The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-13

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Z" Congress as5e,'sb.e! That 50 much OK any act or
acts q Congress, vests IN the district courts of
nc United States, III the districts OF Kentlckv,
Last and west Tennessee, and Ohio, the powers
authority and jurisdiction of the circuit courts of
inc United States, shalbc, and the same is here
b. rerc.leJ
9rr , he it flttjrc cpatfsh 'rha; fer the p,rr
Pcse 81 ho!iing therein the circ,t;t courts, 70 BE
eSthusecd D., this act the state of Kentucky
shiH constit.lc one district, the state of Tenncs
sec one district and the state of Ohio one district
ana the SAID districts o. Ncnhckv, Tennessee and
Ono, shall coustituts and be dcnomnatecl the Sc
Nenth circuit. Aud tberc shall be holden ar1n,,-
iiy cach district ii the said circuit two courts
To be called circuit courts and to consist of out.
J"SdCc or inc supreme court OF the United States,
and the Judge Of the district where such court
snail be holden. And the sessions of the said
courts, IN the district of Kentucky shall be held
az frankfort, and commence on the frs Monday
III Nay and November, annually; in the district
OF tennessee, 1t Knoxville, and Nashville al
tefhately, to commence on the first Monday in
june, and tl!!rd Monday in October annually,
hcSinnInG at Nashville I; and in the district of o.
mo- at Chlisicothe, to commence On the first Mon
day IN january and September, ANNUALLY. And
u'e circuit court of Tennessee shall designate ut
winch OF the two places where the said court Is
ncFe"y directed to be ho!dcn the Office of clerk
thereof shall be kept.
sec. .. Ss II fi1fier enacted, That all the au-
I''NfSIS llSC.lCtiGl, vested the
!e'a4 circuit courts Of the United States or the
Judges thereof CT ether of them, shall be- ard
ne!ei'y ale vested in, ard may be exercised by
INC several circuit courts of the seventh circuit,
AID the Judges thereof: And that all actions
causes, pleas, process, and other proceedings
f-.atiIc TO any cause, civil OF criminal, which
SnuI De retuinaple to, or depending in the several
@1iStrct ccUt5 Of Kentucky, Tennessee, and o.
.it, 'ctsnE IS circuit courts OH the irst clav of
-H.y neAt, sri i ae Snd hereby are declared to 10
1Iec'iNeiy transferred, rctuTnabe, and coutin-
~ =, 90 the several circuit courts constituted tV
KS act, - The times herein appointed for the ses
son 81 each OF the sad courts, and shall be heard
Gicd. and determined therein, in tic same man
ncr, ard with thc same effect, as if no change
had been made hereby in the courts OF the SAID
district And The said circuit courts Of the Sc
Tentn circuit, shall be governed by the same
laws and regulations as apply to the ether circuit
courts OF the United States, and shall appoint
clerks tor the SAID courts respectively who shall
reside, and keep the records OF the said courts,
nj The places OF holding tho courts, whereto they
shall respectively belong, except as herein before
profdcd, and shall perform the same duties, and
DC entitled To, ard receive the same emournents
and fees. respectively, which arc by law esta-
bshc'l for the clerks Of the other circuit courts
OF The United States
Sec. 4. IND he it ji0iher enacted, That the state
OF Tennessee shall be divided into two districts,
for the purpose OF holding district courts in the
same, ono 20 consist of tht part thereof which
ny the laws OF the said state, forms the dis
trict Of Washington and Hamilton, which shall
be called the district Of East Tcnresse and one
other To consist Of all that part of the state Of
Tennessee, which by tic laws of die said state
How forms the districts Of Winchester, Nero
and Robertson, which shah be called the district
ot West Tennessee; and I'll the authority, pow
and Jurisdiction vested in thc several; district
courts Of the United States, and the Judges there
of, in those districts in which circuit courts are
now held, shall be retained and may be exerois-
ed by the several district courts of Kentucky,
East and West Tennessee, and Ohio, and the
Veral Judges thereof And the sessions OF the said
district courts shall, after the first day of May
next, be IS follows in Kentucky, AT Frankfort,
two sessions, to commence on the first Mondays
in June and December, annually il East Ten
ncssce, 1t Knoxville, two scssi ons, to commence
OH the third Monday in April, and second Mon
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