Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-29

courts OF the Jnltcd states Tor the dis
trict of Kentucky shall hereafter com.
mence and be held as follows: A,
Covington on the third Monday oI
April and on the first Monday of De
cembcr at Louisville on the third
Monday of February and first Monday
of October at Frankfort on the third
Monday Of May and first Monday OF
January; and at Paducah on the
:hird Monday OF March and first Mon
day of November.
SEC. 2. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
il neither of the judges of said courts
be present 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 does not ap-
pear by two o'clock p. m. 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 adjourn
court to a future day within thirty
days of the first day, of which ad.
jonrnment the clerk shall give notice
by posting copy of said order on the
front door Of the court house where
the court is to be held and the dis
trict judge, and, in his absence, the
circuit judge, may order special
term of the circuit court, designated
in similar order, to be published in
a similar manner, and 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 jnries,
and in the performance of other acts
necessary for the holding of such
special term, or the court may by its
order, 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 IL further enacted, That
such number of jurors shall be sum
moned by the marshal at every term
of the circuit and district courts, re-
spcctively, as may have been ordered
of record at the previous term; and
in case there is not sufficient num-
Der of jurors in attendance at any
time. the court may order such mum
Der to be summoned as, in its judg-
mcnt, may be deemed necessary to
transact the business Of the court.
Aud grand jnry may be summoned
to attend every term of the circuit or
district court by order of court. The
marshal may summon .ures and tales
men 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 Be II further enacted, That
a special term of any district court
may be held at any time that the dis
trict 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 respectable newspaper,
If there be any, at the place.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
the district judge may adjourn the
court from time to time to suit the
convenience of litigants aud to meet
the necessities of the business and
the intervention of term Of district
or circuit court at onother place shall
not preclude the power to adjourn
over to a future day.
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted, That
the terms of the circuit and district
courts shall not be limited to any par
ticular number of days, nor shall it
be necessary to adjourn by reason Of
the Intervention Of term Of the court
elsewhere but the business of the
courts at two places may proceed,
there being judge present at each
place, or the court intervening may
bc adjourned over, as herein provided,
till the business Of the court in session
is concluded.
Sec. I. And be IL further enacted, That
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 responsibilities that other
clerks are subject to in other indc-
pendent districts the deputy clerks
at Covington, Louisville, and Padu,
cah shall perform the duties of the
Offices, respectively, till clerks are
duly appointed and qualified.
SEC. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
commissioners appointed by the courts
Of the United States to take bail,
aiiiJavits, and so forth, shall have like
powers to take surety Of the peace
and for good behavior, according to
the act Of July sixteen, seventeen
hundred and ninety-eight. that other
officers designated by said act now
have.
SEC 0. Aad be t further enacted, That
all process which shall not have been
returned when thisact takes effect shal
be returnable to the terms, respective
ly, herein fixed |; and the clerk, upor
issuing original process in q civil
action, shall make it returnable to tho
court uearest to the county of the
residence of the defendant, or Of tha
defendant whose county is nearest /;
court, if he have information sufficient
and shall Immediately, upon the pay
ment by the plaintiff of his fees ac
crued, send the papers filed to tn,
clerk Of the conrt to which the process
is made returnablc; and wheneve
the process is not thus made returna
BILE, the defendant or defendants may
upon motion. on or before the calm.
of the cause, have it transferred I,
tho court to which it should have bee
sent had the clerk known the residenc
of the defendant or defendants whe
the action was brought.
| Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, Tha
in case Of the existence of bail bond
for the appearance Of persons to al
swer. it shall be the duty Of the cler
to call the parties at the time they al
bound to appear, and. il they fail,