New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-27
GENERAL NATuRE-No. % l


AN ACT authorizing terms of the Init,
States district courts to be held at HelsroNi
Arkansas, and for other purposes,
Be it enacted by the Senate a.,
House of Representatives of the UD; saS
| States Of America in Congress aasas'
| bled, That in addition to the terms nj ~
district court of the United States for ~. .Is
western district of Arkansas, reo,,ired I Is
existing laws to be held at Van Ruren y
the State of Arkansas, there shall be bs y
by the Judge OF said district two terms J,
said court in each year at the city of Helen
in said State, on the second Mopdsvs =
March and September. " " !"
Sec. 2. That such number of jurors sb.r
be summoned by the marshal at every To-
of such court to be at Helena AZ ny
have been ordered at previous term or ~ Y
the district judge in vacation. And
grand jury may be summoned to attend am
such term of said court when ordered by M
court or by the judge thereof in vacation
In case of deficiency of jurors, talesma,
may be summoned by order of the court
SEC. 3. That the district Judge NAV al
iOurn any of the terms of the court nra
vided for in this act, from time to time n
suit the convenience of litigants and n
meet the necessities of the business of surI
terms; and the intervention of term a.
such court at any other place shall not ORA
clude the power to adjourn over to futwp
day.
SEC A. That clerk of said court shall h
appointed in like manner assOther clerks n
the district courts of the United States an
appointed, who shall keep his Office in said
city, and who shall be subject to all ths
duties enjoined by law on clerks of the al.
triet court aforesaid: Provided, howevs,
That no court shall be held at Helena II
pursuance of this act until an instrument
in writing, duly executed by the proper
authorities of the county of Phillips. aprps.
ing to furnish suitable rooms for the hold.
ing of said court, for the term of ten years
without any charge to the government al
the United States, shall first be filed in In
office of the clerk of said court at Littk
Rock.
SEC. 5. That the counties of Phillir
Crittenden, Mississippi, Craighead, Gree1e
Randolph, Lawrence, Sharp. Poinsett ,Cua
Saint Francis. Monroe, Woodruff, Jack
son, Independence, lizard, Marion, Fulton
and Boone, in said State, shall hereafterk
deemed and be part of the western dis
trict of Arkansas, and there shall be an
pointed by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate. district judge for the west
ern district aforesaid, who shall, from AMI
after the time of his appointment, hold the
terms of court at the times and places re-
quired by law. Said district judge shall
be paid the same salary and in the same
manner as the judge OF the eastern district
of said State. And the terms of the cours
now to be held at Van Buren,, shall hereaf
ter be held at Fort Smith in said district
and the present district judge of the said
State shall be and remain the district Judge
of the United States for the eastern. district
thereof as if originally appointed thereto.
SEC. s. That so much Of an act entitled
"An act to divide the district of Arkansas
into two judicial districts" approved March
three, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as
gives the judge of the district of Arkansas
Jurisdiction over the western district of said
State, and all laws inconsistent herewith,
are hereby repealed.
hr,r,rn,-oH Mar>h 1871