a person charged with felony, such person be
remanded for trial, he shall be remanded to the court, at its
terms held by the said judge; and all depositions and re-
cognizances taken in such eases, shall be thereto returned.

“The said court, when held by the said judge, shall have
eeanizance of pleas of the commonwealth, at its monthly as
well as at its quarterly terms; and the writs of venire facias
for such juries as may be required at any of said terms tor
the trial of persons charged with either felony or misie-
meanor, shall be issued at least three days letore any term
aut, which their attendance may be required.

‘The said court, when held by the judee, and the said
judere, respectively, shall have the same power as a cireult
court or ciremt judge, to award injunctions, writs of habeas
corpus, certiorari, mandamus and prohibition.

“ Appeals, writs of error and of supersedeas, from and to
judements, decrees and orders of the said court, held by the
Judge, shall be taken and allowed as if they were from or to
the judgments, deerees and orders of a ‘circuit court or a cir-
cuit judge. But if they be from or to the judements, de-
crees and orders of the said court when held by the said
justices, they shall be taken to the circuit court of the city
aforesaid, as heretofore.

“The commonwealth’s attorney for the circuit court of the
city of Norfolk shall proseeute in all cases of felony in the

said court of the corporation held by the judge thereof.

“During the absence of the said judve, or his inability
from any cause to hold the terms of his court, the same may
be held by any circuit judge, who shall be paid by the coun-
cils of the said city such sum as they may deem sufticient.

“And the said court, when held by the judge, or the said
judge in vacation, may remove causes to any circuit courts,
for the same causes and in the same manner as are prescribed
by law for the removal of causes from one circuit court to
another.

“The said jude shall be elected hy the select and common
eouncils of the said city, in joint meeting assembled, and
shall hold his oftice for the term of eight years. He shall be
paid by the said councils the same salary as is allowed by law
to the judge of the cireuit court of the said city; which shall
not be diminished during his term of office. During his term
of office, he shall not hold any other oitice, appointment or
public trust; and the acceptanee thereof shall vacate his
office of jndge. No one shall be elected Judge of the said
court of the corporation, who has not resided in the said eity
for at least twelve months immediately preceding his elee-
tion, or who has not been a practising lawyer within this
commonwealth for at least five years, or who has not attained
the age of thirty vears.”

2. This act shall go into operation as soon as the same
shall be approved by the select and common councils of the
city of Norfolk.