Chap. 281.—An ACT to Establish a Court for the County of James City
and the City of Williamsburg.

Approved July 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the courts of the city of Williamsburg and county of James
City shall together constitute one court, and be called the
court of the county of James City and the city of Williams-
burg, and such court and the judge elected for the counties of
James City and York shall have and perform the same juris-
diction, powers, and daties which, under the general laws now
in force, are vested in the county courts of the commonwealth,
and said jurisdiction, powers, and duties shall be co-extensive
with the limits of the county of James City and the city of
Williamsburg. And the jurors necessary for the trial of crimi-
nal and civil causes in said court hereby established, shall be
indiscriminately summoned trom the said county and city in the
mode provided by law. And there shall be elected by the
qualified voters of said county and city, who shall act for
both county and city, one sheriff, one attorney for the com-
monwealth, one clerk, one treasurer, and one superintendent
of the poor.

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