New Orleans Republican., 1872-08-28
,proved March 70, 1872.


jlIESERAL NATURE-NO. u
An act to restore the records of the
United States courts in the northern dis
trict of Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate Of House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That in
proceedings to restore the records Of the
circuit and district courts OF the northern
district of Illinois, destroyed by fire on the
ninth of October eighteen hundred and
seventy-One. under the act Of March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-One, entitled
IAN act relating TO records Of the courts of
the United States" the. notice required by
said act may be served upen any nOn-resi-
dent Of said district anywhere within the
jurisdiction of the United States, or in any
! foreign country, the proof Of the service OF
such notice. if made in a foreign country,
to be certified by a minister or consul OF the
United States. III such country, under his
official seal.
SEC. ? That a certified copy of the official
return of the district attorney, clerk of the
circuit or district court, or the marshal Of
the northern district of Illinois, made in
pursuance of law, and on file in the De-
partment of Justice, relating to any cause
in eitheEOf said courts to which the United
States was a party, the record OF which was
! destroyed in said fire, may be filed IN the
the same force and effect as if it were an
original return made to said court, and in
| anv case in which the names OF the parties,
and the date and amount Of the judgment
| or decree shall appear from such returns,
| it shall be lawful for the court in which
| they are filed to issue the necessary process
| to enforce such decree or Judgment in the
| same manner as if the original record was
! before said court
| SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of the
| district attorney for the northern district of
| Illinois to take such steps as may be neces-
! sary to restore the records and Eles of the
| circuit and district courts of said district
| which were destroyed by fire on the ninth
| of October, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, and in which the United States Is in
! terested, so far as the Judges of said courts,
| respectively, shall deem it essential to the
interests of the United States that said
records and files be restored; and the judges
| of said courts, respectively, are authorized
! to direct such steps to be taken as, in their
/ opinion, shall be deemed advisable
to restore the judgment dOckets and
| indices of said courts, and, for that
| purpose, may direct the performance,
| BY the clerks of said courts, and
| BY the United States attorney for said dis
! trict, of any duty incident thereto, and
said clerks and said district attorney shall
| be allowed such compensation and dis
! bursements for services rendered under
this section in cases where no compensation
is now provided by law for such services)
as may be allowed by the Attorney Gen
eral, and certified to be just and reason
able by the j1dge of the court in which
said services are rendered, and the amount
so allowed shall be paid OutOt the Judiciary
| fund: provided, however, that the sum al
! lowed g clerks of said courts shall not
u L. = I 1,il lov-
! and the entire compensation of the United
| States attorney for such services shall not
exceed the sum of six thousand dollars.
| Approved March Is, 1872.