Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
PROCLAMATION.
United SAFES Of .fmerica,


Territory Of Kdnsas.
ITO the citizens and inhabitants of the Terri
l. tory Of Kansas; ANDREW II. REEpER,
Governor of the said Territory, do hereby pro-
- claim and make known, that un-
sEAEI } der and b. virtue of the authority
conferred, and the duty enjoined
by the thirty-hfth section of the act of Con-
gTess, passed the thirtieth day Of May A. D.
1854. entitled E'an act to organize the Terrific
rics 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 sp-
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
t. say:
All of said Territory embraced within the
following bounds, shall constitute the FIRST
JUDICIAL DisTRIcT, to wit: commencing at the
mouth Of Che 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
ry Road leading from Fort LeayenwoEth to TT
KearDey, thence along said Road to the line be-
tween the twelfth and thirteenth Election Dis
t,icts, 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 Of begin
ming, including the thirteenth, fourteenth, nf-
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 DISTRICT, to wit commanding 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-
Fectly 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 re Road, thence westwardly along the
middle of said Road TO Rock Greek, thence due
south to the north line Of the Sac and Fox Res
eryation, 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 isclude the
first, second, third, fourth. fifth, sixth and sew
enteenth Election Districts. The said Dis
trict is assigned to Hon. Rush Elmore, and the
courts thereof shall be held at the town Of Te-
cuIGseh.
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 PawBee.
The Regular Terms of courts shall be as fol-
lows:
AT LEAvENwoRTH on the third Monday Of
April and third Monday of October.
AT TEcUMsEH, on the second Monday after
the third Monday of April, and second Mon-
day after the third Monday of October.
AT PAwEEE, 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 Monday the 26th day of
March next---and at Pawnee, On Monday the
2nd day of April next, at ten O'Clock A. NJ. at
which times ali persons bound by recognizance
or otherwise, TO appear at the first term of said
courts will appear at the places SO az 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 viii 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
u. S. District Attorney.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said
Territory, this twenty-sixth day of February
a. d. 1855.
y A. II. REEDER, Governor. SC.
Attest: DANIEL WooDsos, Secretary. w