Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-30
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TERRrroaY OF KANsAs.-

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Of the said Territory, do hereby proclaim and
make known that under and by virtue of the an
thority conferred and the duty enioined by the
thirty fifth section Of the ActOf Congress pass
ed the thirtieth day Of May, A. D: 1854, entitled
Gan Act to organize the Territories OF Nebras-
ka and Kansas have, until otherwise provi-
ded by law, defined the Judicial Districts of the
said Territory, and assigned one OF said Districts
to each of the Judges appointed for the said
Territory, and have also appointed the times
and places for holding the Courts in the said
Districts, as follows, that is to say:
All OF said Territory embraced within the
following bounds shall constitute the First Jg>
diciGl District, to wit: Commencing at the mouth
OF the Kansas river, thence up the Missouri river
to the Northern line of the Territory, thence a.
long said line West to the line between the
Eleventh and Eighteenth Election Districts,
thence down said line to the Military Road lead
ing from Fort Leayenworth to Fort Kearney,
thence along said road to the line between the
Twelfth and Thirteenth Election Districts,
thence down the same and the waters of Soldier
Creek along the Western shore thereof to the
Kansas river, and down the same, on the South
ern shore thereof, to the place of beginning, in
cluding the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth and Eighteenth Election Districts,
which said District is assigned to Chief Justice
s. ID. LEcoMPTE, and the Courts thereof shall be
held at the town of LeavenWorth.
All OF said Territory embraced within the fol-
lowing bounds shall constitute the Second Judi
ciGl District, to wit: Commencing at the mouth
of the Kansas River, thence up the same along
the Southern shore thereof to the Western line
Of the Pottawattomie Reservation, thence along
the Western and Southern lines OF said Reserva-
ton to the head waters of the Wakarusa or the
nearest point thereto, and thence directly to-,
and down the Northern shore of the same to the
East side of the house Of Charles Mattingly,
thence due South to the middle of the Santa Fe
Road, thence Westwardly along the middle of
said road to Rock Greek, thence due South to
the North line Of the Sac and Fox Reservation,
thence along the North and West lines thereof,
and due South to the Neosho River, thence up
the Southern shore of said River and of the South
Branch thereof to the head, thence due South to
the line Of the Territory, and thence by the South
and East lines Of the Territory to the place of
beginning, to include the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventeenth Election
Districts. The said District is assigned to Hon.
RUSH Gilmore, and the Courts thereof shall be
held at the Town of Tecumseh.
The Residue Of the Territory comprising the
syenth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth election Districts, shall constitute the
Third Judicial District, which is assigned to
Hon. SANDERS w. JOHNSTON, and the Courts
thereof shall be held at the town of Pawnee.
The regular Terms of Courts shall be as
follows:
At LcauenUorth, on the third Monday Of April
and third Monday of October.
1T Iecunaseh on the second Monday after the
third Monday of April and second Monday after
the third Monday of October.
At Pascnee, on the fourth monday after the
third monday of April, and fourt Monday after
the third Monday of October. Special and pre-
liminary terms viii be held at Leavenworth
on Monday the 18th day of March next-at Te-
cumseh on Monday the 26th day of March next
and at Pawnee on monday the End day of April
next at Ten O'Clock A. M. at which times all
persons bound by Recognizance or otherwise to
appear atthe first Term Of said courts will ap-
pear at the places as aforesaid fixed for their
respective Districts; and all Justices of the Peace
who have taken Recognizances for the appear
ance of any person charged before them will at
or before the commencement of the said special
or preliminary term make return of the same
to the clerk of their respective Districts or to
A. ]. Isacks, Esq, the U. S. Dis. Atty.
Witness my Hand and the seal of the said
Territory this Twenty-sixth day of
February A. D, 1855.
A. II. REEDER,
Governor, &c.
Affect.