130 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



Sect, IV. The jurisdiction of the supreme court shall extend over 

 the State; and the judges thereof shall, by virtue of their offices, be 

 justices of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in the several 

 counties. 



Sect. V. The judges of the court of common pleas in each county shall, 

 by virtue of their offices, be justices of oyer and terminer and general 

 jail delivery, for the trial of capital and other ofienders therein ; any two 

 of the said judges, the president being one, shall be a quorum; but they 

 shall not hold a court of oyer and terminer or jail delivery in any county, 

 when the judges of the supreme court or any of them, shall be sitting 

 in the same county. The party accused as well as the Commonwealth 

 may, itnder such regulations as shall be prescribed by law, remove the 

 indictment and proceedings, or a transcript thereof, into the supreme 

 court. 



Sect. VI. The supreme court and the several courts of common pleas 

 shall, beside the powers heretofore usually exercised by them, have the 

 power of a court of chancery, so far as relates to the perpetuating of tes- 

 timony, the obtaining of evidence from places not within the State, and 

 the care of the persons and estates of those who are non compos mentis ; 

 and the Legislature shall vest in the said courts such other powers to 

 grant relief in equity, as shall be found necessary, and may, from time to 

 time, enlarge or diminish those powers, or vest them in such other courts 

 as they shall judge proper, for the due administration of justice. 



Sect. VII. The judges of the court of common pleas of each county, 

 any two of whom shall be a quorum, shall compose the court of quarter 

 sessions of the peace, and orphans' court thereof; and the register of 

 wills, together with the said judges, or any two of them, shall compose 

 the register's court for each county. 



Sect. VIII. The judges of the courts of common pleas shall, within 

 their respective counties, have the like powers with the judges of the 

 Supreme court to issue writs of certiorari to the justices of the peace, and 

 to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right 

 and justice to be done. 



Sect. IX. The president of the court in each circuit within such circuit, 

 and the judges of the court of common pleas within their respective 

 counties, shall be justices of the peace, so far as relates to criminal matters. 



Sect. X. A register's office, for the probate of wills and granting letters 

 of administration, and an office for the recording of deeds, shall be kept 

 in each county. 



Sect, XI. The style of all process shall be " The Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania," All prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by 

 the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and conclude 

 " against the peace and dignity of the same." 



