Kansas weekly herald., 1855-04-06
PROCL.g.W.aTEOW
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ]
TERRIToRy OF KANsAs

To the Citizens and Inha5itants
SEAL } of The Territory of Kansas: 1, An
~ DREW H. REEDER, Governes
of the said Territory, do hereby proclaim aHa
make known that under and by virtue Of the au-
thority conferred and the duty enjoined By the
thirty-fifth section Of the Act Of Congress pass
ed the thirtieth day Of May, A. D. 1854, entitled
Gan Act to organize the TerrItosies ofNebras-
ded by law, defined the Judicial Districts Of tho
said Territory, and assigned one Of said Districts
to each of the Judges appointed for the said
Territory, and have also appointed the times
and places for holding the Courts in the said
Districts, as follows, that Is to say:
All Of said Territory embraced within the
following bounds shall constitute the First Ja-
diciGl District, to wit: Commencing at the mouth
Of the Kansas river, thence UP the Missouri river
to the Northern line of the Territory, thence a.
long said line West to the line between the
Eleventh and Eighteenth Election Districts,
thence down said line to the Military Road Lead
ing from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearney,
thence along said road to the line between the
Twelfth and Thirteenth Election Districts,
thence down the same and the waters of Soldier
Creek along the Western shorethere to the
Kansas river, and down the same, on the South
ern shore thereof. to the place Of beginning, in-
Guiding the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth and Eighteenth Election Districts,
which said District iseassiened to Chief Justice
S. d. LEcoMPTE, and the Courts thereof shall be
held at the town of Learenworth.
All OF said Territory embraced within the FOL.
| lowing bounds shall constitute the Second Judi
ciat OsstT,~~r, 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 ReseTva-
ton to the head waters Of the Wakarusa or the
| nearest point thereto, and thence directly to,
and down the Northern shore OF the same to the
East side of the house of Charles Mattingly,
thence due South to the middle Of the Santa Fe
Road, thence Westwardy along the middle OF
said road to Rock Greek, thence due South to
the North line Of the Sac and Fox Reservation,
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
1 and East lines OF the Territory to the place Of
j beginning, to include the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seyentkenth Election
Districts. The said District is assigned to Hon.
] RUSH ELLMoRE, and the Courts thereof shall ba
held at the Town of Tecumseh.
/ The Residue Of the Territory comprising the
sventh, Eighth, Ninth. Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth election Districts, sh III constitute the
| Third Judicial Districf, which is assigned to
Hon.. SANpERs w. JOHNSTON, and the Courts
thereof shall be held at the town Of Pawnee
follows.
l. At L<arenseorth, IN The third Monday Of April
and third Monday Of October.
j 1T Tseunsseh on the second Monday after tas
third Monday of April and second Monday after
the third Monday of October. 80
AT Parsse, on the fourth monday after taa4
!. third monday Of April, aud fQart Monday after
the third Monday OF October. Special and pre-
fiminary terms will be held at Leavenworth
on Monday the la,h day Of March next-at Te-
cumseh on Monday the 26.h day et Mafeh next
and at Pawnee on MONDAY the 2na day Of Apsll
next sa Ten oeeleek A. NJ. at which times all
Ipersass Aean3 ky Recee eaixaneeser otherwise to