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nefs, 81 Fang and G Josephine" and the |
barge ssPhenix, ''fer violation of the rev.
enue have in the district of Maine; thesame |
having been wrongfully paid into the trea-
sury of the United States through mistake.
- Approved Feb. IA. 1856.
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.'asbsa1 sa Public No. 27.1 ~ =.
AN SACT teidivide the State of Ohio into
y tive. judicial districts, and provide for
~ holding the district and circuit courts Of
the United States therein -.~4,..,.
Be it enacted by, the Senate and House
Of; Representative of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
State of Ohio be, and the same is hereby,
divided into two judicial districts, in the fol-
lowing manner, to wit The counties of
Belmont, G1ernsy, Shelby and Mercer, to-
gether with all that part of the State lying
south of the above mentioned counties, shall
compose one district, TO be called the SOUTH
ern district of Ohio, and court shall be
held for the said district at the city of Gin
cinnati, and all the remaining part of the
State shall compose another district, to be
called the northern district of Ohio, and a
court shall be held for the same in the city
of Cleaveland, in said State.
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted, That
there shall be two terms of the circuit and
district courts begun and held in each of
said districts, to wit: At the city of Cincin-
natl, for the southern district, on the third
Tuesdays of April and October, and at the
city of Cleaveland, for the northern district,
on the second Tuesdays of July and No
! vember in each year; and the said courts
are hereby authorized to hold adjourned
terms, when the business before the court
shall, in the opinion before the court, re-
quire ii. -, - g s.a -
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all suits and other proceedings, of whatever
name of nature, now pending in the cireui,
or district courts of the United States for the
district of Ohio, shall be tried and disposed
of IN the circuit and district courts respec-
lively, for the southern district of Ohio, in
the same manner as the same would have
been In case said State had not been divided
into two districts; and for that purpose the
jurisdiction is reserved to said courts IN the
southern district, and the clerk of the cir
cult and district courts, for the present dis
trict of Ohio, shall remove the records and
files of the said circuit and district courts to
the city of Cincinnati, and do, and perform,
all the duties appertaining to his Office with-
III the, southern district, and all process and
other proceedings taken or issued, or made
returnable to the circuit or district court for
the present district of Ohio, shall be return
able at the next term of the said courts re-
spectiyely, In the southern district of Ohio.
SEC. 4, And be it further enacted, That
upon the application of any party to any
suit now pending, which would have In force
before the commencement of said suit, the
proper court may, and, if all parties consent,
shall order that the same be removed fol
further proceedings to the proper court for
the northern district; and therefore, the
clerk shall transmit all the papers in the
cause, with Transcript of the order of the
removal, to the clerk of the court to which
the suit shall be removed, and all further
proceedings shall be had in said court as il
the suit had been originally commenced
therein .7s..ss.sz 49, zss-
i SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That
1.-The present Judge of the district of Ohio be
land he is hereby, assigned to hold said
courts Ia the southern district of Ohio, and
shall exercise the same jurisdiction, and
perform the same duties, within said district
as he now exercises and performs within his
lpresent district. -. sE5z1
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted; Thai
final process upon any judgment or decree
entered In the circuit or district court of the
United States for the district of Ohio, and
all other process for the enforcement ofany
order of said courts, respectively, in any
cause now pending therein, except causes
removed as hereinbefore provided, shall be
issued from and made returnable to the
lproper court for, the southern district o
Ohio, and may run and be executed by the
marshal of said southern district in any
part Of said State. .zgoF 80 so4 sR
SEC. 4 And be it.further enaesed, Tha
there besappointed a district Judge forthe
said northern district of Ohio; who shall
tpossess the samespowers, and do and per.
form all such duties in his district as are
now enjoined or in anywise appertaining to
the present district judge for the district oil
Ohio, and the district Judge OF each dis,
trict shall be entitled TO the same compen.
sation as by law Is provided for the pres
ent Judge for thezdistriet of Ohio.
SEC. g. And be itfurther enacted, THAI
ltherelbe appointed one person as idistricl
attorney, and one person as marshal, fol
said southern districts whose terms ofap-
4 pointment and service, as well as duties
and emoluments, shall be the same with
those respectively appertaining to the said
Offices In the district of Ohio; and said mar
Eshal shall girethe same bond that other
marshals are required to give, to be appro-
we'd and recorded rs new directeds by law.
provided, That the present district a1tor-
ney of the district of Ohio shall be the dis
Etriot attorney of the northern district. but
sball rotair tbe cbaroe of all s,,;t.r Iroodx,