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An Act to reduce into one the several acts and parts of acts concerning the Establishment, Jurisdiction and Powers of the Superior Courts of Law. 1822 25 (1822.6)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0057 and id is 1 raw text is: -LAWS OF THE STATE Ol MISSISSIPPI. 25 AN ACT, to reduce into one, the several acts and parts of acts, concerning the Establishment, Jurisdiction and Powers of the Su- perior Courts of Law. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. *iatives of the State of Mississippi, in General .Alssembly convened, That the state shall be divided into four circuits, and one judge of the Supreme Court shall be assigned to each circuit, who shall, after his appointment, reside in some one of the counties of which his circuit is composed, and shall hold a court, in each year, at the Court House of the several coun- ties within his circuit, or at such other place, in such coun- ties, as may be designated for holding courts, at the times and in the manner herein after directed. SEC. 2. The counties of Hinds, Warren, Claiborne and Jefferson, shall constitute the first circuit; the counties of Franklin, Adams, Lawrence and Covington, shall constitute the second circuit; the counties of Amite, Pike, Marion, Wil- kinson and Hancock, shall constitute the third circuit; the counties of' Jackson, Wayne, Monroe, Green and Perry, shall constitue the fourth circuit; and the court to be held in said counties respectively under this act, shall be styled The Circuit Court of the county of -. SEC. 3. .A Circuit Court shall be held, in each county in thi state, twice in cach year, and shall commence on the days, and Inmy continue for the term herein specified, that is to say: In the county of Hinds, on the first Mondays of March and September, and may continue six days and no longer; in the county of W arren, on the second Mondays of March and September, ani may continue six days and no longer; iii the county of Claiborme, on the third Mondays of March and September, may continue six days and no longer; in the county of Jefferson, on the fourth Mondays of March and Septehber, and may continue six days and no longer; in the county of Franklin, on the second Mondays of April and October, and may continue six days and no longer; in the counly of Adams, on the third Mloniays of May and Novem- ber, and may continue eighteen days and no longer; in the county of Wilkinson, on the first Mondays of May atd No- vember, and may continue twelve days and no longer; in the county of Amite, on the fourth Mondays of March and Sep- temier, and may continue tiwelve days and no longer; in the county of Pike on the third Mondays of March and Sep- tember, ait may continue six days and no longer; in the county of Lawrence,on the fourth Monrdays of uI IhLI and Sep- tomber. and may continue twelve dayvs and no longer; in the county of Marion, on the second Mondays of March and Sep- C.

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