Chap. 107.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3057 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 26, 1903,
and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 9, 1906,
and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 29,
1908, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March
14, 1908, and also to amend and re-enact section 3059 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 26, 1903,
entitled an act to repeal sections 3063, 3065, 3066, 3067 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, and to amend and re-enact sections 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060 and
3062 of the Code, as heretofore amended, and as further amended by an
act approved February 23, 1904, and as further amended by an act ap-
proved March 15, 1904, and as further amended by an act approved March
14, 1906, as to the times for holding regular terms of the courts in the
several circuits, and giving jurisdiction to courts during recess, whether
adjourned for the purpose of opening or holding another term, or part or
portion there or otherwise, which the judges of the circuit courts now
have in vacation, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act ap-
proved March 14, 1908, and as further amended by an act approved Feb-
ruary 26, 1910.

Approved March 9, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section three
thousand and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, approved December
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and three, and as further amended by
an act approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and as further
amended and re-enacted by an act approved February twenty-ninth, nine-
teen hundred and eight, and as further amended and re-enacted by an
act approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, and sec-
tion three thousand and fifty-nine of the Code of Virginia, as amended
by an act approved December twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and three,
entitled an act to repeal sections three thousand and sixty-three, three
thousand and sixty-five, three thousand and sixty-six and three thousand
and sixty-seven of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and re-enact sec-
tions three thousand and fifty-six, three thousand and fifty-seven, three
thousand and fifty-eight, three thousand and fifty-nine, three thousand
and sixty, and three thousand and sixty-two of the Code, as heretofore
amended, and as further amended by an act approved February twenty-
third, nineteen hundred and four, and as further amended by an act
approved March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four, and as further
amended by an act approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and
six, and as further amended by an act approved March fourteenth, nine-
teen hundred and eight, and as further amended by an act approved
February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§3057. Judicial circuits —The State shall be divided into thirty-one
judicial circuits, as follows:

Subsection 1. The county of Norfolk shall constitute the first circuit.

Subsection 2. The counties of Nansemond, Southampton and the
city of Norfolk shall constitute the second circuit.

Subsection 3. The counties of Prince George, Surry, Surry, Sussex,
Greenesville and Brunswick shall constitute the third circuit.

Subsection 4. The counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway and
Amelia and the city of Petersburg shall constitute the fourth circuit.
Subsection 5. The counties of Prince Edward, Cur
mattox, Charlotte, Powhatan and Buckingham shall cot
circuit.

Subsection 6. The counties of Lunenburg, Meckle
Campbell and the city of Lynchburg shall constitute the

Subsection 7. The counties of Pittsylvania, Henry,
city of Danville shall constitute the seventh circuit.

Subsection 8. The counties of Madison, Greene and
constitute the eighth circuit.

Subsection 9. The counties of Culpeper, Orange, Lo
land shall constitute the ninth circuit.

Subsection 10. The county of Henrico and the ci
shall constitute the tenth circuit.

Subsection 11. The county of Elizabeth City and t
port News shall constitute the eleventh circuit.

Subsection 12. The counties of Richmond, Northw
moreland, Lancaster and Hssex shall constitute the twelf

Subsection 13. The counties of Gloucester, Mat!
Queen, King William and Middlesex shall constitute th
cuit.

Subsection 14. The counties of New Kent, Charles (
wick, James City and the city of Williamsburg shall cor
teenth circuit.

Subsection 15. The counties of King George, Staffo:
Caroline and Hanover shall constitute the fifteenth circ

Subsection 16. The counties of Prinee William, Fs
andria and the city of Alexandria shall constitute the six

Subsection 17. The counties of Frederick, Clarke, W
andoah shall constitute the seventeenth circuit.

Subsection 18. The counties of Augusta and Rock
stitute the eighteenth circuit.

Subsection 19. The counties of Highland, Bath,
and Botetourt shall constitute the nineteenth circuit.

Subsection 20. The counties of Roanoke, Montgomer
city of Roanoke shall constitute the twentieth circuit.

Subsection 21. The counties of Pulaski, Carroll, Wy
shall constitute the twenty-first circuit.

Subsection 22. The counties of Bland, Tazewell and
stitute the twenty-second circuit.

Subsection 23. The counties of Washington and §
stitute the twenty-third circuit.

Subsection 24. The counties of Lee, Wise and Dick
stitute the twenty-fourth circuit.

Subsection 25. The counties of Rockingham and P
tute the twenty-fifth eircuit.

Subsection 26. The counties of Rappahannock, Fa
doun shall constitute the twenty-sixth judicial circuit.

Subsection 27. The counties of Buchanan, Russell
constitute the twenty-seventh circuit.

Subsection 28. The counties of Isle of Wight and P:
the city of Portsmouth shall constitute the twenty-eigh
Subsection 29. The counties of Amherst, Nelson and Fluvanna shall
constitute the twenty-ninth circuit.

Subsection 30. The counties of Bedford and Franklin shall constitute
the thirtieth circuit.

Subsection 31. The counties of Accomac and Northampton shall con-
stitute the thirty-first circuit.

§3059. The commencement and number of their terms.—Unless
otherwise herein provided, there shall be held in each of the cities of the
Commonwealth two terms of the circuit court of such city in each year,
and in each of the counties there shall be held bi-monthly terms of the
circuit court of such county, four of which terms in those counties in
which more than four terms are provided, to be designated by the judge
thereof, shall be known as quarterly terms, at which all civil cases for
which juries may be required shall be tried, unless the judge of any
circuit shall enter of record that juries shall be summoned to other than
the quarterly terms for the trial of civil cases. At any of the said terms
all criminal and chancery causes shall be tried, but the judge of the
court may, in any county in which more than five terms are provided, by
an order to be entered on the common law order book of said court,
omit one of the terms thereof during each year, unless the public busi-
ness shall require that all of the said terms be held for the proper trans-
action of business. |

Until otherwise provided by law, the time for holding the said terms
in the said counties and cities shall be as follows:

Provided, that any term of a circuit court for any of the counties or
cities of any circuit may be continued by the judge thereof by adjourn-
ment until after the beginning of the term of the court for any other
county or city of such circuit. And when such adjournment is until
after the beginning of a term of the court for another county, the judge
of said court shall have the same power during said recess to perform
any duty and to transact any business which is authorized by law to be
done by judges of the circuit court in vacation; but no term of the court
shall be so continued beyond the day fixed by law for the beginning of
the next regular term of the court for the county or city of the circuit
whose term is so extended.

First Circuit.

§3059a. Norfolk.—The first Monday in January, February, March,
April, May, June, July, October, November and December.

Second Circuit.

§3059b. Nansemond.—On the second Monday in January, March,
May, July and October.

Southampton.—On the third Monday in January, March, May, July,
October.

City of Norfolk.—On the fourth Monday in January, February,
March, April, June, October and November and third Monday in Sep-
tember.
§3059c. Prince George.—Third Tuesday in January, May, Novemb:
and July sixth.

Surry.—Fourth Tuesday in January, March, May, September, N
vember and July twelfth.

Sussex.—Second Tuesday in January, March, May, September, Ni
vember and July second.

Greenesville——First Tuesday in February, April, June, Octobe
December.

Brunswick.—Fourth Tuesday in February, April, June and Octob
and on first Tuesday in September.

Fourth Circuit.

§3059d. Amelia.—The fourth Monday in March, June, Septemb
and first Monday in January.

Chesterfield —The second Monday in February, May, August an
November.

Dinwiddie—The third Monday in March, June, September an
December.

Nottoway.—The first Thursday in March, June, September and D
cember.

City of Petersburg.—First Monday in April and October.

Fifth Circuit.

§3059e. Appomattox.—First day in April, June, October and D.
cember.

Buckingham.—Tuesday after second Monday in March, May, Ju
and November.

Charlotte.-—First Monday in January, March, May, July, Septemb«
gnd November.

Cumberland.—Tuesday after the fourth Monday in January, Apri
September and November.

Prince Edward.—Tuesday after the third Monday in January, Ma
September and November.

Powhatan.—Tuesday after the fourth Monday in February, Ma
July and October.

Sizth Curcutt.

§3059f. Lunenburg.—Second Monday in April, June, October an
third Monday in January.

Mecklenburg.—Third Monday in February, April, June, August, O
tober and December.

Halifax.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Septemb:
and November.

Campbell.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July, Septen
ber and November.

City of Lynchburg.—Second Monday in February, third Monday i
May and September and second Monday in December.
§3059g. Pittsylvania.—Third Monday in January, March, May, Jul:
September and November.

Henry.—First Monday in January, April, July and October.

Patrick.—First Monday in March, first Monday in June, first Mor
dav in September and first Monday in December.

City of Danville——April twenty-fifth and October the twenty-fifth.

Eighth Circuit.

§3059h. Albemarle.—First Monday in February, April, June, Au
gust, October and December.
Madison.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July, Septem
ber and November.
Greene.—Third Monday in February, April, June, October an:
December.
Ninth Circut.

§3059i1. Culpeper.—Third Monday in March, June, September an
first Monday in December.

Goochland.—Second Monday in February, April, June, August, Oc
tober and December.

Orange.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Septembe
and November.

Louisa.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July, Septembe
and November.

Tenth Circutt.

§3059j. Henrico.—First Monday in January, April, July and Oc
tober.
City of Richmond.—First Monday in February, May and November

Eleventh Circuit.

83059k. Elizabeth City —The first Monday in February, April, June
August, October and December.

City of Newport News.—The first Monday in January, March, May
July and second in September and November.

Twelfth Circut.

§30591. Richmond.-—First Monday in January, March, May, July
September and Novemter.

Northumberland.—Second Monday in February, April, June, Au
gust, October and December.

Lancaster.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Septem
ber and November.

Westmoreland.—Fourth Monday in February, April, June, August
October and December.

Essex.—Third Monday in February, April, June, August, Octobe:
and December.
§3059m. Gloucester.—First Monday in January, March, May, Jul:
September and November.

Mathews.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Septen
ber and November.

King and Queen.—Second Tuesday in February, April, June, Augus
Octuber and December.

King William.—First Tuesday in February, April, June, Augus
October and December.

Middlesex.—Tuesday after the fourth Monday in January, Marc!
May, July, September and November.

Fourteenth Circutt.

§3059n. New Kent.—Fourth Tuesday in January, March, Ma
July Septeinber and November.

Charles City —Third Thursday in February, April, June, Augus
October and December.

York.---First Tuesday in February, April, June, August, Octobe
and December.

Warwick.—Second Monday in J anuary, March, May, July, Septen
ber and November.

City of Williamsburg and James City.—Second Monday in Februar
April, June, August, October and December.

Fifteenth Circutt.

§30590. King George.—First Monday in January, March, May, Jul
September and November.

Stafford.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July, Septen
ber and November.

Spotsylvania.—First Monday in February, April, June, August, O.
tober and December.

Caroline-—Second Monday in February, April, June, August, O.
tober and December.

Hanover.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Septemb
and November.

Sizteenth Circuit.

§3059p. Prince William.—First Monday in February, April, Jun
August, October and December.

Fairfax.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Septemb
and November.

Alexandria.—Third Monday in February, April, June, October, an
second Monday in December.

City of Alexandria.—First Monday in January, March, May, Jul
second Monday in September and first Monday in November.
Seventeenth Circutt.

§3059q. Frederick.—First Monday in February, April, June, Au-
gust, October and December.

Clarke.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July September
and November.

Warren.—First Monday in January, March, May, July, September
and November.

Shenandoah.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Eighteenth Circuit.

§3059r. Rockbridge.—First Monday in February, May, September
and November.

Augusta.—Fourth Monday in February, May, September and No-
vember.

Nineteenth Circuit.

§3059s. Alleghany.—February first, April first, June fiftcenth, Sep-
tember fifteenth, December fiftcenth.
Bath.—Twentieth day of March, May, July, November.
; Botetourt.—March first, June first, August twenty-fifth, December
rst.
Craig.—Twentieth of February and tenth of May and October.
Highland.—Fourth Tuesday in April, July tenth, November tenth.
The City of Clifton Forge-—January fifteenth, April fifteenth, July
the first, and October the first of each each.

Twentieth Circutt.

§3059t. City of Roanoke.—Fifteenth day of March, May, Septem-
ber and December.

Montgomery.—February fifth and first day of May, July, October
and December.

Roanoke.—First day of January, April, June, September and N--
vember.

Floyd.—The eighteenth day of February, sixteenth day of April,
July and October. ,

Twenty-first Circuit.

§3059u. Wythe.—Second Monday in January, April, third Monday
in July and October.

Pulaski.—Third Monday in February and second Monday in Novem
ber, first Monday in May and September.

Carroll.—Second Monday in March and first Monday in December,
third Monday in May and September.

Grayson.—Fourth Monday in March and November, first Monday in
June and October.
§3059v. Giles—Tuesday after fourth Monday in March, Tuesday
after second Monday in August, and Tuesday after second Monday in
November. ,

Bland.—_Second Monday in March and July and third Monday in
October.

Tazewell.—Third Monday in February, fourth Monday in May, Au-
gust and November.

The judge may designate one of the terms of court of Tazewel!
county at which only criminal cases shall be tried.

Twenty-third Circutt.

§3059w. Washington.—Fourth Monday in January, March, June
September and November.

Smyth.—First Monday in January, March, September and Novem.
ber and third Monday in May.

Twenty-fourth Circutt.

§3059x. Lee.—Second Monday in February and first Monday in May
September and Docember.

Wise.—First Monday in January and April and second Monday ir
July and October.

Dickenson.—Tuesday after second Monday in March, first Monday;
in July, Tuesday after the fourth Monday in September, and seconc
Monday in November.

Twenty-fifth Circuit.

§3059y. Rockingham.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July
September and November.

Page—Third Monday in February, April, June, August, Octobe:
and December.

Twenty-sizth Circuit.

§3059z. Fauquier.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July
September and November.

Loudoun.—Second Monday in February, April, June, August, Octo
ber and December.

Rappahannock.—Second Monday in January, March, May, July
September and November.

Twenty-seventh Circutrt.

§3059aa. Scott—Tuesday after fourth Monday in January, Tuesday
after third Monday in March and June and Tuesday after fourth Mon
day in September.

Russell.—Tuesday after third Monday in February, Tuesday afte
first Monday in May, September and December.
Buchanan.—Tuesday after third Monday in April, Tuesday afte
fourth Monday in July and Tuesday after third Monday in November.

Twenty-eighth Circut.

§3059bb. Isle of Wight.—First Monday in February, April, June
October and December.
City of Portsmouth.—Fourth Monday in February, April and Oc.
tober.
Princess Anne.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and October.
Twenty-ninth Circuit.

§3059cc. Amherst.—Second Monday in February, April, June, Au.
gust, October and December.
Fluvanna.—Fourth Monday in February, April, June, August, Octo-
ber and December.
Nelson.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Septembe:
and November.
Thirtieth Circurt.

§3059dd. Bedford—January tenth, March first, May first, July
first, October first, December first.
Franklin.—First Monday in February, April, June, September, No-
vember.
Thirty-first Circuit.

§3059ee. Accomac.—The first Monday in February, April, June, Au-
gust, October and December.

Northampton.—The second Monday in January, March, May, July,
September and November.

2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are, to that
extent, hereby repealed.

3. An emergency existing which makes immediate action necessary.
this act shall be in force from its passage.