New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-30

this act have never received compensa-
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Approved, June "a. 1870.
[PUBLIC-No. 1901
AN ACT to establish the western Judlclal
district of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and house OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. mat that
portion of the State OF Wisconsin compi1s-
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 a 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 be 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
STOSSt Oh TIC lIsl 4uUlltluN u OCCSuAocI, IL
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
eastern 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 IN the first Monday
OF July. and at the city of Milwaukee o
,ha Earx T,,,Ja ne ~, MY arl ~, @1n rpcf
Monday of October, in each year.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the said circuit OF district court for either Of
said districts may, in its discretion, order
special terms, and order a grand OF 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 a 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
i this act had not been passed, and tor
that purpose jurisdiction is reserved to the
said rourts in the eastern district; and the
clerks of til, circuit and district courts OF
the present district of Wisconsin shall re-
-ain 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 0 their said offices, respectively,
within the eastern district, except as is
Hereinafter provided; and all process re-
tulnable to or proceedings noticed for any
term OF the present circuit or district court
shall 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 it further enacted, That
upon application Of any party to any suit
or proceeding now pending i'll the present
circuit or district courts of the United States
Tor the present district of Wisconsin. which
should have been commenced IN the proper
court for the western district if this act had
been il force at the time of the commence
nent thereof: the proper court shall order
that the same be removed for further pro-
ccedings 10 the proper court for said west
I'm district: and thereupon the clerk shall
transmit certified copies of all the papers
and of all orders made therein to the clerk
ut the court to which said suit or proceeding
snail he removed. and all further proceed
Ings shall he had in said court to which the
same shall he removed as if the said suit
or proceeding had originally been com
nenccd therein.
SEC 7. And be it further enacted. That the
passage Of this act shall not have the effect
20 destroy or impair the lien OF any judg-
u.ent 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; n final process on any
Judgment or decree entered in the circuit or
district court of the United States for the
district of Wisconsin, or which shall ben lbel
entered therein prior to this act taking effect,
and all other process for the enforcement
OF any order OF said courts, respectively,
IN any cause or proceeding now pending
therein, except causes or proceedings
removed as herein provided: shall he issued
from and made returnable to the proper
court for the eastern district of Wisconsin.
and may be directed to and executed by the
MARSHAL of the United States for the said
eastern district in any part Of the State OF
Wisconsin.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be appointed a district judge for
said western district of Wisconsin. who
shall receive an annual salary of three
thousand five hundred dollars: and there
shall also be appointed a marshal and dis
trict attorney Of the United States for said
western district of Wisconsin, who shall re-
spectlvely receive such fees and compen-
satiOn. and exercise such powers and per-
ioim such duties as are liked and e%njOined
by law.
SEC. 9. And by it further enacted, That
the circuit and district judges shall appoint
two clerks. each of whom shall be clerks
both of the circuit and district courts for
aid western district, one of whom shall re-
idle and keep his office at the city of Madi-
son. and the other shall reside and keep his
office at the city of La Crosse, who shall
receive tie fees and compensation for
services performed by them, respectively,
now liked by law.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted,
That either of the clerks of the circuit
and district courts for said west
ern district is hereby authorized
under the direction of the district Judge of
-aid western district to make q transcript
from any of the records. files or papers of
the district and circuit courts OF the United
States remaining in the Office OF the clerks
III said eastern district, of all matters and
proceedings which relate to or concern
lens upon or titles to real estate situate i'll
said western district and Tor that purpose
shall nave access to said records in the
Office Of said clerks in said eastern district;
and such transcripts, when SO made by
either of said clerks, shall be certified to he
true and correct by the clerk making the
same, and the same when so made and GER
ritied shall be evidence in all courts and
places equally with said originals.
SEC. II. And he it further enacted, That
this act shall not affect the taking OF the
census in the State of Wisconsin in ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and seventy but
The same shall he had, made and taken IS
though this act had not been passed.