Chap. 315.—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 i;

Virginia, 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 aprroved 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 purnose 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 apnroved March 14. 190. and as further amended by an act «|;
approved February 26. 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act %

approved March 4, 1912. (H. B. 176.)
Approved March 27, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section three thousand and fifty-seven of the Code of Vir-
ginia, 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 hun-
dred 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, nineteen hun-
dred 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 hun-
dred 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 sections three thousand and fifty-six, three
thousand and fifty-seven, three thousand and fifty-eight, three thou-
sand 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 hun-
dred 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, nineteen
hundred and eight, and as further amended by an act approved
February twenty-six, nineteen hundred and ten, and as amended
and re-enacted by an act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred
and twelve, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

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

Sub-section 1. The county of Norfolk shall constitute the first
circuit. :

Sub-section 2. The counties of Nansemond, Southampton, city
of Suffolk and the city of Norfolk shall constitute the second circuit.

Sub-section 3. The ccunties of Prince George, Surry, Sussex
Greensville and Brunswick shall constitute the third circuit.

Sub-section 4. The counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Notto-
way, Amelia, Powhatan and the city of Petersburg shall constitute
the fourth circuit.

Sub-section 5. The counties of Prince Edward, Cumberland,
Appomattox, Charlotte and Buckingham shall constitute the fifth
circuit.

Sub-section 6. The counties of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Hal-
ifax, Campbell, and the city of Lynchburg shall constitute the sixth
circuit.

Sub-section 7. The counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick,
and the city of Danville shall constitute the seventh circuit.

Sub-section 8. The counties of Madison, Greene and Albemarle
shall constitute the eighth circuit.

Sub-section 9. The counties of Culpeper, Orange, Louisa and
Goochland shall constitute the ninth circuit.

Sub-section 10. The county of Henrico and the city of Rich-
mond shall constitute the tenth circuit.

Sub-section 11. The county of Elizabeth City and the city of
Newport News shall constitute the eleventh circuit.

Sub-section 12. The counties of Richmond, Northumberland,
Westmoreland, Lancaster and Essex shall constitute the twelfth
circuit.

Sub-section 13. The counties of Gloucester, Mathews, King and
Queen, King William and Middlesex shall constitute the thirteenth
circuit.

Sub-section 14. The counties of New Kent, Charles City, York,
Warwick, James City, and the city of Williamsburg shall cunsti-
tute the fourteenth circuit.

Sub-section 15. The counties of King George, Stafford, Spot-
sylvania, Caroline and Hanover shall constitute the fifteenth circuit.

Sub-section 16. The counties of Prince William, Fairfax and
Alexandria, and the city of Alexandria shall constitute the sixteenth
-eircuit.

Sub-section 17. The counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and
Shenandoah shall constitute the seventeenth circuit.

Sub-section 18. The counties of Augusta, Highland and Rock-
bridge shall constitute the eighteenth circuit.

Sub-section 19. The counties of Bath, Alleghany, Craig and
Botetourt, and the city of Clifton Forge shall constitute the nine-
teenth circuit.

Sub-section 20. The counties of Roanoke, Montgomery, Floyd,
and the city of Roanoke shall constitute the twentieth circuit.

Sub-section 21. The counties of Pulaski, Carroll, Wythe and —
Grayson shall constitute the twenty-first circuit.

Sub-section 22. The counties of Bland, Tazewell and Giles shall
constitute the twenty-second circuit. .

Sub-section 23. The counties of Washington, Smyth and Scott
shall constitute the twenty-third circuit.

Sub-section 24. The counties of Lee and Wise shall constitute
the twenty-fourth circuit. —

Sub-section 25. The counties of Rockingham and Page shall
constitute the twenty-fifth circuit.

Sub-section 26. The counties of Rappahannock, Fauquier and
Loudoun shall constitute the twenty-six judicial circuit.

Sub-section 27. The counties of Buchanan, Russell and Dick-
inson shall constitute the twenty-seventh circuit.

Sub-section 28. The counties of Isle of Wight and Princess
Anne and the city of Portsmouth shall constitute the twenty-eighth
circuit.

Sub-section 29. The counties of Amherst, Nelson and Fluvanna
shall constitute the twenty-ninth circuit.

Sub-section 30. The counties of Bedford and Franklin shall
constitute the thirtieth circuit.

__ Sub-section 31. The counties of Accomac and Northampton
shall constitute the thirty-first circuit.

Sec. 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 business
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 coun-
‘tes or cities of the circuit may be continued by the judge thereof
_ by adjournment until after the beginning of the term of the court
fer any other county or city of such circuit. And when such ad-
‘journment 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 busi-
ness 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.

__ Sec. 8059-a Norfolk.—The first Monday in January, February,
‘March, April, May, June, July, October, November, December.

Second Circuit.

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

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

City of Norfolk.—On the fourth Monday in January, February,
March, April, June, October and November, and third Monday in
September.

_ City of Suffolk—oOn Tuesday after the fourth Monday in Feb-
ruary, June, September and November.

Third Cireuit.

Sec. 3059-c. Prince George——Third Tuesday in January, May,
Novemloer, and July sixth.
Surry.—Fourth Tuesday in January, March, May, September
and November, and July twelfth.

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

Greensville—First Tuesday in February, April, June, October
and December.

Brunswick.—Fourth Tuesday in February, April, June and Oc-
tober, and on first Tuesday in September.

Fourth Cireuitt.

Sec. 3059-d. Amelia.—The fourth Monday in March, June and
September, and first Monday in January.

Chesterfield.—The second Monday in February, May, July and
October.

Dinwiddie.—The third Menday in March, June, September and
December.

Nottoway.—The first Monday in March, June, September and
December.

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

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

Fifth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-e. Appomattox.—First day in April, June, October
and December.

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

Charlotte—First Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Cumberland.—Tuesday after the fourth Monday in January.
April, June and September.

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

Siath Circuit.

Sec. 3059-f. Lunenburg.—Second Monday in April, June. Oc-
tober, and third Monday in January.

Mecklenburg.—Third Monday in February, April, June, Av-
gust. October and December.

Halifax—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep- -
tember and November.

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

City of Lynchburg.—Second Monday in February, third Mon- [
day in May and September, and second Monday in December.
Seventh Circuit.

Sec. 3059-g. Pittsylvania——Third Monday in January, March,
May, July September and November.

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

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

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

Eighth Cireutt.

Sec. 3059-h. Albemarle——First Monday in February, April,
June, August, October and December.

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

Greene.—Third Monday in February, April, June, October and

December.
Ninth Cireutt.

Sec. 3059-1 Culpeper.—Third Monday in February, April,
June, August, October and December.

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

Orange.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

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

Tenth Cireut.

Sec. 3059-j. Henrico.—First Monday in January, April, July
and October.
City of Richmond.—First Monday in February, May and
November.
Eleventh Circuit.

Sec. 3059-k. 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 Circuit.

Sec. 3059-1. Richmond.—First Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.

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

Lancaster.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Westmoreland.—Fourth Monday in February, April, June, Au-
gust, October and December.
Essex.—Third Monday in February, April, June, August, Oc-
tober and December.
Thirteenth Circuit.

Sec. 8059-m. Gloucester—First Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.

Mathews.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November. 5

King and Queen.—Second Tuesday in February, April, June,
August, October and December.

King William.—First Tuesday in February, April, June, Au-
gust, October and December.

Middlesex.—Tuesday after fourth Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.

Fourteenth Circuit.

Sec. 2059-n. New Kent.—Fourth Tuesday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.

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

York.—First Tuesday in February, April, June, August, Octo-
ber and December.

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

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

Fifteenth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-0. King George.—First Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.

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

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

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

Hanover.—Third Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Sixteenth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-p. Prince William.—First Monday in February,
April, June, August, October and December.

Fairfax—tThird Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November. ;

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

City of Alexandria.—First Monday in January, March, May.
July, and second Monday in September, and first Monday in No-
vember.
Seventeenth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-q. Frederick—First Monday in February, April,
June, August, October and December.

Clarke.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Warren.—First Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

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

Eighteenth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-r. Rockbridge——First Monday in February, May,
September and November.
Augusta.—Fourth Monday in February, and May, first Monday
in October, and fourth Monday in November.
Highland.—Fourth Tuesday in April, second Tuesday in July
and October.
Nineteenth Circutt, *

Sec. 3059-s. Alleghany.—Fifteenth day of January, April, July
and October.

Bath.—_Twentieth day of March, June, September and
November. ‘
P Botetourt.—March first, June first, October first and December

rst.

Craig.—Tenth day of February, May, September and November.

The city of Clifton Forge——First day of February, May, July
and November.

Twentieth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-t. City of Roanoke.—Fifteenth day of March, May,
September and December.

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

Roanoke.—First day of January, April, June, September and
November.

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

Twenty-first Circuit.

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

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

Carroll.—Second Monday in March, and first Monday in Decem-
ber, third Monday in May and September.
Grayson.—Fourth Monday in March and November, first Mon-
day in June and October.

Twenty-second Circuit.

Sec. 8059-v. Giles.—Tuesday after fourth Mondays in March,
June and October.

Bland.—Second Monday in March and July, third Monday in
October.

Tazewell.—Third Monday in February, fourth Monday in May,
August and November.

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

Twenty-third Circuit.

Sec. 3059-w. Washington.—Fourth Monday in January, March,
May, September and November.

Smyth.—First Monday in January, March, September and
November, and first Monday in May.

Scott.—Tuesday after second Monday in January, Tuesday after
third Monday in April, Tuesday after third Monday in July and
Tuesday after third Monday in October.

Twenty-fourth Circuit.

Sec. 8059-x. Lee.—Second Monday in February and first Mon-
day in May, September and December.

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

Twenty-fifth Circuit,
Sec. 3059-y. Rockingham.—Third Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.
Page.—Third Monday in February, April, June, August, Octo-
ber and December.
Twenty-sixth Circuit.
Sec. 3059-2. Fauquier.—Fourth Monday in January, March,
May, July, September and November.
Loudoun.—Second Monday in February, April, June, August,
October and December.
Rappahannock.—Second Monday in January, March, May,
July, September and November.

Twenty-seventh Circuit.

Sec. 3059-aa. Russell—Tuesday after third Monday in Feb-
ruary, Tuesday after first Monday in May, September and
December.
Buchanan.—Tuesday after third Monday in April, Tuesday after
fourth Monday in July, and Tuesday after third Monday in
November.

Dickenson.—Tuesday after second Monday in March, Tuesday
after fourth Monday in June, Tuesday after fourth Monday in
September, and Tuesday after fourth Monday in December.

Twenty-eighth Circutt.

Sec. 3059-bb. Isle of Wight.—First Monday in February, April,
June, October and December.

City of Portsmouth.—Fourth Monday in February, March, May,
June, September and November.

Princess Anne.-—Third Monday in January, March, May, July,
September and October.

Twenty-ninth Circuit.

Sec. 3059-cc. -Amherst.—Second Monday in February, April,
June, August, October and December.
Fluvanna.—Fourth Monday in February, April, June, August,
October and December.
Nelson.—Fourth Monday in January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.
Thirtieth Circuit.

Sec. 8059-dd. Bedford.—January tenth, March first, May first,
July first, October first, December first.
Franklin.—First Monday in February, April, June, September,
November.
Thirty-first Circuit.

Sec. 3059-ee. Accomac.—The first Monday in February, April,
June, August, 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.