The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
PRocLAMATror..

@NIIED SfAtI1 OF A8EHlCA.f
TERRIToRY or KASs4sf
W the citizens and inhabitants OF tie TcFrsto-
e 81 hnnsa<. l, ASDRxw Il. RxEDER Gov
@ esher Of the said Territory, do here
u E ey prociaim and fnake known, that,
lfz EF=s ander and By virtue ef The authority
enterred. and thu 6lty ezs;oined hy
,-s---> the tAiFts-fifth section f,f a. aet ~
- passed the tLirtieth aay of Nav. a. u.
80 20 An act to organize the Territr;e.
;se .s.... "a snd Kansas have. until other
sets OF The said Tefriselv I'D rssSgs<s ans "a
ss;9 Gistilsss to each of sle Judge appointed for
SAD and haze also litsa ale times
sIo places igF holding te Courts IN tls sid si-
eIiets, as follows, that IS TO sor:
Al Of snid Territory es,lbFsres xrss.;,, ~. g,
owing bounds shall cofsttate the Fsfst ls.';;,Y
Dfe1rscs = 20 wit: Commencing as the ,nor..S -
the kansas Fiver thence up the Bi;ssr; ~ " ~
tne northern hne of the Territory; thence sIar, -
saad nns Mes. 70 the line betEeea tie elescnfR
and eighteenth election districts; thence dow,
said iise to the military road leading from Fc,t
Leasenworth to Fort kearney; thence alcr1 ss;i
road 20 the line between the sNeIfsl, a-s a..
teenth election districts; thenoe down tba ss-,
aud the waters Of Soldier creek along the veStr,
shore thereof, TO the Kansas fiyer. and dow, A..
same, on the southern shore thereof 10 the place
Of beginning. including the thirteenth fourtesrsb
fifteenth; sixteenth, and eighteenth elseticn dis
tricts: which said district is assigned 20 Ch;as
Justice :. ID. LEcoHPTE, and the Courts thereof
shall be held at the town Of Leayenxorth.
All OF said Territory embraced within the fol-
lowing bounds shall constitute the Second .yu4i
csot DatfFstf, 70 wit: Commencing at the month
of the Kansas river; thence up the sar,e. along
the southern shore thereof. 10 the western line ~
the PottawatoHlie reservation; thence alono tl.,
western and southern lines of said reservation 20
the head waters Of the Wakarusa, or the nearest
Eoint thereto. and thence directly to and down
the northern shore ef the same 10 the east side of
the house of Charles Matinely; thence dris south
TO the middle OF the Santa Fe road; thence west
wardiy along the middle Of said road to Roek
creek; thence due south to the north line of Tire
Sac and Fox reservation; thence along the north
and west lines thereof, and due south, to the Ne
osho river; thence up the southern shore of sail
river, and of the north branch thereof TO the
head; thence due south to the ling. of the Terri
tory. and thence BY the senth ana east lines of
the Territory 70 the place of beginning to include
the FIRST, second, third. fourth, fifth, sixth. and
seventeenth election districts. The said distri,.s
is assigned to Hon. RrsH GILMORE. and the
Courts thereof shall be held ct the town of Te-
cunseh.
The residue of the Territory, comprising tie
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and
twelfth election districts. shall constitute the
Third judicial Distriefi which Is assigned TO
Hon. SANDERS w. JoHSsTos, and the Courts
thereof shall be hold at the town Of Pawnee.
The regular terms of Courts shall be rs follows:
and third Monday Of October.
at 7sennaseI on the second Monday afSer the
third Monday of April and second Monday after
the third Monday of October.
At Paasaee on the fourth Monday after the
third Monday of April, and fourth Monday afser
the third Monday of October.
Special and preliminary terms viii be held at
on Monday, the 18th day of March
next; at Teeumseh on Monday, ths 26th day of
March next; and ut Paxnee en- Monday, the 9d
day Of April next, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. as which
times all Persons bound by recognizance or 9th
erwise TO appear at the first term of said Courts,
viii appear at the places as aforesaid fixed for
their respective districts; and all justices of ths
Peace who have taken recognizanocs for the 50.
pearance OF any person charged before thssAs
viii. at or before the commencement of tie said
special OF preliminary term, make return of tia
same to the clerk of their respective districts or
to A. /. IsAczs, Esq, the q. s, District Attor-
ncy.
Witness nay hand and the seal of the said Terri
tory, this twenty-sixth day of February, a. D.
1865. A. II. REEDERs Governor, &c.
Attest: DAM. WooDsoS, Secretary.
March 10, Is55.-4w