Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-05-04
Thy AUrlfDRiTY.1

AN act for the better organization of the
District Courts of the United States within
the state of Alabama.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES of the Unitei STATES
Of .4mertca in Congress assembled, That
the state A tsbama snail be, and the same
is hereby divided, divided into two Dis
tricts. in manner following, to wit: That
part thereof composing the counties Of
Jackson, Decatur. Madison, Limestone,
Lauderdare, Franklin, Lawrence, Nor
gan, Blouni, St. Clair, Jefferson, Wal
ker, and Marion, shall compose one Dis
trici, TO be called the Northern District
OF A labama; and the residue thereof,
shall compose another District, TO be
called the Southern District of ALBANIA.
Sec. 9 ind be IL further enacted That
there shall be two terms of the District
Cour, for the Southern DIS riot, held at
Mobile, in each year, to begin on the
third Monday after the fourth Monday in
March, and the fourth Monday after the
fourth Monday in October; and on
term at Cahawba, in each year, to begin.
on The third Monday in June; and one
term Of the District Court, FIR he North
ern District, shall be held IN Huntsville,
in each year, to begin on the second
Monday in July; and the Distric, Judge
o. the United States, for the State o.
Alabama, is hereby required TO hold the
Courts aforesaid, and furthermore, to
bold one or more special terms, at Ca
hawba, and at Huntsville, in each year,
if, in his opinion, the business of the
Court have req iirod i, to he done.
Sec. s ind be it further enacted,
That the third Monday in December, in
each year, shall be return day for writs
and executions, re;urnable to the said
D,stric1 Courl at Cahawba: and the Sc
cond Monday IN January, in each year,
shall be return day tor writs and exc
cu'ions returnable TO the SAID District
Court a, Huntsville; and the parties to
such suits as shall be so returned, shall
make up their pleadnss under such rules
as the Cour shall prescribe, in order to
have the causes so returned, IN q state
fir trial at the next OCULAR Term,
Sec. 4. ind be it further enocted,
hdt on duoNo lJSt'iiiiS III VIC ocki LIS
trict Court at Mobile and Cahawba snall
be adjourned and continued from the
times heretofore prescribed BY law for
holding said Cours, respectively, 10 the
times appointed by ttis act; and all re-
cognlzances and process of every de-
scription, made returnable to the former
terms Of holding said Courts, respective
l. l. Il tI~ l.
= established, and be as valid as if tne
time of holding the same had not been
changed
Sec. 5. ind be it Purifier enacted,
Tha, all causes, at law or in chancery,
pending in the said District Court al
Mobile and Cahawba, in which the de-
fendan, or defendants resided,in he north
ern District at the time of serving the
process, shall be transferred to the Dis
trici Court for the said Northern ID s.
trict, established by this act, and be pro-
ceeded in, judged, and determined, III
the same manner as it originally COM
menced in said Court and it shall be
the duty of the Clerks of the said Dis.
trict Courts at Mobile and Cahawba, to
to transmit, by some safe conveyance, to
the Clerk of the District Court for The
Northern District, the original papers in
all such cases, together with a transcript
OF all proceedings had therein
Sec. 6. Ind be it further enacted,
That all the suits hereafter 10 be brought,
in either of the Courts aforesaid, n II of a
local nature, shall be brought only in the
District where the defendant shall re-
side, but if there be more than one de-
PENDANT, and some Of them reside in the
Northern, and some in the Southern Dis
tric,, the plaintiff may sue In ei,het, aud
send duplicate writ to the other, on
which he shall endorse that it is part Of
a suit brought in he Disrc from which
it is sent; and the SAID virus, when exc.
cuted and returned, shall constitute one
suit, and be proceeded in accordingly.
Sec. 7 .And be it further enacted,
That the Judge OF said Courts snail APP
point Clerk Of The DIs'r,c, & nrt of
the Northera District, who shall reside,
ana keep his Office, and the regards and
documents appertaining thereto, at the
place oil holding said Court be entitled
to the same fees allowed by law to the
Clerk of the Southern District, and be
subject to the same liabilities and penal
ties.
Sec. 8. Ind be it further enacted
That the District Attorney heretoior.