moreland, Lancaster and Essex shall constitute the twelfth circuit..

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

The counties of New Kent, Charles City, York, Warwick, James City, and the city of Williamsburg shall constitute the fourteenth circuit.

The counties of King George, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and Hanover shall constitute the fifteenth circuit.

The counties of Prince William, Fairfax and Alexandria, and the city of Alexandria shall constitute the sixteenth circuit.

The counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Shenandoah shall constitute the seventeenth circuit.

The counties of Augusta, Highland and Rockbridge shall constitute the eighteenth circuit.

The counties of Bath, Alleghany, Craig and Botetourt, and the city of Clifton Forge shall constitute the nineteenth circuit.

The counties of Roanoke, Montgomery, Floyd, and the city of Roanoke shall constitute the twentieth circuit.

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

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

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

The counties of Lee and Wise shall constitute the twenty-fourth circuit.

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

The counties of Rappahannock, Fauquier and Loudoun shall constitute the twenty-sixth judicial circuit.

The counties of Buchanan, Russell and Dickinson shall constitute the twenty-seventh circuit.

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

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

The counties of Bedford and Franklin shall constitute the thirtieth circuit.

The counties of Accomac and Northampton shall constitute the thirty-first circuit.

Powers of General Assembly to rearrange judicial circuits; limitations.

Sec. 95. After the first day of January, nineteen hundred and six, as the public interest requires, the General Assembly may rearrange the said circuits and increase or diminish the number thereof. But no new circuit shall be created containing, by the last United States census or other census provided by law, less than forty thousand inhabitants, nor when the effect of creating it will be to reduce the number of inhabitants in any existing circuit below forty thousand according to such census.

Circuit judges, election, qualifications; residence and term of office.

Sec. 96. For each circuit a judge shall be chosen by the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly. He shall, when chosen, possess the same qualifications as judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and during his continuance in office shall reside in the circuit of which he is judge. At the first election under this Constitution, the General Assembly shall elect, as nearly as practi

cable, one-fourth of the entire number of judges for terms of two years, one-fourth for four years, one-fourth for six years, and the remaining fourth for eight years, respectively; and thereafter they shall be elected for terms of eight years.

Terms of circuit courts; judges may be required to hold terms in other circuits.

Sec. 97. The number of terms of the circuit courts to be held for each county and city shall be prescribed by law. But no separate circuit court shall be held for any city of the second class until the city shall abolish its existing city court. The judge of one circuit may be required or authorized to hold court in any other circuit or city. Division of cities into classes; courts of each class; additional courts for cities, how provided; abolition and cessation of corporation or city court.

Sec. 98. For the purposes of a judicial system, the cities of the State shall be divided into two classes. All cities shall belong to the first class which contain, as shown by the last United States census or other census provided by law, ten thousand inhabitants or more, and all cities shall belong to the second class which contain, as thus shown, less than ten thousand inhabitants. In each city of the first class, there shall be, in addition to the circuit court, a corporation court. In any city containing thirty thousand inhabitants or more, the General Assembly may provide for such additional courts as the public interest may require, and in every such city the city courts, as they now exist, shall continue until otherwise provided by law. In every city of the second class, the corporation or hustings court, existing at the time this Constitution goes into effect, shall continue hereafter under the name of the corporation court of such city; but it may be abolished by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such

city, at an election held for the purpose, and whenever the office of judge of a corporation or hustings court of a city of the second class, whose salary is less than eight hundred dollars, shall become and remain vacant for ninety days consecutively, such court shall thereby cease to exist. In case of the abolition of the corporation or hustings court of any city of the second class, such city shall thereupon come in every respect within the jurisdiction of the circuit court of the county wherein it is situated, until otherwise provided by law, and the records of such corporation or hustings court shall thereupon become a part of the records of such circuit court, and be transferred thereto, and remain therein until otherwise provided by law; and during the existence of the corporation or hustings court, the circuit court of the county in which such city is situated, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with said corporation or hustings court in all actions of law and suits in equity.

Judges of city courts, election, qualifications and residence; residence and privilege of judge of corporation court of city of less than five thousand inhabitants; judges of city courts of cities of first class may be required or authorized to hold terms in other circuits.

Sec. 99. For each city court of record a judge shall be chosen by the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly. He shall, when chosen, possess the same qualifications as judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and during his continuance in office shall reside within the jurisdiction of the court over which he presides; but the judge of the corporation court of any corporation having a city charter, and less than five thousand inhabitants, may reside outside its corporate limits; and the same person may be judge of such corporation court and judge of the corporation court of some other city having

less than ten thousand inhabitants. At the first election of said judges under this Constitution, the General Assembly shall elect, as nearly as practicable, one-fourth of the entire number for terms of two years, one-fourth for four years, one-fourth for six years, and the remaining fourth for eight years; and thereafter they shall be elected for terms of eight years. The judges of city courts in cities of the first class may be required or authorized to hold the circuit courts of any county and the circuit courts of any city.

Courts of Land Registration.

Sec. 100. The General Assembly shall have power to establish such court or courts of land registration as it may deem proper for the administration of any law it may adopt for the purpose of the settlement, registration, transfer, or assurance of titles to land in the State, or any part thereof.

Clerks of circuit courts, jurisdiction in cases of wills, insane persons, etc.

Sec. 101. The General Assembly shall have power to confer upon the clerks of the several circuit courts jurisdiction, to be exercised in the manner and under the regulations to be prescribed by law, in the matter of the admission of wills to probate, and of the appointment and qualification of guardians, personal representatives, curators, appraisers, and committees of the estates of persons who have been adjudged insane or convicted of felony, and in the matter of the substitution of trustees.

Judges, how commissioned; salaries and allowances, terms of office; vacancies.

Sec. 102. All the judges shall be commissioned by the Governor. They shall receive such salaries and allowances as may be determined by law within the limitations