Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-12
Public SOL

Public So.
AN ACT to establish of the United States
In and for the State OF California
BE 1T enacted by tile Senate and House Of Representative
ehe United States Of america in Congress assembled, That
judicial circuit shall be, and the is hereby, cons
the United districts of Cali
orna of which shall be held annually in the
and year; and for this purpose Judge shall be
pointed and the court hereby organized SHALL in all things
ted in the several the United States
ganized under existing laws and shall also have and exer
ohe United States for the northern and southern districts
Of he Uned States the district courts
OF the United States III respective circuits and the
to appoint deputy which clerk shall reside and keep the
records OF the court III the said city OF San Francisco and
York
Sec q Ind be 1t further enacted, That said judge shall
have power to order and hold such special extra terms
of said court he deem expedent and at such time
direct addressed to the marshal and clerk of said court
least thirty days previous to the commencement of such
special extra term TERMS which order shall be pub
Ished nermedatey in two of the gazees of the
the business of said court shall have reference the mme
date preceding regular special term and be proceeded
with in the manners and such proceedings shall be-
all ntents and purposes valid If the had taken
place at regular term of said court all which terms shall
the marshal of the United States for the northern dis
trct of California, whose duty it shall be to act as the
the directions of said Judge and appeals from the proceed
n OF The court organized under this act sha be taken to
the Supreme Court of the United States, to the
end the conditions appeals taken under
existing laws from the other circuit of the United
Sec. g. And be utAer enacted That the judge of said
court shall have the power to issue wrs of habeas
corpus and other wrs is vested by law in the other
judges of the United States
Sec. 4. Ind be 1t further enacted That in case the Judge
of said court shall fail attend time and place
holding regular special of said court before the
TERM the business pending before said court shall stand
adjourned until the next regular term of said court
special term Of the should be ordered under the
authority n ms act to such F regular term
of the United States for the northern and southern dis
Te s of an shall exercise only the
states except the special vested in the said dis
lct courts OF California the decisions of the board of
commissioners for the settlement private land claims
California under existing laws and that appeals from the
courts OF California the of its ordinary juris
dicton shall be taken the circuit organized
appeals may be the Judgments orders or de-
ted States
Sec Ind be tzer enacted That the judge appoint
ed under this act SHALL from time to time
when in his opinion the business of his will pei
NIT and that of the of the northern and southern
districts of California shall require form part off, and pre-
side over the said district courts when either Of is
engaged in the discharge of the appellate jurisdiction
for the settlement of private land claims the State of
California under the act of Congress entitled can
ascertain and settle the land claims in the State of
California passed March third, eighteen hundred and ff
fftyone and by another act entitled can making APP
preparations for the civil and diplomatic expenses OF the
government for the year ending hreth of june eighteen
nundred ana fty-rce, and tor other purposes" passed
thirty,rst OF August eighteen hundred and and
1t shall be the duty OF the clerks of the respective district
courts of California to give thirty days written
the Judge of the court organized under this of the time
and place of the sitting OF such district the
charge Of such appellate and in judge
OF such district court shall fall from sickness other
ualty to attend such place. the judge of the
court organized under this act hereby authorized hold
said Court and proceed with the business court
accordance with the provisions prescribed for the reu
ton OF said DISCREET court in the act of Congress herenbe
fore referred to- and all appeals to the Supreme Court of
the United States from the decisions of the said district
court whether held by the aforementioned judge by him
Judge alone shall be taken in the prescribed by the
act Of passed the third day of March, eighteen
hundred and ffty-one entitled can act ascertain and
settle the private land claims in the State of California
SEC 14nd be it FURTHER enacted, That the salary of the
judge appointed under this shall be four thousand
hundred dollars annum, from the date
his appointment.
Sec 4ndd it. further enacted That all laws and parts
of laws mitigating against this act be- and the
hereby, repeated
Approved March 2, 1886