Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-05-17
United States Lac.
!. aa 20 ursuu tbe TUDICTAL SYSTEM Of
tte UHitrn States,


..m and after the PafIiag of this act, the ia
INC court Of the United States, ihall be hol-
~ 1, the uGices thereof, or any four OF them,
I ths city Of Warrington, and lhall have one
rmon il each and every year, to commence
!. ,he fra Monday of February annually, and
Mstf four of the faid izltices hall NOT attend
s;b;u ten days after the time hereby appointed
ii ,be commencement of the fiid FELTON,, the
I06uels OF laid court fhal be continued over till
i assr lated FELTON, thereof: Pyovide5 ak4uays
That aDg one or more ofthG faid iulces attend.
40 as aforlaid fhall have power TO make all
osssGary orders touching any fuit, action, writ
Il error, procefs, Pleadings, or proceedings,
,.turoed TO the faid court or depending there.
j preparatory to the hearing, trial, or deciiion
4 fnch action, fuit, appeal, writ Of error, pro-
/ ags, pleadings or proceedings. And 70 much
4 d The ad enrituied "An act TO eRabliih the
iudlciaI courts Of the United:States,' paAed the
| .esnty-fourth day of September, leveuteen bnn-
sTed and eighty nine, as provides for the hold
NJ fefion OF The lupreme court of the United
States on the fra Monday of AuguR, annually,
is hereby repealed.
Sec. .. dad Be il further snat7sd, That il
hsl be the duty of the aaociate iu0ice ref
dent il the fourth circuit formed by this act,
psuend at the ci,y Of Warrington, on the Fl It
Monday OF Auguh next, and on the htlt Mon
DAY OF Auguh each and every year thereafter,
she ihall have power 70 make all necef4ry or
dsrs touching any tuit, action, appeal, writ Of
srror Proceis, Pleadlngs, or proceedings, return
al TO the fad conrt or depending the' Elm, pre-
paratory To the hearing, trial or deeliiL. of 10.
acton fuit appeal, writ of error, procefs plead
ings or-proceedinxs ard that all writs and
prOctE may be rerurnabIe to tie faid court on
the iaid firl Monday in Auguh, in the e. me
manner as TO the felton, Of the iaid court, bere
n before direaea to~be hoIdsn, on the 6rf
Monday 10 February, and may alto bear rele
on the laid hrit Monday in AuguR, as though
elton OF The faid court was holden on that
DAY, and il thali be the duty of the clerk Of the
lBpreme court TO attend the faid iuAiee on the
isid hrh Monday of Augut, Ia each and every
year, who ihAll make due entry of all fuch mat
tsTs and things as fhall or may be ordered as
sforesaid by the faid julliee, and at each and
every fuch Augulf feaion, all actions, pleas and
other proceedings relative to any cauie, civil or
criminal, lhail De continued over 10 the enfu
ing February felfion.
Sec 8 Aad Be IL further eaqt7ed, That all
attions, iuits, procefs, Pleadings and other pro
eeedings Of what nature or kind foever, civil or
criminal, which were continued from the "a
preme court of the United States, which was
begun and holden on the 6r9 Monday Of De-
esmbsr lat, to the next court to have been
holden on the 6ra Monday Of Jnne, under the
/, aa which paRed on the thirteenth day of Feb
ruary one thouiand eight hundred and one, in
utuled, g An ae 10 provide for the more con
yenient organization Of the courts of the Unit-
ed States" and all writs, procefs and proceed.
ings, as aforeiaid, which are OF may he made
Eeturnable to the fame June FELTON,, lhaIl be cor
nnned. returned 70. and have day, in The (ef
non TO be holden by this act, on the fra Mon.
Gay Of Auguf next; and fuch proceedings
hail be had theron. as is herein before provided
Sec. 4 Aad be Il fartker enaasd, Thar the
difriets ofthe United States (excepting he dif
tras Of Name, Kentucky, and TenneGee) fhall
Reformed into fix Circuits, inImanner follow
ing
The diRrids Of New Hamfhire, MaGachulctts
md Rhode Iland hall cooaitute the fra cir
emit;
The diarias Of Conueaicut, New York and
Vermont, fhall confftute thc feeond circuit
The diarias Of New Jerley and Pennfylva.
MA, fhall cona!tute the third cifcui,
The dltrias Of Maryland and Delaware,
hail conltitUte the fourth circuit
The diftrias Of of Virginia and North Caro-
Ina, ihall cooaitute the Eth circuit; and
The diari6ts Of South Carolina and Georgia,
Rail eonllitute the fxth eirSut.
And there fhall be holden annually in each
otrI6t of the faid circuits, two courts, which
iha'l De called circuit courts. In the irff cir.
cunt, the faid circuit COURT lhaIl conGR Of the
rlhce of the fupreme court re6ding within the
laid circuit and the dittria Judge Of the diff
tr'et where fcch court fhall be holden. And
hs ieilions of The faid court, in the 6iRria Of
Newhamplhire, lhall commence on the nine
tenth day of May, and the fscond day of No
sember, annually in the diariet of MaHachu.
lets, on the 6rl day of June, and tAe twentieth
oaF OF Odober, annually ia the diaie OF
Khodeiland, on The fifteenth DAY Of June, and
The fifteenth day of November, annually
In the ieoond circuit, the faid circuit court
HAL confil Of the fenior Allocate juitlce cf the