An Act for fixing the time at which the courts of Common Pleas are to be held in certain counties, and for other purposes, 1810


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§ 1. BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Judges of the court of Common Pleas shall hold a court in the following counties, to wit ; for the county of Harrison, the first Monday in February, June and October; the county of Clark, on the second Mondays of February, June and October; for
the county of Jefferson, on the third Mondays of February, June and October; for the county of Dearborn, on the fourth Mondays of February and June, and the second Monday in November; for the county of Franklin, on the first Mondays of March and July, and the third Monday in November ; for the county of Wayne, on the second Mondays of March and July and fourth Monday in November; Provided nevertheless, That there shall be no court held in the county of Dearborn, on the fourth Monday in February next, but shall afterwards be holden on the said days as above specified, and also that all process which have been issued, and suits pending in the counties of Clark and Dearborn, which have been made returnable, and suits to be determined at any court in said counties heretofore fixed by law, shall stand adjourned over and be tried and determined at the terms fixed in this section, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, and that the said courts may hold six days and no longer, at each term, any law to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Judges of the courts of Common Pleas, shall hold annually three other sessions, at which no proceedings shall be had in suits or process of a civil or criminal nature, in each county following, to wit : for the county of Jefferson, on the second Mondays of February, June and October; for the county of Franklin, on the third Mondays of February, June and October; for the county of Wayne, on the fourth Mondays of February, June and October, and that the said courts may hold three days, and no longer, at each term, any law, to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

§ 3. And be it further enacted. That the Judges of the Circuit courts may hold annually a Circuit court in the following counties at the times herein specified, to wit : for the county of Harrison, on the fourth Monday in May; Clark, on the third Monday in May; for the county of Jefferson, on the second Monday in May ; for the county of Dearborn, on the first Monday in May; for the county of Franklin, on the fourth Monday in June, and for the county of Wayne, on the third Monday, in June.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no court holden either in the counties of Harrison or Clark, on the first Monday in January next for the county of Clark, and the second Wednesday in January next, for the county of Harrison, but the same shall be continued over to the times affixed by this act, & all suits pending in said courts and process returnable to the said first Monday in January, and second Wednesday in February, shall be continued over, and made returnable to the first Monday in February, for the county of Harrison, and the second Monday in February, for the county of Clark.

§ 5 Be it further enacted, That the act for the division of Clark and Dearborn counties, and for the formation of a new county out of the said two counties, and also the act for the formation of two new counties out of the counties of Dearborn and Clark, shall take effect, and be in force on the first of January, eighteen hundred and eleven.

GNL. W. Johnston
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JAs. BEGGS,
President of the Legislative Council.

Approved — December 19, 1810.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

 

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