Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-20
8ftu aobertiseuants.
PR0CLAMATION.

u tory OF Kansas; ANDREW II. REynr.
Governor of the said Territory, do hereby Dr,
claim and make known. that rao- no
SEAL der and by virtue of the author;t,.
conferred, and the duty enio;ns!
by the thirty-ffth section Of the act of Coe
gress, passed the thirtieth day of May A. n
ries of Nebraska and Kansss:' have, until osb-
erwise provided by law. defined the Judiei,I
Districts of the said Territory, and assirnsd
one of said Districts to each of the Judges an.
pointed for said Territory; and have also an.
pointed the times and places for holding Is.
courts in the said Districts as follows, that i,
to saw:
All of said Territory embraced within III.
following bounds, shall constitute the FIRsr
JUDICIAL DISTRICT, to wit: commencing at tbe
mouth of the Kansas River, thence up the Mis-
souri, River, to the Northern line of the Terri
| tory thence along said line west, to the line
between the eleventh and eighteenth Election
Districts, therce down said line to the Militia
~ Road leading from Fort Ieayenworth to Fl
kearney, thence along said Road to the line be-
tween the twelfth and thirteenth Election Dis
t lets, 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
southern shore thereof, to the place CT begin
ming. including the thirteenth. fourteenth. ff-
teenth. sixteenth. and eighteenth Election Dis
tricts, which said District is assigned to Chief
Justice s. d. Lecompte and the courts thereof
shall be held at the Town Of Leavenworth.
All of said Territory embraced within the
following bounds shall constitute The SECOND
JUDICIAL DISTINCT, 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
Reservation to the head waters of the Wakaru-
ga. or the nearest point thereto, and thence di-
reetly to, and down the northern shore Of the
same, to the east side of the house Of Charles
| Matingly, thence due south to the middle of the
| Santa Fe Road, thence westwardlv along the
middle of said Road to Rock Creek, thence due
| south to the north line of the Sac and Fox Res
eTvation. 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 oy the south and cast lines of the Terri
tory, to the place of beginning to include the
first, second, third, fourth, fifth! sixth and sew
entecnth Election Districts. The said Dis
tTictis assigned to Hon. Rush Elmore. and II.
courts thereof shall be held at the town of Te-
cumseh.
The Residue of the territory, comprising the
| seventh, eighth. ninth, tenth. eleventh ard
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 fol-
lows:
AT LEAvENwoRrII on the third Monday OF
April and third Monday of October.
AT 1ECUMSEH, on Ine second MenoaF eIser
the third Monday Of April, and second Mon
day after the third Monday of October.
AT PAwNEE. on the fourth Monday after The
third Monday of April. and fourth Monday sf-
ter the third Monday of October.
Special and preliminary terms will be held at
Leavenworth on Monday the 10Th day of March
next-at Tecumseh Monday the 26th day Of
March next---and at Pawnee, on Monday the
2nd day of April next, at ten o'clock A Il. at
. . which times all persons bound by recognizance
otherwise, to appear at the first term of said
courts will appear at the places so as aforesaid
fixed for their respective Districts and all JUS
tices of the Peace who have taken recognizan.
ces for the appearance Of any person charged
before them will at or before the commence
! ment of the said special preliminary tern
make return of the same to the clerk Of thei
respective Districts, or TO A. J. Isacks, tn
U. s. District Attorney.
Witness nv hand and the Seal of the sal
Territory. this twenty-sixth day cf FebIuar!
A. D. 1855.
: A. IT. REEDER, Governor. &c.
Attest: DANIEL WooDsoS, Secretary 6 V