In re Davis

*232The opinion of the court was delivered by

Doster, C. J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus, and it involves a construction of certain provisions of chapter 16 of the Laws of 1898, an act creating the court of common pleas of Cherokee and Crawford counties, and defining its jurisdiction. The petitioner, John Davis, was convicted of a felony in that court and by its judgment was ordered imprisoned in the state penitentiary. He alleges that the act creating the court is unconstitutional, in that it contains an abnegation of the legislative power to ordain the taking effect of itself…