The true Democrat., 1857-04-21
LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. TUESDAY
BY AUTHORITY. Public Acts of the Thirty.FOurth Congress of the United States. First Session.

AN ACT to alter and amend Act entitled "An to establish Circuit Court of the United States and the State of California" approved March Sd, 1855.
 Be it enacted, That the circuit court of the United States for the districts of California shall hereafter hold four regular sessions in each two of which, beginning spectvely the first Monday in January and July shall be held at San Francisco in and for the northern district Cali fona and the other two, beginning respectively Monday of Mar:h September Shall be held at Los An gele the southern district of California and the circuit judge of Cafonla shall have the powers in relation his said and the of bu sness thereat vested the other circuit judges of the United States by the second section of the l7th of June s54 entitled An act the supreme court of the United Sates" Propided That the term of said herein provided be held the first Monday January nex, may be held in advance of that time under order of the said circuit judge upon previously given in conformity with the second section of the act of which this act is amendatory.
 j. That the said circuit shall be presided over by the judge of the circuit of the United States for the districts of California; and by the judge ihe district court for the district which the hoiden of whom shall constitute quorum and the said said circuit udge and each of the said judges within his separate district when sitting judge, shall be- and they hereby respectively vested with all the ty powers, and jurisdiction which by existing laws in the several circuit of the Ued States judges thereof. And all laws, parts laws which now may hereafter be enacted regulating the jurisdiction and of the circuit of the United States shall be- and the same are hereby made an cable to inc said circuit for each of said districts Cafornia And the marshal of the United States for each California shall act marshal of said court for his district and shall attend only the regular sessions courts but such special extra terms may be held in either district which the said crcut judge hereby
 
 section of the act of which this is amendatory.
 g. Tha; the clerk of the sald circuit of the United States for the districts of California shall keep records of said the city of San Francisco, hereby authorized to appoint deputy epnties, whose official acts, signatures attestaton and certificates shall be tied 10 as full credit as those of the said clerk
 4 That all suits instituted the district of California the first Monday of July, 1855 which remain pending in either of said courts. in which final has not been executed which properly within the jurisdiction of circuit and of the United States shall be the district in which the cause is pending by transfer and delivery the clerk of the said circuit of the original with an complication of the record docket seal of the district for which exempcation the clerk of the said district shall receive the wrt of be paid by the party applying for the same, and taxed costs final judgment; and all now pending in sad circuit court of the United States aeanst parties residing in the southern district of California shall application of the parties defendant made within three months from the date when this shall take be removed Tn like 10 the said circuit held the southern district of California, and all such shall take rank the docket according the date of and all suits removed under the provisions of this shall be proceeded n and conducted in the manner ii originally instituted in the which they may ed.
 5 That all laws, parts of laws contrary or ncon- sstent with this shall be, and repealed from date when this shall take effect.
 G. That this shall take in ninety days after the passing thereof, and not before that period.
 APPROVED, ApnI 30, lS56.