New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
[PUBLIC-No. 1927
AN ACT to establish the western judicial
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AN ACT to establish the western judicial
district of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That that
portion of the State of Wisconsin compris-
ing the counties of Rock, Jefferson, Dane,
Greene, Grant. Columbia, Iowa, Lafayette,
Sank. Richland, Crawford, Vernon. La
Crosse, Monroe, Adams, Juneau. Buffalo,
Chippewa, Dunn, Clark, jackson. Eau
Claire, Pepin, Marathon, Wood, Pierce,
Polk Portage, st. Croix, Trempealeau,
Douglass, Barron, Burnett, Ashland, and
Bayfield, shall hereafter constitute new
judicial district to be called the western
district OF Wisconsin. and the circuit and
district courts Of the United States for said
western district of Wisconsin shall be held
at the city of Madison and at the city of La
Crosse. within said district.
SEC. ?. And he it further enacted, That
a term of the circuit and district court of
the United States for said western district
shall be held at the city of Madison on the
first Monday of June, and AT the city of La
Crosse on the first Monday of December, in
each year.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the district of Wisconsin shall hereafter
consist of the counties of said State not
named in this act, and shall be called the
easteyn district of Wisconsin: and circuit
and district courts of the United States shall
be held in said eastern district, as follows :
At the city of Oshkosh on the first Monday
of July. and at the city OF Milwaukee on
the first Monday of January and on the first
Monday of October, in each year.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the said circuit or district court for either of
said districts may, in its discretion, order
special terms and order grand or petit
jury, or both, to attend the same, by an
order to be entered of record twenty DAYS
before the day at which said special term
shall be ordered to convene /; and said courts
respectively at such special terms shall have
all the powers that they have at regular
term appointed by law: Provided. how
ever, That no special term of said circuit
court for either district shall be appointed
except by and with the concurrence and
consent OF the circuit judge.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted That
all suits and other proceedings, of whatso-
ever name or nature, now pending in the
Circuit or District Court Of the United
States for the district Of Wisconsin. shall
be tried and disposed of in the circuit and
district courts respectively for said eastern
district as the same would have been had
II this act had not been passed, and for
that purpose jurisdiction is reserved to the
SAID courts in the eastern district: and the
clerks OF tn, circuit and district courts of
the present district of Wisconsin shall re-
tain the records and files of the said circuit
and district courts at the city of Milwaukee.
and do and perform all the duties apper,
tanning to their said offices, respectively,
within the eastern district, except as is
hereinafter provided; and all process re-
turnable to or proceedings noticed for anv
term OF the present circuit or district court
snail be deemed to be returnable to the
next term of said court, respectively. in
the said eastern district, as fixed by this
act.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted. That
upon application OF any party TO any suit
or proceeding now pending in the present
circuit or district courts of the United States
for the present district of Wisconsin, which
should have been commenced in the proper
court for the western district if this act had
been Ill force at the time of the commence
ment thereof; the proper court shall order
that the same be removed for further pro-
eln district: and thereupOn the clerk shall
certified copies Of all the papers
and OF all orders made therein to the clerk
OF the court to which said suit or proceeding
shall be removed, and all further proceed.
lngs shall be had in said court to which the
same shall be removed as if the said suit
or proceeding had originally been com
utuceu tneIem.
seq. And be it further enacted. That the |
passage of this act shall not have the effect |
to destroy or impair the lien of any iudg- |
nent or decree rendered by the circuit or
district court Of the Uuited States for the !
present district of Wisconsin, prior to this |
act taking effect; and final process on any
Judgment or decree entered in the circuit or
district court of the United States for the
Instruct OF Wisconsin; or which shall ben, [be1 |
entered therein prior to this act taking effect.
md all other process for the enforcement
IT any order Of said courts, respectively
n any cause or proceeding now pendino
heron. except causes or proceedinTS
emoved as herein provided: shall be issneJ
rom and made returnable to the nroner
onrt for the eastern district of Wisconsin
md may be directed to and executed hv tho
MARSHAL of the United States for the 81 said aid
astern district in any part of the State of
Wisconsin. "'0 VI
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted That
here shall be appointed district Judge for
a western district Of Wisconsin. who
hall receive an annual salary of three
homsand five hundred dollars: and there
1aH also be appointed marshal and ais.
rlct attorney of the United States for said
'essegn district Of Wisconsin, who shall re-