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An Act to organize and establish Circuit Courts, and to define their powers and jurisdiction in law and equity. 1833 23 (1833.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0130 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPla services shall be examined and allowed by the said clerks of board, and shall be paid out of the county treasury aecous. of the proper county. Sec. .50. And be it fjrther enacted, That all acts and parts of acts coming within the pur' :v anlid eI se meaning of this act be and thd same are hereby re- pealed. Approved, March 2, 1833. CHAP. II. AN ACT, to orp-nize and establish Circuit Courts, nnd to define their w ers aund jirisdiction in law niod equity. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature f rhe suite the Shtte of Misissippi, That for the purpose of es l tablishing circuit courts, the state of Mississippi c;: ,ia. shuii be divided into four districts, which districtsr icis. shall respectively be cornp3sed of the several coun- ties arranged herein as follows:-The counties of Adams, Jefferson, Claiborne, Warren and Wash- ington, shall constitute the first district.-The counties of Hinds, Rankin, Madison. Yazoo, Mon- roe and,Lowndes, shall constitute the second dis- coniisti- trict.-The mounties of Wilkinson, Amite, Frank- lute ech lin, Pike, Marion, Lawrence and Hancock, shall distict. constitute the third district-And the counties of Copiah, Simpson, Covington, Jones, Wayne, Per- ry, Green and Jackson, shall constitute the fourth distrtct: Provided, That if any new counties are formed at the present session, the same shall be at- tached to the second judicial district. Sec.. 2. And be it fhrther enacted, That each oath at judge of the circuit-court, shall take the oath pre- Judge. scribed'in the Constitution; which oath may be ad- ninistered by the executive, judge of any court of

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