The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-30

relative TO any cause, civi or criminal, which
which might have leen brought and would
have been originally cagnizahie In circuit
,onrt or removed thereto under any a5t oil
Congress, pending in or retmnabe 10 lhe
,i,slYt;tu court Tor The said northern district OF
t,eorgia at the time appointed for holding the
next Term thereof, are hereby declared 10 bs
transferred and made te,nnADie 70 INC alN
cut court constituted by this adt, 70 oe holden
yI,hn the said district, amt shall I've heafel
tried. and determined therein, in the same
manner as If originally instituted IN or re,
moved to snch circuit court. And tue Sild
circuit coTrt shall be governed by The same
general laws and regulations as apply to oti-
ar ,ir,uit courts OF the United Slales, and the
,,lerk OF sail court shall perform the same
duties and shall I've entitled to receive the
same fees and emOluments which are by law
established for the clerks of other circuit
courts of the United States, and shall ap
pointed by The circuit judge Of circuit: FRO
yided, That the present clerk Of the district
court for said northern district shall be me
clerk of tho circuit court of said d. trict I'LL
another appointment be made III MS place OF
he he otherwise removed.
SEC. 9, That there shall be two terms OF the
district court for the northern district OF
Georgia, held in Atlanta, In each and every
wear, to begin on the first Mondays Of March
and September; and there snail q so be two
terms Of the circnit court for said district,
held in Atlanta, in each and every year, 10
begin on the second Monday In March ami
September. ,,
tuled in the district or ciruuit court Of either
the northern or southern district of Georgia,
not Of a local nature, shall be commenced III
a court of the district where the defendant re-
sides but IL there be mlre than one delend-
AMI. and they reside In different districts, the
plaintiff may sue in either, and send
duplicate wrlts to the other deiendents, on
which the plaintiff or his attorney shall III
dorse that the wris thus sent are copies OF
writs sued out of the proper district; and the
said wriis, when executed and returned into
the Office from whence they Issued, snail
constitute one and the same suit, anu be pro-
eeeded In accordingly.
SEC. 8. That the rules of court heretofore
adopted, and now of force In the district
court for the northern district Uf Ge0rsia, be,
and they are hereby declared to be, adopted
and of force in The sad northern district
but the same may be aheretl, modihsa,
amended, or annulled BY the said courts, and
new rules may be aided thereto In tlie same
manner as in other district and cifCnit
courts. The return-days of writs and exectl-
tions returnab.e 40 The said district and the
said circuit courts shall he the first days OF
the terms Of said courts respectively, but the
time for the return of wrils may be, by rule
ofcourt, changed to any rules-day.
SEC. s. That the grant and traverse juries
which have been or which may be drawn for
the first term after the passage of this act, Of
the district court for the northern district OF
Georgia. shall be the iuries for both the cir
cuit and district court and all the acts a.
suah In either court shall be valid, as If said
jUries belonged exclusively TO the court in
which they are acting for the time being,
SEC. 7, That 1t shall be lawful for the
requisite jurors, grand and peiit, for either
or both of said courts, to serve Mt the hfst
term thereof, TO be drawn at any time by the
iidge nf the said district c0nrt, or by either OF
the judges Of said circuit court.
SEC. 8 That ths ninth and tenth sections
OF the act Of August eleventh, eighteen hum
dred and forty-eght, organizing the district
court Of the northern district of Georgia, and
all aots and parts Of acts initiating against
this act, be, and the same are hereby, repeal-
ed.
Apnroyed. June 4. 1872.