Smyrna times., 1865-08-23
Approved. June 81, 1864.
[PUBLIC--No. l40.1

liOBLlC--NO. 14U.
AN ACT in relation to the circuit court in and for the
ulstrlct 6f wisconsin, and for other PURPOSES
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of Rsoye.
SentatiUes Of the United States Of America in Con-
gTess assembled, That the act entitled IAN act 70
enable the district courts of the United States to is
sue execution and otler final process in certain ca
ses," approved March three, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases
when the district courts of the United States within
and for the several districts Of Texas, Florida Wis
cOnsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas had rendered
Judgments or DEGREES prior to the passage of act
approved July fifteenth eighteen hundred and sixty
two creating circuit courts for said districts, which
cases might have been brought and could have been
originally cognizable in circuit court, the original
papers, and all other papers file in the dis
trict courts aforesaid, shall be transferred into the
clerks office of the circuit court for the district in
which said causes were heard and determined. And
it shall be the duty Of the district court clerks Of
said districts, respectively have said papers SO
moved. And it shall also be the duty of said district
court clerks to tranfer to the offices of the circuit
court clerks aforesaid the books of records and jour-
nails OF the districts courts aforesaid, in which
any entries, orders, proceedings affecting in
any manner relating TO cases which were of circuit
court cognzance, which might have been present.
ed IN circuit court after having first copied in
book for that purpose provided all entries orders or
other proceedings, which may be found in said books
journals records relating in any manner To ca
which were not of circuit court cognizance, and
which could not have been prosecuted in a circuit
court.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That for the
cessary costs and expenses Of this transfer OF books
and papers, and for the expense OF procuring books
to copy the orders and entries above mentioned, and
for the copying of said record entries from the orgi
nal book into the new one, ut the same rate OF CON-
pensaton now allowed to clerks of courts for copies
from their records the clerks of the district courts
shall be paid, out of any money in the treausury oi
the United States not otherwise appropriated, upon
the certificate of the Judge Of the district court
Sec. A. And be it further enacted, That the tran.
scripts thus made into a book, after said book
shall have been certified by the clerk 10 be full and
true cOpies from the origicsl book shall have the
same force and effect records as the originals
and that the clerks of the circuit courts aforesaid
shall be the custodans of the books and pa pers traSs
ferred to their Offices and their certificate ofa trans
crpt Of any of said books papers shall be received
in evidence with the like effect as If made by the
clerk of the court in which the proceedings were
| had.
Sec. S. And be IL further enacted, That the termi
of the circuit and district courts of the United States
for said district of Wisconsin shall hereafter be heiC
as follows at The city Of Milwaukee in said district
on the second Monday of Apriland the second Mon
day OF September, at the city OF Madison, IN sait
district, on the first Monday Of January in eaci
year. respectively. And all wrts, process, and pro
ceedings returnabe TO the terms of either OF saI'
courts as now fixed by law shall be deemed retornd
bic to the terms Of said courts, respectively, as hxe'
by this act: Provided, That all executions, process
es orders issued from the district court OF any dis
trict in this act mentioned, in cases transferred q
the circuit court and in part executed, shall be re
garded having been issued from the circuit court
to which each particular case is transferred and sha
be returned thereto. And writ Of execution o
other final process, power exercised or proceedn
had in accordance with law to enforce any judgmen
or Decree shall be affected by reason of the transfe
directed by this act.
| Approved, June 81, 1854.