Nebraska advertiser., 1862-06-05
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session q the Thirty
Seventh Congress.
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Be 4 enacted BIZ the Senate and House D
Representatives, Of the United States Of Ansrt-
ca IN Congress assembled, That the circuit
and district courts of the United States for
the district of Kentucky shall hereafter com
mence and be- held as follows At Covington
on the third Monday of April and on the
first Monday of December ; ae Louisville on
the third Monday Of February and first Mon
day of October at Frankfort ol the third
Monday of May and first McnIay Of Janu-
arv aud at Paducah on the shird Monday Of
March and 6rst Monday Of November
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
if neither Of the judges Of said courts be pres
ent at the time for opening court, the Clerk
may open and adjourn the court from day to
day for four days, and if the judge docs hot
appear by two O'Clock p. IA. of the fourth day,
the clerk shall adjourn the court the next
stated term. But either the circuit or district
Judge. by written order to the clerk within the
first three days of his term, may adjourt court
to future day within thirty days Of the first
day, Of which Adjournment the clerk shall
give notice by posting a copy Of said order
on the front door Of she courthouse where the
court is to be held and the district Judge,
and, in his absence, the circuit Judge. may
order a special term of the circuit court, de-
sigr ated in a similar manner, aud in one or
more newspapers in the place where the court
is held and-by said ordert the Judge may pre-
scribe the duties Of the officers of court in
summoning juries. and in the performance Of
other acts necesSa for the holding of such
special term, or the court may by its ordeFY
after it is opened, prescribe the duties Of its
officers, and the mode of proceeding, and any
Of the details thereof.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
such number of jurors shall be summoned by
the marshall at every term of the circuit and
district courts, respectively, as may have been
ordered OF record at the previous term and
in case there is not a sufficient number of
jurors in attendance at any time, the court
may order such number TO be summoned as,
in its judgment, may be deemed necessary to
transact the business of the court. And a
grand jury may be summoned to attend every
term of the circuit OF district court, by order
of the court. The marshal may ummon
juries and talesment in case Of a deficiency,
pursuant to an order OF court made during the
term and they shall serve for such time as
the court may direct.
SEC. 4. And he it further enacted, That
a special term Of any district court may be
held at any time that the district Judge may
order by giving notice thereof on the front
door of the courthouse where the court is to
be held, and in ome respectable newspaper,
if there be any, at the place.
Sec. g.. And be it further enacted, That
the district judge may adjourn the court from
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giants and to meet the necessities of the bust
ness and the Intervention of a term Of the
district or circuit court al another place shall
not preclude the power to adjourn over to a
future day.
Sec. g.. And be it further enacted, That
the terms of the circuit and district courts
shall not be limited to any particul lar number
of days, nor shall it be necessary to adjourn
by reason of the intervention of a term of the
court elsewhere but the business of the court
at two places may proceed, there being ajudge
present at each place, or the court intervening
may be adjourned over, as herein provided,
till the business Of the court in session is con-
cluded.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
a clerk shall be appointed at every place of
holding circuit and district courts for district
Of Kentucky. in like manner and subject to
the same duties and responsibilities that other
clerks are subject to in other independent dis
tricts the deputy clerks at COyingtOn, Louis
vile, and Paducah shall perform the duties Of
the offices, respectively, till clerks are duly
appointed and qualified.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
commissioners appointed by the courts of the
United States to take bail, afidavits, and so
forth, shall have like powers to take surity Of
the peace and for good behavior, according to
the act of July sixteen, seventeen hundred
and ninety-eight, that other officers designat-
ed by said act now have.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That
all process which shall not have been return
ed when this act takes effect shall be returna-
bic to the terms, respectively, herein fixed /;
and tire clerk, upon issuing original process in
a civil action, shall make It retuTnable to the
court nearest to the county Of the resident Of
the defendent or of that defendant whose
county is nearest a court, if he have inforfna-
ton sufficient, and shall Immediately, upon
the payment by the plaintiff of his fees aceru-
ed. send the papers fled to the clerk Of the
court to which the process is made returnable;
and when the process IS not thus made return
able, the defendant or defendants may upon
motion, oD or before the calling Of the cause,
have it transferred to the court to which it
should have been sent bad the clerk known
the residence of the defendant or defendants
when the action was brought.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
in case of the existence Of bail bonds for the
appearance Of persons to answer, it shall be
the duty of the clerk to call the parties at the
time they are hound TO appear. and, if they
fail, TO enter the same on his minutes, on which
entry a Judgment may afterwards be made Of
record by the court ; and if The party appears
the clerk shall take another bond, with sure
ties similar to the first, for further appearance
at the next succeeding term Of the court, and
if the party fail to give boLd and surety, then
he shall stand committed by order of the
clerk till he does comply.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts Of laws inconsistent here
with are hereby repealed, and this act shall
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, May Is, 1862.
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