Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-05-23

suant to an order Of court made during the term !;
and they shall serve for such time as the court
may direct
Sec. 4. And be further enacted, That a spe
cial term ofany district court may be held at auy
time that the district judge may order by giving
notice thereof ON the front door of the court
house where the court is to be held, aud in
some respectful newspaper, if there be any, al
the place.
Sec. 8. And be il furiher enacted. That the
district judge may adjourn the court from time
TO time tu suit the convenience Of litignuts and
TO meet the necessities Of the business aud the
Intervention Of II term OF IL district or circuit
court nj another place shall not pteolu 10 the
power to adjourn over to II future day.
Sec, q. and bs II fartAer fRIrfd That the
terms OF the e-circuit nnd dstrir, courts shall not
be limited 10 any particular numher vi days, nor
shall 1t be necessary to ndiourn by reason uf the
Intervention of II term I'll the court elsewhere;
hut the business uf the'cOurts al two places may
proceed, there being judge present ut ench
place, or thn court Intervening may hc niJ"urn-
ed over us herein provided, iii the business Of
the court IN session is concluded
Sec. And be Il hHther eidcis2, Tact
clerk shall BE appointed ut every place OF hold
ing circuit aud district courts lor tile district Of
Kentucky, in like manner and subject to the
same duties aud responsibilities that other cleras
are subject 10 in other independent districts
the deputy clerks at Cosugton, Loui i.vie, ANA
paducah shalt perform the duties Of the olliccs,
respectively. uil clerks nre duly appointed aud
qualified.
Sec. 8. And be II farther taacfed, That COM
missioners appointed by the cou,ts Of the United
States to take bail, allilayits, aud forth, shall
have like powers to take surety of the peace aud
for good behavior, according to the act Of July
sixteen, seventeen hundred aud ninety eight,
that other officers designated by said act now
have.
Sec. 0 And be Il mriher mocied That all
process which shall not have heen returned when
this act takes effect shall be Ieturnnbe to the
terms, respectively, herein liked nnd the clerk,
upon issuing Original process in civil action,
shall make II returnable to the court nearest to
the county OF the residence Of the defendant, or
vi that defendant whose county is nearest a court,
it he have information sufficient, aud shall i'm
medatey, upon the payment by the plaintiff of
his fees accrued send The papers filed 10 the
clerk Of the court to which the prucess is made
returnablc; and whenever the process is not
thus mnde returnnbe, the defendant on defeu-
dants may upon motion, on or before tue calling
OF the cnuse, have 1t transferred to the court to
which it should have been sent had the clerk
known the residence ot the defendant or delen
dants when the action WAS brought
Sec. 10 And be Il nrtdfr cHdciei, That in
case of the existence OF bal bon IL tor The APP
pearance of persons TO ausNrr il shall be the
duty of the clerk to call the parties at the time
they are bound to arpthr and ii they Tail, Iu
enter the same on his minutes, on which entry
Judgment may afterwards be made of record by
the court and if the party appear, the clerk
shall take another bond, with sutetes similar
to the first, for further appearance nj the next
succeeding term OF the court, aud il the party
fail to give bond and surety, then he shall stand
committed by order OF the clerk ill he does
comply
Sec. H. And be il purifier eaetcd, That all
laws and parts of laws lncon sistent herewith are
hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force
from and after it's passage.
Approved, May TO- 1862.