New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-17
IPUBLIC-No. 95.l


AN ACT relating to the supreme court of the Dis
tlict of Columbia.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
g-ess assembled That the several general terms
and special terms of the circuit courts district
courts anu criminal courts authorized BY the act
approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty
three entitled An act To feofSahlze the courts III
the District OF Columbia, aud Tor other purposes
which have been or may be held shall be- and are
declared 10 be, several.y. terms OF the supIeme
court OF the District of Columbia; and the judg
ments DEGREES sentences, orders, proceedings, and
acts OF said general terms. special terms circuit
courts district courts and criminal courts hereto
fore or hereafter rendered, made had, shall be
deemed judgments DEGREES, sentences, orders pro-
cecdinss and acts OF said supreme court Provided
that nothing herein contained shall affect the right
OF appeal as provided Dy law.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted. That the SUI
prelne court OF the District of Columbia shall here
after consist of II chief justice and four associate
justices; and Tor this purpose there shall be APP
pointed by the President, By and with the advice
and consent OF the Senate an additional justice of
said court, with the ike powers. TO take the same
oaths to perform the same duties, and to receive
the same salary, as the other associate justices OF
the court.
SEC 3. And be it flrtherienacted, That whenever,
at IA session OF the court in general term held by
four of the justices, the shall be equally di-
vided Ill opinion upon the question involved in any
cause argued or submitted to the court. such di-
vision OF opinion shall BE- noted upon the minutes
of the court; and thereupon and within four DAYS
thereafter either party III such cause may file with
the clerk OF the court motion III writing to have
such cause reargued before the live justices: and
such reargument or rehearing shall be had
thereafter as conveniently may be.
SEC. 1. And be it further enacted That all the
powers and jurisdiction by law now held and exer-
cised by the orphans court of Washington county,
in the District of Columbia, shall hereafter be held
and exercised by the justice holding the special
term of the said supreme court for that purpose,
subject always to the same provisions
tanned in the fifth section of the act OF Congress
titled IAN act to reOrganlze the courts in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred and ixty
three.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That the
orphans court OF Washington county District of
Columbia, be- and the same is hereby abolished;
and all laws and parts of laws relating to said
phans court, so far as the same applicable to
said supreme court, are hereby continued in force
in respect to said supreme court; and all other
laws and parts of laws relating to said orphans
court are hereby repealed: Provided, however,
That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to abolish the office of register OF wills for said
county.
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