Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-15
APPROVED, March 2. 1857.
AN ACT to divide tho State If Missouri into two
 Judicial Districts

AN ACT to divide tho State If Missouri into two
 Judicial Districts
 Be it enacted ete.. That tho Statq of Missouri k hereby divided into two judicial districts in the fol- ioWihg manner. to wit; the counties of Schuyler Adair, Knox. Shelby, Monroe Audruin Montrnn1nrv Gasconadc. Franklin Washington Reynolds, Shan, non and Oregon as the same were bounded on the lst day of January, 1851, with all that part of tbe state lylng east of the above mentioned counties shall compose one district be called the eastern dis tnct ot Missouri. and court shall be held for tha said district at the city of Saint Louis in sail State All the remaining part of tine said State shall com pose another district to be called the western district o Missouri and court shall be held for the same in the city of Jefferson. in said State
 7. hat there shall be two terms of the district court begun and held in and for said western district at the city of Jefferson on the first Mondays of March and September of each year: and there ,hall h.. t.a temS of the district court begun and held in and for Sad eastern district at the city of St Louis on tbc tAinl Monday, of Fcbmarv Nav and November nf each ear and the said courts hereby authorized e. holi adjourned terms when the business beoro tba court shall in the opinion of the court reoriire if
 5. That all suits and other proceedings of what ever name or nature pending in the district court oi We hited states tr the present district of Mis- Souri. shall be tried and disposed of in tbe district court for said western district in the same manner the same would have been in case said State had nat been divided into two districts and for that rnroe the Ilsvt" Is reserve to said district in the Sad western district; and all Iroce>S and other rr,- cee lingS taken issued or made returnable . tLo next tenn ot said district court in and for said wes tern district of Missouri
 1. That upon the application of any party to any slllt now pending in the district court for the nresa district ot Missouri. and which would have hoen com menced in the said eastern district if this act had been m force before the commencement of said shit tho ds'llct court Tor sad western district may and if all
 parties consent shall order that the same he re,noved tor further proceedings to the district cour for tho said eastern district: and hcreupon the clerk of tbc district court for said western district shall transmit all the papers m the cause. with tra script of the order of te removal the clerk of he district corrt of sad eastern district and all further rrooeednrs shall be had in said court aS if the suit had been ori gnally commenced therein.
 Q. That tine present judge of the district of Mis- souri, be and he is hereby ass gned to hold said dis tlict court in and for the western district of Missouri and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and rerfnrn the same duties within said western district as he now exercises and performs within his present district
 6. That final process upon any iudprnent or de- cree entered i'll the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri and all other process for the enforcement of any order of said court in any cause now pending therein except causes removed as hereinbefore provided shall be issued from and made reurnabe to the district court for said western dis trict of Missouri, and may run and be executed by the marshal of said western district, in any part of said State
 -. That the office of district judge of said eastern district of Missouri. be and the is hereby creat ed and it person shall be appointed such district judge, who shall exercise the same jurisdiction and felipfi the same dutles within sad eastern district as the district Judge of the present district of Missouri now exercises and performs within his present district And the district judge of said eastern district shall he entitled to an annual salary of S3, ,o00 and the udge of ohe western district the salary now provided bv law.
 s. That the present district attorney for the dis trct of Missouri shall be the district attorney for the said eastern district: the present marshal for the dis triet of Missouri shall be marshal for said eastern dis tllct and the present clerk of the district court for the district of Missouri shall be clerk of the district court for said western district.
 g. That there be appointed district attorney and marshal for said western district; and clerk of the district court for said eastern district shall be appointed by the judge thereof.
 10 That the circuit court of the United States in and for the present district of Missouri, shall be begun and held at the times and place here toofe shall n all things retain jurisdiction of all