ARTICLE V. PROVISIONS RESPECTING PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS. Change in certain cases of place of holding court. § 142. § 143. Parties to appear at place appointed. § 144. When sheriff to provide court-rooms, etc. § 142. CHANGE IN CERTAIN CASES OF PLACE OF HOLDING COURT. The judge or judges authorized to hold or preside at a court appointed to be held at a particular place in a city and county, county, city, or town, may, by an order filed with the city and county or county clerk, and published as he or they may prescribe, direct that the court be held or continued at any other place in the city and county, county, city, or town than that appointed, when war, insurrection, pestilence, or other public calamity, or the danger thereof, or the destruction or danger of the building appointed for holding the court may render it necessary; and may in the same manner revoke the order, and in his or their discretion, appoint another place in the same city and county, county, city, or town, for holding the court. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 38. § 143. PARTIES TO APPEAR AT PLACE APPOINTED. When the court is held at a place appointed, as provided in the last section, every person held to appear at the court must appear at the place so appointed. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39. § 144. WHEN SHERIFF TO PROVIDE COURTROOMS, ETC. If suitable rooms for holding the superior courts and the chambers of the judges of said courts are not provided in any county by the supervisors thereof, together with the attendants, furniture, fuel, lights and stationery, sufficient for the transaction of business, the courts, or the judge or judges thereof, may direct the sheriff of the county to provide such rooms, attendants, furniture, fuel, lights and stationery; and the expenses incurred, certified by the judge or judges to be correct, are a charge against the county treasury, and must be paid out of the general fund thereof. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39; by Code Commission, Act March 8, 1901, Stats. and Amdts. 1900-1, p. 120, held unconstitutional, see history, Kerr's Cyc. C. C. § 4; amended March 19, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 680, Kerr's Stats. and Amdts. 1906-7, p. 433. $ 150. $151. § 152. § 153. Seals of police courts of cities and counties. Seals, how provided; private seals, when used. Seals of courts, to what documents affixed. § 147. WHAT COURTS SHALL HAVE SEALS. Each of the following courts shall have a seal: 1. The supreme court; 2. The superior courts; 3. The police court of every city and county. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39. § 148. SEAL OF SUPREME COURT. The seal used by the supreme court, abolished by the constitution, shall be the seal of the supreme court herein provided for; but the said court may direct the clerk of the supreme court to provide two duplicates of said seal, each of which shall be considered the same as and have the same force and effect as the original. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39. § 149. SEALS OF SUPERIOR COURTS. The seals of the superior courts shall be circular, not less than one and three-fourths inches in diameter, and having in the center any word, words, or design adopted by the judges thereof, and the following inscription surrounding the same: "Superior Court, -, California," inserting the name of the county or city and county; provided, that the seal of any such court, which has been adopted previous to the passage of this act, shall be the seal of such court until another be adopted. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39. $ 150.-SEALS OF POLICE COURTS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES. The police court of every city and county may use any seal having upon it the inscription, "Police Court, —," (inserting the name of the city and county). History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 39. § 151. SEALS, HOW PROVIDED; PRIVATE SEALS, WHEN USED. Courts which have not the necessary seal provided, or the judge or judges thereof, shall request the supervisors of their respective counties, or cities and counties, to provide the same, and in case of their failure to do so may order the sheriff to provide the same, and the expense thereof shall be a charge against the county or city and county treasury, and paid out of the general fund thereof; and until such seal be provided the clerk of each court may use his private seal whenever a seal is required. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), pp. 39-40. § 152. CLERK OF COURT TO KEEP SEAL. The clerks of the court shall keep the seal thereof. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended March 24, 1874, Code Amdts. 1873-4, p. 284; April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 40. § 153. SEALS OF COURTS, TO WHAT DOCUMENTS AFFIXED. The seal of a court need not be affixed to any proceeding therein or document, except: 1. To a writ; 2. To the certificate of probate of a will or of the appointment of an executor, administrator, or guardian; 3. To the authentication of a copy of a record or other proceeding of a court, or of an officer thereof, or of a copy of a document on file in the office of the clerk. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880. Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. pt.), p. 40. TITLE II. JUDICIAL OFFICERS. Chapter I. Judicial Officers in General, §§ 156-162. II. Powers and Duties of Judges at Chambers, §§ 165-167. III. Disqualifications of Judges, §§ 170-173. IV. Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Offi- V. Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts and § 156. § 157. § 158. § 159. § 160. § 161. § 162. CHAPTER I. JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN GENERAL. Qualifications of justices of supreme court. Qualifications of superior judges. Residence of superior judges. Residence and qualification of justices of the peace. Judges holding superior courts at request of governor. § 156. QUALIFICATIONS OF JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT. No person shall be eligible to the office of chief or associate justice of the supreme court unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state for two years next preceding his election or appointment, nor unless he shall have been admitted to practise before the supreme court of the state. History: Enacted March 11, 1872; amended April 1, 1880, Code Amdts. 1880 (C. C. P. T. pt.), p. 40; by Code Commission, Act March 8, 1901, Stats. and Amdts. 1900-1, p. 120, held unconstitutional, see history, § 5 ante. |