The courts in the fourteenth judicial circuit shall be held as hereinafter provided.
(1) Allendale County. - The courts of general sessions for Allendale County shall be held at Allendale on the third Monday in April for one week, on the second Monday in July for one week and on the third Monday in October for one week. The court of common pleas for the county shall be held at Allendale on the fourth Monday in April for two weeks and on the second Monday in November for one week.
In addition to the terms of the court of common pleas above provided for there shall be terms of such court during each of the weeks in which there are fixed terms of court for the court of general sessions, and immediately upon the conclusion of the business of the court of general sessions the court of common pleas shall open, and the petit jurors drawn to serve in the court of general sessions shall serve as petit jurors in the court of common pleas, and at such terms any and all business may be transacted as may be done at any other term of the court of common pleas.
(2) Beaufort County. - The courts of general sessions for Beaufort County shall be held at Beaufort on the first Monday in March for one week, on the third Monday in June and continuing until the Saturday before the second Monday in July and on the third Monday in November for one week. The courts of common pleas for the county shall be held at Beaufort on the third Monday in January and continue until the Saturday before the first Monday in February, on the third Monday in March and continue until the Saturday before the first Monday in April, on the third Monday in June as soon as the court of general sessions shall have concluded during the remainder of the term, on the third Monday in July for two weeks, on the second Monday in September for one week and on the first Monday in November for one week.
(3) Colleton County. - The courts of general sessions for Colleton County shall be held at Walterboro on the second Monday in January for one week, on the first Monday in April for two days, on the second Monday in June for one week and on the third Monday in September for one week. The courts of common pleas for the county shall be held at Walterboro on Wednesday following the first Monday in April for the remainder of the week, on the second Monday in April for one week, on the fourth Monday in May for one week, on the fourth Monday in October and continue until the Saturday before the first Monday in November and on the second Monday in December for one week. At the court of general sessions to be held on the second Monday in January of each year at Walterboro the court may dispose of equity cases, motions, demurrers and nonjury matters arising in any of the several counties of the fourteenth judicial circuit.
(4) Hampton County. - The courts of general sessions for Hampton County shall be held at Hampton on the third Monday in February, on the first Monday in June and on the second Monday in October, in each case for one week. The court of common pleas for the county shall be held at Hampton on the first Monday in February for two weeks, the second Monday in March for one week, immediately upon the conclusion of the business of the court of general sessions in June for the remainder of the week and on the fourth Monday in September and continue until the Saturday before the second Monday in October.
(5) Jasper County. - The courts of general sessions for Jasper County shall be held at Ridgeland on the fourth Monday in February, the third Monday in May, and the fourth Monday in November, in each case for one week. The courts of common pleas for the county shall be held at Ridgeland as soon as the courts of general sessions shall have concluded, except that during the week commencing the third Monday in November there shall be no regular term of the court of common pleas. There shall also be terms of the court of common pleas for the county on the second Monday in May and the first Monday in December, in each case for one week, and the Tuesday following the first Monday in September for the remainder of the week.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-286; 1952 Code Section 15-286; 1942 Code Section 64; 1932 Code Section 64; Civ. P. '22 Section 62; Civ. P. '12 Sections 19, 26; Civ. P. '02 Section 19; 1883 (18) 462; 1884 (18) 886; 1896 (22) 20; 1900 (23) 310; 1901 (23) 624; 1910 (26) 542; 1911 (27) 87; 1912 (27) 580, 770; 1913 (28) 19, 31; 1914 (28) 607; 1915 (29) 79, 198; 1916 (29) 700; 1917 (30) 37, 49; 1920 (31) 919; 1922 (32) 929; 1923 (33) 182; 1925 (34) 18; 1926 (34) 929; 1928 (35) 1179, 1264; 1929 (36) 26; 1931 (37) 257; 1934 (38) 1539; 1935 (39) 87; 1941 (42) 118; 1945 (44) 152; 1950 (46) 2204; 1952 (47) 2035; 1953 (48) 440; 1955 (49) 241, 305; 1958 (50) 1853; 1960 (51) 1498, 1528; 1963 (53) 176; 1964 (53) 1728, 2350; 1965 (54) 188, 558; 1966 (54) 2151; 1970 (56) 2285, 2597; 1971 (57) 886; 1973 (58) 230.