Chap. 680.—An ACT to provide a circuit court for the city of Bristol, Virginia.
Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there shall
be, and is hereby, established a circuit court in and for the city of Bristol,
Virginia, which shall be held by the judge of the Sixteenth judicial circuit
in the court room of the hustings court of said city at the following times
to wit: the third Monday in February, the third Monday in May and the
third Monday in November.

2. The said court shall have the same power and jurisdiction in all
respects within the limits of said city and within one mile thereof, that
the several circuit courts and corporation courts of the commonwealth
have within their counties and corporations, which jurisdiction shall be
concurrent with the corporation court of the said city of Bristol, except
in such matters as the said corporation court now has exclusive jurisdic-
tion as provided by law.

3. The sergeant of said city and his deputies shall attend said court,do
and perform the duties, have and exercise the powers, receive the com-
pensation and be liable to the penalties of a sheriff and his deputies in
relation to the circuit court of his town and city, and he shall have the
same power to execute process for said circuit court as he now has for
the corporation court of said city.

4. The clerk of the hustings court of said city shall be the clerk of the
said circuit court and he shall perform similar duties as other clerks of
circuit courts in this commonwealth and be governed by the same gen-
eral laws. .

5. That the council of said city may make an allowance to the said
judge of the Sixteenth judicial circuit of such an amount as to them
shall seem just not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum for holding
such circuit court.

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