The loyal Georgian., 1867-04-10
GPUBLlc-No. IT

An Act to provide for district AID a
circuit court of the United States for
| the district of Nebraska, and for other
purposes.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House
OF Repress'atatz0eS of the United States
of america IN Congress assembled, That
the State of Nebraska shall hereafter
constitute one judicial district, and be
called the district of Nebraska; and for
said district district judge, marshal,
and a district attorney of the United
States, shall be appointed by the Presi>
dent, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
Sec 2. Ind be 1t further enacted.
That the said district of Nebraska shall
be attached to and constitute part Of
the eighth judicial circuit; and term of
the circuit court and district court of the
United States for said district shall be
held in the city of Omaha, in the State
of Nebraska, on the first Monday Of May,
and on the first Monday of November,
in each year.
Sec. 8. A'ad be 1t further enacted.
That the circuit and district courts Of the
United States for the district of Ne
braska, and the judges thereof respective
ly, shall possess the same powers 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.
Sec 4. And be 1T further enacted.
That the district judge appointed for the
district OF Nebraska shall receive as his
compensation the sum of thirty-fve hun~
dred dollars a year, payable in four equal
instruments, on the first days of January,
April, July, and October Of each year.
Sec. S. And be 1t 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 pos
sess the powers and perform the duties :
lawfully possessed and performed by SINH.
lar officers IN other districts of the United
States, and shall for the services thew
may perform receive the fees and com.
pensation allowed by the act entitled Gan
act to regulate 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"
approved February twenty-sixth, eigh~ !
teen hundred and fifty, three.
Sec. 6. And he 1t further enacted. !.
That all cases of appeal or writ Of error,
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 directed 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 Nebraska, prior
to its admission as State, the parties to
said judgments and DEGREES shall have the
same right TO prosecute appeals and writs
of error TO the federal courts as thew had
under the laws of the United States
prior to the admission of said State Of
Nebraska into she Union.
Sec 7. Aasd be 1t further euactea.
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 dis
trict judge of Nebraska, and shall have
and exercise she same jurisdiction and
power in the district hereby created as
he has in the district of Iowa.
Approved. March 25, 1867.
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