The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-05
THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL. MONDAY AUGUST s. 1861
a Circuit Court of the United States
for the District of Nebraska, and for
other prrnoses

a Circuit Court of the United States
for the District of Nebraska, and for
other purposes. Il
Be IL enacted Jy the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of america an Congress as
sentbled, That the State of Nebraska
shall hereafter constitute one judicial
district. and be called the district of
Nebraska; and for said district dis
trict Judge or marshal, aud a district
attorney of the United States, shall be
appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. b8a5fa fasEas u
SEC. 2 And be it further enacted,
That the said district of Nebraska
shall be attached to and constitute a
part of the eighth judicial circuit; and
term of the Circuit court and district
court of the United States for said dis
trict shall be held in the city of Oma-
ha, in the State of Nebraska, on the
first Monday of May, and on the first
Monday of November, in each year.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the circuit and district courts of
the United States for the district of
Nebraska, and the judges thereof re-
spectively, shall possess the same DOW
ers and jurisdiction and perform the
same duties possessed and performed
by the other circuit and district courts
and judges of the United States, and
shall be governed by the same laws and
regulations. 8uo sasdl1}
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,
the district of Nebraska shall receive
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five hundred dollars year, payable in
four equal instalments, on the first
days of January, April, July and De-
tober of each year. laas8
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted.
That the marshal and district attorney
of the United States, and clerk of the
circuit and district courts, for the said
district of Nebraska, shall severally
possess the powers and perform the
duties lawfully possessed and perform
of the United States, and shall for the
services they may perform receive the
enea aet to rese Dy the the
fees and costs to be allowed clerks,
marshals. and attorneys of the Circuit
and district courts of the United
States, and for other purposes" APP
proved February twenty sixth, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty three
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That all cases of appeal or writ of err
ror, heretofore prosecuted, and now
pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States, upon any record from
the supreme court of the Territory of
Nebraska, or which may hereafter be
prosecuted from said court as herein
allowed, may be heard and determined
by the Supreme Court of the United
States, and the mandate of execution
or of further proceedings shall be d.
rected by the Supreme Court of the
United States to the Circuit or district
court of the United States for the dis
trict Of Nebraska, or to the supreme
court of the State of Nebraska, as the
nature of said appeal or writ of error
may require, and each of these courts
shall be the successor of the supreme
court of Nebraska Territory as to all
such cases, with full power to hear
and determine the same, and to award
mesne or final process thereon. And
from all judgments and DEGREES of the
supreme court of the Territory of Ne
braska, prior to its admission as a
State, the parties to said judgments
and DEGREES shall have the same right
to prosecute appeals and writs of err
ror to the federal courts as they had
under the laws of the United States
prior to the admission of said State of
Nebraska into the Union.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted,
That until judge for said district of
Nebraska shall be duly appointed, the
district Judge of the United States for
the district of Iowa shall act as the
district judge of Nebraska, and shall
have and exercise the same jurisdic-
ton and power in the district hereby
created as he has in the district of
Iowa
Approved. March %, 1867.