Kansas weekly herald., 1855-04-27
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AN ACT to divide the State of Illinois into
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BE it enacted by the Senate apd House OF Re!
presentatives Of the United States of America III
Congress assembled, That the State OF Illinois
be, and the same is hereby divided into two Juf
dicial districts in the naHner blowing; to wit:
The counties of Hancock, McDoRoaghs Peoria,
Woodford, Livingston and Iriquois, and all the
counties in the said State, north OF them, snali
district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for
the said district at the city of Chicago; and the
residue of the counties Of the said State snail
compose another district Of Illinois, and courts
shall be held for the same at the city of Springs
field. -
SEC. 2. .4nd belt further enacted, That there
shall be two terms of the circuit and district
courts begun and held in each OF said dlstrIcts,
to wit: Atthe city of Chicago, for the north
ern district on the first Monday in July and third
Monday in December; and at the city of Spring.
field for the southern district on the first Monday
In March, and the first Monday in October in
each year; and the said courts are hereby au-
thorized to hold adjourned terms when the busl-
ness shall, in the opinion OF the courts, require
it. - y
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all
suits and other proceedings of whatever name,
Or nature, and now pending In the circuit or dIs-
trict courts of the United States for the district
of Illinois, shall be tried and disposed OF in the
circuit and district courts respectively for the
northern district of Illinois, 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 the
said courts in the northern districts and the clerk
of the circuit and district courts for the present
district of Illinois shall remove the records and
files of the said circuit and district courts to the
| city of Chicago; and do and perform all duties
| appsrtaining to his office within the northern
district And all process and other proceedings
do h1o f1 q Q1r 1.
emit or district courts Of the present district OF
Illinois, shall be returnable at the next term OF
the said courts respectively in the northern dis
trict Of Illinois. z..5z.s -zle.5
SEC. 4. And he it further enacted, That
upon application of any party to any suit
now pending which would have been COM
menced in the southern district, if this act
had been in force before the commencement
Fof the said suit, the proper court may, and
| if all parties consent, shall order that the
same be removed for further proceedings
to the proper court of the southern district
And, thereupon the clerk shall transmit all
the papers in the cause with a transcript o
all orders taken therein to the clerk OF the
count to which the suit shall be removed
and all further proceedings shall be had, IN
said court as the said suit had been orlgl
tnaliy commenced therein. e
SEC. S. And be it further enacted, Tha
the present judge of the district of 1llinol:
be, and is hereby assigned to the northern
district of Illinois. .-..,.. -,..-, -.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, Tha
final process On any judgement or decree
entered in the circuit or district courts of the
United States for the district ofIllinois, anc
all other process for the enforcement OF any
Iorder of said courts, respectively, IN any
cause now pending therein, except cause:
removed, as herein before provided, shall
he issued from and made returnable to the
lproper court for the northern district OF Ii
Illinois, and may be directed to and exeeu
ted by the marshal of the said northern dis
trict in any part of said state.
SEC. T. And be it further enacted. Tha
there be appointed district judge for th'
Ithe7 said southern district of Illinois, ant
the district Judge of each of the said district
shall be entitled to an annual salary o
TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars.
. SEC. g. And be it further enacted, Tha
the present district attorney for the distric
; of Illinois shall be the district attorney 70
the northern district; the present marsha
of the district of Illinois, shall be the mar
shall for the northern district; and the pre-
tsent clerk of the courts for the district o
Illinois, shall be the clerks of the courts 70
the southern district. -a
/ Approved February Is, 1866.