Author : Virginia
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230199870
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Book Synopsis Constitution of Virginia Volume 603 by : Virginia
Download or read book Constitution of Virginia Volume 603 written by Virginia and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... schedule That no inconvenience may arise from the adoption of this Constitution, and in order to provide for carrying it into complete operation, it is hereby ordained that: Common and statute laws; how long in force. Section 1. The common law and the statute laws in force at the time this Constitution goes into effect, so far as not repugnant thereto or repealed thereby, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or are altered or repealed by the General Assembly. Effect of ordinances of Convention. Sec. 2. All ordinances adopted by this convention, and appended to the official original draft of the Constitution delivered to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, shall have the same force and effect as if they were parts of this Constitution. Actions, writs and causes of action to continue; jurisdiction of courts. Sec. 3. Except as modified by this Constitution, all writs, actions and causes of action, prosecutions, rights of individuals, of bodies corporate or politic, and of the State, shall continue. All legal proceedings, civil and criminal, pending at the time this Constitution goes into effect, or instituted prior to the first day of February, nineteen hundred and four, in any county or circuit court as now existing, shall be prosecuted therein; provided, that all such matters, which are not finally terminated before the day last above mentioned, shall, on that date, by operation of this Cf nstitution and Schedule, be transferred to the circuit court of the county or city created under this Constitution, and shall be proceeded with therein. All such matters pending in the city courts, preserved by this Constitution, when the same goes into effect, or thereafter instituted therein, shall continue in said courts, ..