Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1855-04-10
Approved February 10, 1866.
Public 3D.
AN ACT to divide the State of Illinois


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
| State of Illinois be, and the same is here
| by divided into two judicial districts, III the
manner following, to wit: The counties OF
Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford
| Livingston, and Iriouois, and all the coun-
| ties in the said State north Of them, shall
compose one district, to be called the North
ern District of Illinois, and courts shall be
| held for the said district at the city of Chi
cage; and the residue of the counties oil
the said State shall compose another dis
trict, to be called the Southern District Of
Illinois, and courts shall be held for the same
at the city Of Springfield.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be two terms of the circuit and
district courts began and held in each OF
said districts, 10 wit: AT the city Of Chi
cago, for the Northern District, on the first
Monday in December; and at the city OF
Springfield for the Southern District, on
| the first Monday in March, and the said
courts are hereby authorized to hold adj
journed terms when the business shall, il
the opinion of the courts, require it.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
ali suits and other proceedings of whatev-
er name or nature, now pending in the cir
cult or district 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 Dis
trict 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 said courts in the Northern District: and
the clerk of the circuit and district courts
for the present district of Illinois, shall re-
move the records and files of the said cir
cult and district courts to the city of Chi
| cage: and do and perform all duties apper-
tanning to his Office within the Northern
District. And all process or other proceed
ings taken or issued, or made returnable to
the circuit or district courts of the present
district oil Illinois, shall be retrnable al
the next term of the said courts respectively
in the Northern District Of Illinois.
SEC. A. And be If 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 commence
ment of the said suit, the proper court may,
and II all parties consent, shall order that
the same be removed for further proceed
ings to the proper court for the Southern
District. And thereupon the clerk shall
transmit all the papers in the cause with
a transcript of all orders taken therein, to
the clerk of the court to which the suit shall
be removed, and all further proceedings
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suit had been originally commenced therein.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That
| the present Judge of the district of Illinois
be, and is hereby assigned to the Northern
District of Illinois.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
final process on any judgment or decree
entered IN the circuit or district of Illinois.
and all other process for the enforcement of
| any order Of said courts, respectively, in
any cause now pending therein, except
causes removed as herein before provided,
shall be issued from and made returnable
to the proper court for the Northern Dis
trict OF Illinois, and may be directed TO
and executed by the Marshal of the said
Northern District in any part of the said
State.
SEC. z. And be it further enacted, That
there be appointed district judge for the
1.-THE said Southern District of Illinois,
and the district Judge of each of the said
districts shall be entitled to an annual sala-
ry of twenty-five hundred dollars.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That
the present district attorney for the district
of Illinois shall be the district attorney for
the Northern District; the present Marshal
of the district of Illinois shall be the Mar
shall for the Northern District; and the pre-
sent clerk of the courts for the district OF
| Illinois shall be the clerk of the courts for
the Northern District during their respec-
tive official terms.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
there be appointed a district attorney, a
marshal, and a clerk Of the court for the
Southern District.
Approved February Is, 1856.
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