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8th. The eighth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Humboldt, Klamath and Del Norte.

9th. The ninth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity.

10th. The tenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Yuba and Sutter.

11th. The eleventh judicial district shall be composed of the counties of El Dorado, Placer and Yolo.

12th. The twelfth judicial district shall be composed of that portion of the city and county of San Francisco which is not included within the limits of the fourth judicial district, as above described, and of the county of San Mateo.

13th. The thirteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Mariposa, Tulare, Frezno, Merced and Stanislaus.

14th. The fourteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Sierra and Nevada.

15th. The fifteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Plumas, Butte, Colusi and Tehama.

The jurisdiction of the district court of the fourth judicial district, in the county of San Francisco, and throughout the state, shall remain and continue as heretofore.

The jurisdiction of the district court of the twelfth judicial district, in the county of San Francisco, and throughout the state, shall be coextensive with the jurisdiction of the district court of the fourth judicial district.

13. There shall be a district judge for each of the judicial districts. The courts held by them shall be the district courts of this state.

14. The district judges shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective districts, at the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and at the general election every six years thereafter, and shall enter upon their duties on the first day of January subsequent to their election.

15. In case of vacancy, from any cause, in the office of the district judge, the governor shall fill the same by granting a commission, which shall continue until the election and qualification of a judge in his place.

A judge to fill the vacancy, shall be chosen at the first general election subsequent to the occurrence of the vacancy.

16. Each district judge hereafter elected or appointed, shall be commissioned by the governor, and before entering upon his duties, shall take the constitutional oath of office.

17. [1855.] Each judge shall reside in his district, except that the judge of the fourth and twelfth judicial districts may reside in any part of the county of San Francisco, and no person shall be eligible to the office of district judge who shall not have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state for two years, and of the district, six months previous to his election.

18. The jurisdiction of these courts shall be of two kinds: first, original; second, appellate.

1. Appellate jurisdiction held unconstitutional. People v. Peralta, 3 Cal., 379 ; Caulfield v. Hudson, 3 Cal., 389; Hernandes v. Simon, 3 Cal., 464; Reed v. McCormick, 4 Cal., 342; Townsend v. Brooks, 5 Cal., 52; Reyes v. Sanford, 5 Cal., 117.

19. Their original jurisdiction shall extend to all civil cases where the amount in dispute exceeds two hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and to all criminal cases not otherwise provided for. In cases involving the title or possession of real property, and in all cases of fact joined in the probate court, their jurisdiction shall be unlimited.

20. In all the counties of this state, the district courts shall have jurisdiction to try and determine all indictments transmitted to them from the court of sessions, in the cases provided for by law.

21. [1854.] The appellate jurisdiction of these courts, shall extend to hearing upon appeal:

1st. A judgment of a court of sessions in a criminal action.

2d. A judgment of a court of sessions, rendered on appeal from justices', mayors', or recorders' courts, in a criminal action.

3d. An order or judgment of a probate court, in the cases prescribed by statute.

Appellate jurisdiction held unconstitutional. See Section 18.

22. These courts, and the judges thereof, shall have power to issue

all writs necessary or proper to the complete exercise of the power conferred upon them by the constitution, and by this and other statutes.

23. The terms shall be held at the county seats of the several counties; if a room for holding the court be not provided by the county, together with attendants, fuel, lights and stationery, suitable and sufficient for the transaction of business, the court may direct the sheriti to provide such room, attendants, fuel, lights and stationery, and the expenses thereof shall be a county charge.

24. The terms shall be held until the business of the term is fully disposed of, or until the day fixed for the commencement of some other term in the district, and may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the court.

25. [1858.] The district judges shall at all reasonable times, when not engaged in holding courts, transact such business at their chambers as may be done out of court, at chambers; they may try and determine writs of mandamus, certiorari and quo warranto, hear and dispose of all motions and applications for new trials, and all orders and writs which are usually granted in the first instance upon an ex parte application, and may in their discretion, also hear applications to discharge such orders and writs.

26. [1854.] Whenever an action or proceeding is commenced in a district court, in which a county court has concurrent jurisdiction, the district court may, if the parties consent, by order, transfer the same to the county court of the same county; upon such transferrence, the county court shall have and exercise over such action or proceeding, the same jurisdiction as if originally commenced therein.

27. A district judge may hold a term in any judicial district in this state upon the request of the judge of the district in which such term is to be held; and when by reason of sickness or absence from the state, or from any other cause, a term cannot be held in a district by the judge thereof, a certificate of that fact shall be transmitted by the clerk to the governor, who shall thereupon direct some other district judge to hold such term. It shall be the duty of the judge thus directed to hold such term.

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