The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-05-31
lPCBLIC.-No. 23l

AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled A,
act TO amend the Judicial system of the Unite,
States"
BE 1t enacted, By tic Senate and ILouse of Re,
'eSe"t4f'oeS ot tie Dnued States Of Ameyica IN Con
gress assenbied, That the Supreme Court of tbf
United Suites sha! hereafter consist of n cbi.rius
ice, ana eight associate Judges any five of whom
shaii constitute quorum and, lor this purpose
tierc shall be appointed two additional justices OF
sad court with the like powers, and TO iolxe the
same oaths, perform the same duties and be en-.
uued 10 the same salary, as the other associate
Judges Hereafter, the districts ofVermont. Con
necticni, and New York, shall constitute The 90.
coma circuit; the district of New jersey and the
eastern and western districts of PrnnsvIv,n;,
snail constitute the third circuit: the district oi
Marylaad and The district of Delaware shaft con.
sulute the fourth circuit; the districts of VIRGINIA
ana the district of North Carolina shall constitute
the nun circnit the districts of South Carolino
u'u ueors'a snail constitute the sixth circuit; the
sh.,i So y, onlo, INDIANA, Illinois, and Michigan
ona', constitute The seventh circuit and tbe Cir
cut courts shall be held at Columns m ,ha or.
I's'nc', I, on the thlrd Mondays in MAY and Dccem.
yer a' Detroit, IN the Michigan district. ON the
,or'" % monday IN June; at 'Indanapolis in The
,nu'ana , district on the first Monday in Decem.
pe, at VahdalIa, IN the Illinois district ON the
,as' monday IN November, in each wear: the dis
n,e'' u Vi hehtucky, east and vest Tennessee. and
sSo"t', siaii form and be called the eighth cir.
cuit and the districts of Alabama. the caster,
district OF Louisiana, the district of Mississnn;
ana the district OF Arkansas, shall form and he
called the ninth circuit
ohO. o. ana De further enacted, That the sess
onI @ VI said cnrcuit courts shall be held twice in
s"on year IN the following districts. to wit com
nichclng IN the eastern district of Iouisiano -,
,,o i've" ", o,'eans on the third Monday OF MAY and on
d;s,r;n, ~ rmohday OF November, annualy in the
s.. ., Mississippi, at Jrcksou, on the first Mon
10y Vi May and on the first Monday of Novembe
per- annually; in the southern district oc Ala.
oau'a AT Mobile, on the second Monday of April
,hn "a 'ne second Monday of October, annually in
e western district of ofPennsylvana. at Pittsburo
oa I,o ufd Monday OF May and November an
hua,y IN the district of Delaware at New castle
yn u'e tuesday next following the fourth Mon.
c3 3 VI May, and at Dover on the Tuesday next
.o"ow'ng The third Monday of October, annually
,i nu III ',e district OF Maryland at Baltimore, on
ule nrst Monday of April and the first Monday of
October, annually in the northern district of Nav
hoik, at Albany, on the second Tuesday of June
ana Tue third Tuesday of October annnallv and
'"e'e snaii De holden term of said circuit courts
%a""',y, al Lewisburg, IN the western district of
si"'a' commencing on the first Monday Of Au |
gust; at Huntsville, in the northern district of
INaoahia' commencing on the first Monday of
June at st. Louis, in the district of Missouri |
ooI"tnenclng on The first Monday in April; and
at I.lttle Rock, in the district of Arkansas nm the
fourth Monday of March; and tho, no nrocess re-.
cognzance, or bail bond, returnable TO the next
,crh OF either OF said courts shall be avoided or
impaired, or affected by this change. ns IN the
commencement OF said term; but that all process
oah oohds, ard recognizances returnable TO the
next term oil either Of said courts shall be retnrn.
able aud returned 10 the court next held accoyd
ing 10 TINS act, in the same mauner as if so made
re.urpaole on the face thereof and shall have full
enect accordingly; and that all connuances in
ei'her OF said courts shall be from the last term
70 he court appointed by this act and the day here
IN appointed for the commencement of the next
session thereof; PToriaed. That nothing herein
Confined shall prevent The Judge of the northern
district OF New York from holding the courts at
ohca nor tho Judge of the western district of pen.
nsy vanla from holding the courts at Williamsport
al ule same time and with the same power and
jurisdiction as heretofore.
SEC And bon further enacted. That so much
o' any act or acts oi Congress as vests in the dis
uc' courts of the United States for the districts
OF ofindlana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas the east.
erh district of Louisiana the district of Mississip-
p', 'he northern district of New York, the weS-
,e.h ulStrlct Of Virginia, and the western dis
u uio' OF pennsylvania, and the districts of Ala
o,ama, or either of them, the power and juris-
eie'on OF circuit courts, be, and the same is
N'NNli iVPcdieui ana tnere snail hereafter be
circuit courts held for said districts by the chief
OF associate justices of the Supreme Court, as .
signed or allotted to the circuit to which such
districts may respectively belong, aud the dis
trici Judges Of such districts severally and re-
spechvoly, either Of whom shall constitute a
quorum which circuit courts, and the Judges :
thereof shall have like powers and exercise like
jurisdiction as other circuit courts and the Judges
thereof and the said district courts and the Judges
thereof, shall have like powers and exercise like
jurisdiction as the district courts, aud the judg-
rs thereof, in other circuits. From all judgments
and DEGREES, rendered in the district conrs of
he United States for the western district of LOU
siana, wrts Of error and appeals shall lie to the
,ircu cour, in the other district in said state. in
he same manner as from DEGREES and judgments
rendered IN the districts within which circuit,
'ourt is provided by this act. :
SIC. 4. .ind be u further enacted. That all ae-
ions, suits, prosecutions causes pleas. process,
Ind other proceedings, relative to any cause. civ
j OF criminal, (Which might have been brough,. I
md could have been originally, cosniZable in :
circuit court,) now pcndisg in, or re,urnable tol
'e veral diSiric courts OF Indiana, Illinois. Mis-
'ouri Mississippi, Arkansas, Michigan. the {
'aSter district of LouSian, the districts of Al
'bama the northern district OF New York, the G
western disiriet'cf Pennsylvania, and western