Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1863-05-07

Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentotiues of tbs United States Of America IN Con-
qress assembled That hereafter the districts Of
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina
shall constitute the fourth circuit; the districts of
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Florida shall constitute the fifth circuit; the dis
tricts of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas. Kentucky,
and Tennessee shall constitute the sixth circuit; the
districts OF Ohio and Indiana shall constitute the
seventh circuits the districts Of Michigan, WiscOn
SIM and Illinois shall constitute the eight circuit
and the districts of Missouri, IOWA. Kansas and
Minnesota shall constitute the ninth circuit; and
the circuit courts in the districts heretofore incud
ell within any circuit of the United States, which
by this act attached to different circuit, shall
be held at the same times and places as are now
prescribed by law and the circuit courts in districts
which by this act for the first time attached to
circuits shall be held at the same times and places
as are now prescribed by law for holding the dis
riet courts in said districts except in the district
Of Iowa, in which the circuit court shall be holden
at the capital of the State on the second Tuesday
IN May and November Of each year, at which time
and place of the district cOnrt shall be holden
Provided this act shall not interfere with the terms
of said district court pTOViGed by law for said
district. The allotment OF their chief justice and
the associate justices Of the said supreme court to
the several circuits shall be made as heretofore
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That 50 much
Of any act or acts of COnSress vests in the dis-
rict cOrts of the United States for the districts Of
Texas Flaraday, Oisconson, MinesOta, Iowa, and
Cansas, or either Of them, the power and jurisdie
ton Of circuit eOrts be, and the same is hereby re-
peaed and there shall hereafter be circuit courts
held for said districts by the chief associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court assigned or allotted to
the circuit to which said districts may respectively
belong the district judges of such districts several
y and respectively, either Of whom shall constitute
xuarum; which circuit courts, and the Judges
thereof, shall have like powers and exercise like
jurisdiction other circuit courts and the Judges
thereof and the said diftret courts and the Judges
thereof shall have like powers and excise like jur-
sdictOn the district courts and the judges there
Of in the other circuits.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted: That all act
IONS SUITS prosecutions, causes pleas, process and
other proceedings; relative to any cause, civil OF
criminal, (which might have been brought and
could have originally eOgnizabls in a Circuit
court pending in, returnable to the several
diatrict courts OF Texas Florida, Wisconsin, Min
nesOta, Iowa. and Kansas, acting as circuit courts
(or 30 empowered to sct,) on the fst day of Octo-
ber next, shall be, and are hereby declared to be,
respectively, transferred returnable and continued
to the several circuit courts constituted by this act
to be holden within the said strict respectively
and shall be heard, tried, and determined therein
in the same manner if originally brought, enter
ed, prosecuted, or had in such circuit courts And
the said circuit court shall be govrOned By the same
laws and regulations apply to the other circuit
courts Of the United States, and the clerks Of the
said cOuEtS respectively shall perform the same Su