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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  9. 
  That 
  said 
  commissioners, 
  at 
  their 
  first 
  meeting 
  

   shall 
  appoint 
  a 
  sheriff, 
  a 
  coroner 
  and 
  constables 
  for 
  said 
  

   county, 
  who 
  shall 
  give 
  bond 
  and 
  qualify 
  as 
  such 
  officers 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  existing 
  laws, 
  and 
  said 
  last 
  named 
  officers 
  and 
  all 
  

   county 
  officers 
  so 
  to 
  be 
  elected 
  shall 
  liold 
  and 
  exercise 
  their- 
  

   offices 
  respectively 
  until 
  theii' 
  successors 
  sliall 
  be 
  elected 
  or 
  

   ajipointed 
  according 
  to 
  existing 
  laws, 
  regulating 
  the 
  elec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  sheriffs, 
  coroners, 
  constables, 
  and 
  other 
  county 
  

   officers. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  10. 
  That 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Durham 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  county 
  

   town 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  the 
  court 
  house 
  and 
  

   jail 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  located 
  in 
  said 
  town 
  on 
  a 
  site 
  or 
  sites 
  

   to 
  be 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  county 
  commissioners, 
  and 
  the 
  site 
  for 
  

   the 
  court 
  house 
  shall 
  eml)race 
  at 
  lea-;t 
  one 
  acre 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   of 
  land, 
  and 
  the 
  site 
  for 
  the 
  jail 
  at 
  least 
  one-half 
  acre 
  of 
  

   land; 
  and 
  said 
  county 
  commi-sioners 
  shall 
  purchase 
  or 
  

   receive 
  by 
  donation 
  lots 
  or 
  i)aicels 
  of 
  land 
  sufficient 
  for 
  

   the 
  last 
  mentioned 
  [imposes; 
  and 
  shall 
  proceed 
  according 
  to 
  

   existing 
  laws 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  court 
  house 
  and 
  jail 
  for 
  said 
  last 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  county 
  construc'ed; 
  and 
  until 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  used, 
  said 
  commissioners 
  shall 
  select 
  and 
  

   provide 
  a 
  temporary 
  f)lace 
  and 
  suitable 
  building 
  for 
  hold- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  court 
  and 
  preserving 
  the 
  records 
  and 
  transacting 
  

   the 
  business 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  counties. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  11. 
  That 
  the 
  superior 
  courts 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  have 
  

   jurisdiction 
  in 
  and 
  over 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  as 
  such 
  

   count}', 
  on 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  second 
  Thursday 
  of 
  August, 
  Anno 
  

   Domini 
  one 
  thousand 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-one, 
  to 
  

   the 
  same 
  extent 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  the 
  said 
  courts 
  

   have 
  ill 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  several 
  counties 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   said 
  courts 
  shall 
  be 
  within 
  the 
  fifth 
  (5th) 
  judicial 
  district 
  and 
  

   a 
  superior 
  court 
  therefor 
  sliall 
  be 
  held 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  Monday 
  

   in 
  Februar}' 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  Monda}'' 
  in 
  August 
  of 
  each 
  suc- 
  

   ceeding 
  year, 
  and 
  all 
  actions, 
  both 
  civil 
  and 
  criminal, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  said 
  last 
  mentioned 
  court 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  juris- 
  

   diction, 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  existed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  beginning 
  

   of 
  said 
  actions 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  into 
  and 
  tried 
  or 
  disposed 
  

   of 
  according 
  to 
  law 
  in 
  said 
  last 
  mentioned 
  court: 
  Provided, 
  

   nevertheless, 
  both 
  civil 
  and 
  criminal, 
  to 
  which 
  citizens 
  of 
  said 
  

   county 
  of 
  Durham 
  are 
  parties, 
  pending 
  in 
  the 
  superior 
  

   courts 
  of 
  said 
  counties 
  of 
  Orange 
  and 
  Wake, 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  in 
  the 
  courts 
  of 
  said 
  counties 
  respectively, 
  at 
  the 
  

   option 
  of 
  the 
  party- 
  residing 
  in 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  Durham; 
  

  

  