Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1855-04-10
PROCLAMATION.
United States Of .8merica,

Territory Of Kansas.
| ITO the citizens and inhabitants of the Terri
J. tory of Kansas; ANDREW HI. FEEDER,
! Governor of the said Territory, do hereby pro-
| claim and make known, that I'M
SEAL } der and by virtue of the authority
conferred, and the duty enjoined
| by the thirty-fftl section of the act of Con-
grress, passed the thirtieth day of May A. d.
1854. entitled '.an act to organize the Terrific
ries Of Nebraska and Kansas;' have, until 9TH
erwise provided by law, defined the Judicial
Districts of the said Territory, and assigned
one Of said Districts to each of the Judges ap-
pointed for said Territory; and have also ap-
| pointed the times and places for holding the
courts in the said Districts as follows, that it
| to say:
All of said Territory embraced within the
! following bounds, shall constitute the FIRST
| JUDICIAL DISTRICT, to wit: commencing at the
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
nv Road leading from Fort LeavenWorth to Fl.
| kearney, thence along said Road to the line be-
! tween the twelfth and thirteenth Election Dis
tricts, thence down the same, and the waters of
Soldier creek along the western shore thereof
/ to the Kansas River. and down the same the
southern shore thereof, to the place of begin
hing, including the thirteenth, fourteenth, ff-
/ teenth, sixteenth, and eighteenth Election Dis
s.
Justice S. ID. Lecompte and the courts thereof
i shall be held at tbs Town Of Leayenworth.
| All of said Territory embraced within the
following bounds shall constitute the SECOND
fJUpTCIAL 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
Reservation to the head waters of the Wakaru-
| sa, or the nearest point thereto, and thence di-
! aPil tn nd no of Ia
same, to the east side of the house of Charles
| Matingiy, thence due south to the middle of the
| Santa re Road. thence westwardly along the
middle of said Road to Rock Creek, thence due
| south to the north line Of the Sac and Fox Res
cryation, 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 Terri
| tory, to the place of beginning, to include the
first. second, third, fourth fifth, sixth and sew
enteenth Election Districts. The said Dis
| tTict is assigned to Hon. Rush Gilmore, and the
courts thereof shall be held at the town of Te-
cumseh.
The Residue Of the territory, comprising the
| seventh, 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 fol-
| lows:
| AT LEAvENwoRTH on the third Monday OF
| April and third Monday of October.
AT TEcyMsEH, on the second Monday after
| 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 af-
| ter the third Monday of October.
Special and preliminary terms will be held at
Leavenworth on Monday the 18th day of March
next-at Tecumseh on Monday the 26th day of
| March next--and at Pawnee, on Monday the
End day of April next, at ten O'Clock A. n. at
which times all persons bound by recognizance
or otherwise, TO appear ct the first term of said
courts viii appear at the places aforesaid
fixed for their respective Districts and all JUS
tees 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 term,
make return of the same to the clerk of their
respective Districts, or to A. J. Isacks, the
L. S. District Attorney.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said
Territory, this twenty-sixth day of February,
A. d. 1855.
A. Fl. REEDER, Governor. &C.
Attest: DANIEL WooDsoN, Secretary. col W.