§ 135. Appointments on nonjudicial days. If any day mentioned in the last section happen to be the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or to which it is adjourned, it shall be deemed appointed for or adjourned to the next day. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 38.

ARTICLE IV.

PROCEEDINGS IN CASE OF ABSENCE OF JUDGE.

139. Adjournment for absence of judge.

140.

Adjournment till next regular session.

§ 139. Adjournment for absence of judge. If no judge. attend on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court, or on the day to which it may have been adjourned, before noon, the sheriff or clerk shall adjourn the same until the next day, at 10 o'clock a. m., and if no judge attend on that day, before noon, the sheriff or clerk shall adjourn the same until the following day at the same hour, and so on, from day to day for one week, unless the judge, by written order, directs it to be adjourned to some day certain, fixed in said order, in which case it shall be so adjourned. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 38.

Nonjudicial day: Secs. 134, 135.

§ 140. Adjournment till next regular session. If no judge attend for one week, and no written order be made, as provided in the last section, the sheriff or clerk shall adjourn the session until the time appointed for the holding of the next regular session. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 38.

Sessions: Ante, sec. 73.

ARTICLE V.

PROVISIONS RESPECTING PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS.

142. Change in certain cases of place of holding court. 143. Parties to appear at place appointed.

144. When sheriff to provide courtrooms, 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

§ 144. When sheriff to provide court-rooms, etc. If suitable rooms for holding the superior courts and the chambers of the judges of said courts be not provided in any city and county, or 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 city and county, or county, to provide such rooms, attendants, furniture, fuel, lights, and stationery, and the expenses incurred, certified by the judge or judges to be correct, shall be a charge against the city and county treasury, and paid out of the general fund thereof. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 64, 245; 91, 367; 93, 382; 93, 383; 96, 53.

ARTICLE VI.

SEALS OF COURTS.

147. What courts shall have seals

148. Seal of supreme court.

149. Seals of superior courts.

150. Seals of police courts of cities and counties.

151. Seals, how provided; private seals, when used. Clerk of court to keep seal.

152,

158. 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

Seal of Court-Judicial notice taken of: Post, sec. 1875, subd. 4; court commissioner may provide official seal, sec. 259, subd. 5.

Seals how made: Ante, sec. 14.

Police courts are not courts of record; See ante, secs. 33, 34, and yet have a seal.

§ 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

§ 149. Seals of superior courts. The seals of the superior courts shall be circular, not less than one and threefourths 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

See act of March 81, 1880, validating writs, process and certificates issued from superior courts before seal provided: See Stats. 1880, p. 19.

§ 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). En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 89.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 135, 352; 185, 853.

§ 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. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 39.

§ 152. Clerk of court to keep seal. The clerks of the court shall keep the seal thereof. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1873-4, 284; 1880, 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. En. Stats. 1880, 40.

II.

TITLE II.

JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

Chapter I. Judicial Officers in General, §§ 156-161. Powers and Duties of Judges at Chambers, §§ 165-166.

III. Disqualifications of Judges, §§ 170-172.

IV. Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers, §§ 176-179.

V. Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts and Judicial Officers, §§ 182-187.

CHAPTER I.

JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN GENERAL.

156. Qualifications of justices of supreme court.

157. Qualifications of superior judges.

158. Residence of superior judges.

159

Residence and qualification of justices of the peace. 160. Judges holding superior courts at request of governor. 161. Justices and judges ineligible to other than judicial office.

§ 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 practice before the supreme court of the state. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 40.

Judge must be an attorney: Const. Cal., art. 6, sec. 23.

§ 157. Qualifications of superior Judges. No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of a superior 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 practice before the supreme court of the state. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 40.

§ 158. Residence of superior judges. Each judge of a superior court shall reside at the county seat of the county