, 1857-09-04
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT to divide the State al Missouri into two ]
dicial Di,friets


AN ACT to divide the State Of Missouri into two Ju
dicia Districts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Reprcsen.
tatves Of tic United States Of America in Congress
assembled That the State of Missouri is hereby dyid
ed into two judicial districts in the following manner
to w!t the counties of Schuyler, Adair Knox, Shelby
Monroe, Audrain, Montgomery, Gasconade, Franklin,
Washington, Reynolds, Shannon, and Oregon, as the
same were bounded on the lst day of January 1857,
with oil that part Of tire State lying east of the above
mentioned countless shall compose district, TO he
called the eastern district of Missouri, and q court
shall be held for the said district at the city of Saint
LOus, in said state. All the remaining part Of said
State shall compose another district, to be called the
western district OF Missouri and court shall lie held
for tue ia the city Of Jefferson, in said State.
Sec 2. And be IL further enacted, That there shall
be two terms Of the district court begun and held in
and for snd western district, at the city of Jefferson
the hrst Mondays Of March and September of each
year. and there shall be three terms Of the district
court begun and held in ard for said eastern district
at the city of ST. Louis the third Mondays Of Feb
ruary May, and November Of each year; and the said
cou,s are hereby authorized to hold adjourned terms
when the business before the court SHALL in the on
| ion Of the court, require Ii.
| Sec. .. And b. il further enacted, That all suits
and ether proceedings Of whatever name or nature
now pending In the district court Of the United States
for the present district OF Missouri shall be tried and
disposed Of in the district court for said western dis
triet in the same manner the same wOud have been
in case said State had not been divided into two dis
trcs; and for that purpose the Jurisdiction is reierv
cd 10 SAID dsttlct court IN tue SAID western dslfct;
and all process and other proceedings taken issued
made fetarna5e to the district court for the pres
cnt district of Missouri shall I've returnahe at the next
term Of said district court in and for sad western dis
/ trict OF Missouri.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon The
application OF any party to any suit now pending in
the district court for the present district of Msso lr
and which would have been commenced In the said
eastern district il this act had been In in force before
the commencement Of said suit the district court for
said western district may, and II all parties consent
shall order that the same be removed for further pro
ceedngs TO the district court for the said eastern dis
rct and thereupOn the clerk OF the district court or
said western district shall transmit all the papers in
the cause, with transcript Of the order Of the reno
district and al further proceedings shall be had in
said CONT as If the suit had been originally commenc
I ed therein.
Sec. g. And be It further enacted. That the pres
ent judge Of the district Of Missouri, bo and he j. here
by assigned to hold said district court In and for the
we ,tern district Of Missouri, and shall exercise the
same Jurisdiction and perform the same duties within
said western district as he now exercises and perform
within his present district.
i Sec. g. Aud be It further enacted That fual pro
cess upon any Judgment or decree entered IN the dis
rct conrt Of the United States for the district OF Mis-
souri, and a other process for the enforcement OF any
order of said court In any cause pending there
in except removed as hereinbefore provided
shall he issued from and made retarnabe to the dis
tret court for said western district or Missouri an,
may run and he executed ny the marshal Of said west
ern district in anv part Of said State.
Sec. 7. And he II further enacted, That the ofic
of district Judge OF said eastern district Of Missouri
be and tie same is hereby created, and fit persoi
shall be- appointed such district judge, who sal exeI
else the Jurisdiction and perform the same due
within sad eastern district the district Judge OF tn
urasni district Of MssSir now exercises and perform
within hi present district. And the district judge
aid eas'ern district shall he entitled TO annual sa
arv Of three thousand dollars, and the Judge Of th
western district the salary now provided ly law.
Sec g. And he II further enacted, That the presen
district attorney for the district OF Missouri shall
the district attorney for the said eastern district th
present marshall for the district OF Missouri shall
marshal for said eastern district and the present cler
of the district court for the district Of Missouri sha
be clerk Of the district court for said western dstrc