The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-10
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session Of the Thirty
seVenh Congress.
TPUBLrc-No. GIL

[PUBLIC-No. 81.
AN ACT to regulate the time Of holding the
courts of the United States for the Dis
trict of Kentucky, and for other pur-
poses.
lie IL enacted By the Senate aud House Of
Representatives. of the United States of
America la Congress assembled, That the
circuit and district courts of the United
States for the district OF Kentucky shall
hereafter commence and be beld as follows:
At Coyington on the third Monday of April
aud on tue first Monday Of December at
Louisville on the third Monday of February
and first Monday of October; at Frankfort
on the third Monday OF May and first Mon
day of January and at Padocah on the
u ird Monday of March and first Monday
of November.
Sec 2 And be IL further enacted, That
if neither OF the judges Of said courts be
present At the time for opening courts, the
clerk may open and adjourn the court from
day 10 day for four days, and if the judge
does not appear by ? o'clock NJ. of the
fourth day, the clerk shall adjourn the
court TO the next stated term.-
But either the circuit or district
Judge, by written order TO the clerk
within three days of bis term, may adjourn
court to future day within thirty days of
the 6rst day, of which adjournment the
clerk shall give uolice by posting n copy of
said order in font of the door of the court
house where the court is to be held and
the district judge, and, in his absence, the
circuit judge, mayeorder a special term of
the circuit court, designated 10 a similar Or
der, to be published in a similar manner,
aud in one or more newspapers in the place
where the court is held; and by said
order the judge may prescribe the duties of
the officers of court in summoning juries,
and in the performance of other acts neces-
sary for the holding of such special term,
or the court may by its order, after it 10
opened, prescribe the duties of officers, and
the mode of preceding, and any of the de-
tails thereof.
SEC g. And be 10 further enacted, That
such number of Jurors sball be summoned
by the marshal at every term of the circuit
aud district courts, respectively, a may
have been ordered Of record at the previous
term; and in case there is not a sufficient
number of jurors iu attendance at any time,
the court may order such number 70 be
summoned as, in is Judgement, may be
deemed necessary to transact the business
of the court. And q grand jury may be |
summoned TO attend every term of the cir
cult or district court by order of court. -
The marshal may summon juries and tales |
men in case of deficiency, pursuant to an |
order of court made during the term; and |
they shall serve for such time as the court |
Uay direct.
SNc. 4. And be 10 further enacted, That |
a special term of any district court msy be /
bid at any time that the district Judge |
may order by giving notice thereof on the |
front door of the courthouse where the |
80 ba haId nd in fo11 1la
newspaper, if there be any, at the place.
Sec. 5. lind be az further enacted, That |
the district judge may adjourn the court |
from time to time to suit the convenience |
of litieants aud to meet the necessities of /
the business !; and the Intervention of term |
of a district or circuit court at anolher |
place shall not preclude the power to ad- |
journ over to a future day.
Sec. 6. ARd be IL further enacted, That |
the terms of the circuit and district courts /
shall not be limited to any particular nun- |
Der of days, nor shall it be necessary to ad- I
iourn by reason of the intervention of I
term of the court elsewhere; but the busi-
ness of the courts at two places may pro-
ceed, there being judge present at each /
place. or the court in eTyening may be ad- /
iourned over, as herein provided, till the
business of the court in session is con-
cluded. e
Sec. T. A1ad be 1t further enacted, That
a clerk shall be appointed at every place OF
holding circuit and district courts for the
district of Kentucky, in like manner and
subject to the same duties and responsibili-
ties that other clerks are subject to in other
independent districts; the deputy clerks at
Oovington, Louisville, and Paducah, shall /
perform the duties of the offices, respect
lively. till clerks are duly appointed and
qualified.