CHAP. 109.—An ACT to establish a corporation court for the city
of Radford, in Montgomery county.

Approved January 29, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That there shal] be, and is hereby established for the city
of Radford, in Montgomery county, a corporation or hust-
ings court, to be held by the city judge of said city, on
the first Monday in each month, and fora term not to
exceed twenty days in each month; but the judge of said
court may, from time to time, change the day on which
said court is to commence.

2. The said court shall have concurrent original juris-
diction with the circuit court of Montgomery county to
hear and determine all cases at Jaw and in chancery, re-
spectively, arising within said city, or within one mile of
the corporate limits thereof.

3. The said court shall, within the limits aforesaid,
have jurisdiction to hear and determine all motions, mat-
ters, and things made cognizable by any statute author-
ized by law to be done by or in the circuit court or cor-
poration courts of the commonwealth.

4. The said court shall, within the limits aforesaid,
have the same jurisdiction as the circuit courts, and the
same jurisdiction as the county courts over all offences
committed within said limits, and shall have such origi-
nal, concurrent, and appellate jurisdiction conferred by
law on the county courts of the commonwealth of all
matters arising within said city, or within one mile of
the corporation limits of said city, and also such juris-
diction over such offenees as is conferred by the general
Jaw upon corporation courts. The jurisdiction conferred
by this section shal] be exclusive of all other courts, ex-
cept that all indictments, presentments, and informa-
tions pending in the county and circuit court of Mont-
gomery county, shall be proceeded with in the courts of
said county until the same are finally concluded and ended.

5. The said court shall have exclusive original juris-
diction to hear and determine all cases at law or in chan-
cery, and over all matters and things which may become
the subject matters of suits or proceedings in court aris-
ing under the charter of said city or other laws relating
thereto, and all cases of contested elections in said city.

6. The said court and judge thereof in vacation, shall
possess the same jurisdiction and powers, and shall per-
form the same duties as are vested in and imposed upon
other corporation courts and the judges thereof, by any
statute relating to corporation courts or by general law.

7. The circuit court of Montgomery county shall con-
tinue to have concurrent jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine all cases at law and in chancery, except in such cases,
as by the provisions of this act, exclusive jurisdiction is
given to the said corporation court. All cases and pro-
ceedings at law or in chancery, now pending in said circuit
court, shall be proceeded with in said circuit court until
the same are finally concluded or ended, unless the same
shall be removed to said corporation court by consent of
parties in interest.

8. The judge of the said corporation court shall receive
an annual salary of not jess than seven hundred and fifty
dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, to be fixed
by the council of the city of Radford, to be paid as pro-
vided by law; and the said judge shall qualify by taking
the oath required by law within thirty days after he re-
celves his commission, said oath to be taken before any
notary public, or any clerk of a court of record.

9. The said court and the judge thereof shal! have the
same jurisdiction and powers, and shall perform the same
duties in summoning and impaneling of grand juries and
other juries, civil and criminal, as are now by law vested
in and imposed on the circuit and corporation courts of
this commonwealth and the judges thereof.

10. It shall be lawful for the judge of the said court,
after he is qualified, to appoint a clerk, a commonwealth’s
attorney, and a sergeant, a commissioner of the revenue,
and such other officers as he may be authorized by law to
appoint, who shall hold their offices until their successors
have been elected and qualified.

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11. The said corporation court, or the judge thereof in
vacation, shall have general control of the rooms neces-
sary for said court and clerk’s offices, and shall have the
power to procure such stationery, books, records, furniture
and fixtures, as such court or judge may deem necessary
and proper, for the use of said court, the same to be paid
for on order of the court, out of the treasury of said city,
except where otherwise provided.

12. The said court shall have exclusive original juris-
diction over all matters of probate and record, arising
within the limits of said corporation.

13. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.

14. This act shall be in force from its passage.