The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
80 from Hon. q. w. Beoker-Census
Takers.
1louss OF RErREsgSTATIvEs,s

sSHiNGToS. ~. u, req. 1os ic'A'
,b,orS Of the Dispatch:
~ the favor OF you to publish In your
,.,rr the enclosed copy OF bill which i
e. offered in the House Of Representa-.
.' had prepared it to offer ut the last
= 4" :, If Congress, but was induced not
J., 50 because it was said that the judi
& ~, committee had under consideration
&C., = similar character but as il has
Ell f., 70 report any such bill, | have offered
,r for the consideration of that committee.
,I, moi see much prospect that this or any
~" " like character will pass.
1gry respectfully, GEO. W. BOOKER.
So, {, provide FOR the payment or certain
ans due 10 persons w'thtn the states lately IN
srilinn. ~ -
r. II enacted by the Senate and House OF
,.s.7-cSentaisueS Of the MATED States OF
,..,7co IN Congress assembled, That so
a,,,,b IF the 1oint resolution entitled {" A
'r.f resolution prohibiting payment by any
'.s,.rr of the Government TO any person
.,, known 10 have been opposed to the
.,l,]lton and in favor of its SUPPRESSION
n,~oved March ,. 1867, be modified as
Flows. TO wit:
"SEc. ,. ind be it further resolved,
That all claims 10 any person within the
.,id states. due and accruing before the
.o,.rth day ot March: 9;;..@s..retsn hu1tifSSsss.
and >ixty-one. for taking the census of
,,.htccn hundred and sixty, and for ser.
,.rc> Tor carrying the mails, shall be paid to
Inn or to his personal representatives
|r3rjdcd ho,ceUcr, That no such claim
,nall be allowed and paid unless it shall
ar>t have been duly audited at the proper
apartments and no person shall bc entl-
It'd TO the benefit of this act who shall not
have taken and subscribed IN oath of allie
gtncc and fidelity to the Government of
the United States, and shall have kept the
slime in good faith"
The New Federal judicial District.
The following was handed to Us by a
'.wycr. who informs us that it is an au-
,aruic copy Of the act of Congress:
~ ACT to divide the state Of Virginia i3to TWO
Jur!tci Districts.
B.. Il enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives Of the Jmted States Of
fJ3.r7cn in Congress assembled, That the
,'untic> of Albemarle, Allegheny, Am
h"r>t, AppomattoN, Augusta, Bath, Bed
'"rd, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buck
ju.ham. Campbell. Carroll, Charlotte,
cMrke. Craig. Cumberland, Floyd, Frank
tim. Frederick. Fluvanna, Giles, Grayson,
Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee,
Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Patrick,
PAGE, Pulaski, rittSylvania, Rappahan-
mock. Rockbridge, Roanoke, Rockingham,
Russell, Scott, Smyth, SHENANDOAH, TaZe-
we'll. Washington, Wise. Wythe, and War
y,u. OF the State Of Virginia, shall here
+1t"r constitute a new judicial district Of
thr United States. and BIZ called the aCestcrn
district Of Virginia; and The circuit and
district courts Of the United States for said
wr>ern district of Virginia shall be held at
lynchburg, Danvllc, Abingdon, and llar-
G>ouburg. within said district.
nc. >. And be ii further enacted, That
team Of the circuit and district court of the
'utcd States for said western district shall
l., held ut Danyillc on the first Monday of
March and september: at Lynchburg on
he second Monday Of March and Septcm-
srr: at Abingdon on the third Monday Of
Ngrrh and September: and at Harrison
ir- on the "Wednesday after the fourth
Monday of March and September in each
year,
SIC. g. And be 1t further enacted, That
th" district OF Virginia shall hereafter con-
1T Of the counties OF sid State not named
IN this act, and shall be called the eastern
Gi!'y3c. Of Virginia and circuit and dis
iyIrt courts of the United States shall be
held in laid eastern district, Il follows At
the city OF Richmond on the first Monday
Il April ana October, and at the city OF
alexandria on the first Monday OF JAN
tary and on the first Monday of July, and
At Norfolk on the first Monday Of May and
trst Monday of November Ill each year.
SEC. /. And be ii further enacted, That
the said circuit or district court tor either
II ald districts may, in lis discretion. order
-pccial terms, and order Il 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
,hnll be ordered TO convene; and said
courts respectively, at such special terms.
>haI! have all the powers that they have ut
Il regular term appointed by law: Pro.
ui.d, hOrcrcr. That no special term Of said
circuit court for either district shall be ap-
ppntcd eXce,t by and with the concur
renee and consent of the circuit judge.
sc. j. and be ii further enacted, That
Ill suits and other proceedings, OF whatso-
ever name or nature, now pending in the
circuit OF district court OF the United
states for the district OF Virginia, shall be
tried and disposed OF in the circuit and
district courts, respectively, for said east
crn district as the same would have been il
This act had not been passed, and, for that
purpose, jurisdiction is reserved to the said
roults in the said eastern district and the
Jerks of the circuit and district courts Of
The present district of Virginia shall retain
lhc records and files of the said circuit and
district courts at the city of Richmond,
md do and perform all the duties appcr-
tanning to their said offices, respectively,
within the eastern district, except rs is here
matter provided and Ill process returna-
tie to, or proceedings noticed tor any term
If the present circuit or district court,
shall he deemed TO he retulnable to the
next term OF said courts, respectively, in
She sad eastern district, as fixed 10y this
act.
SEC. G. Ind be al further enacted, That
upon application oil any party to any suit
or proceeding now pending i'll the present
circuit or district courts OF the United
states for the present district Of Virginia,
which shall have been commenced in the
proper court for the western district if this
act had been in force at the time of the COM
menccment thereof, the proper court shall
order that the same be removed for further
proceedings to the proper court for said
western district; and thereupon the clerk
shall transmit certified copies Of all the pa~
l'ers, and Of all orders made therein, to the
clerk Oi the court to which such suit or
proceeding shall be removed /; and all fur
ther proceedings shall be had in said court,
10 which the same shall be removed as If the
said suit or proceeding had originally been
commenced therein.
sc. !. And be ii further enacted, That
the passage of this act shall not have the
"Ilvct to destroy or impair the lien Of any
Judgment or decree rendered 10y the circuit
OF district court Of the United States for
the present district OF Virginia prior.to this
net taking effect and final process on any
Judgment or decree entered in the circuit
or district court of the United States for the
district OF Virginia. or which shall be en-
tered therein prior to this act taking effect,
and all other process for the enforcement
oi any order OF said courts respectively, in
any cause or proceeding now pending