Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-01
IGENERAL NATuRR-No. S5.l
AN ACT relating to circuit courts of the Uni
ted States for the district of Alabama.

AN ACT relating to circuit courts of the Uni
ted States for the district of Alabama.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentati0es Of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That there shall be, and is
hereby, established a circuit court of the Uni
ted States for the middle district of Alabama,
as said district is now constituted by law, to
be held in the city of Montgomery, and like
court fer the northern district of Alabama, as
said district is now constituted by law, to be
held In the city of Huntsville.
SEC. 2. That said circuit court shall have
and exercise. within their respective: districts,
the same original powers and jurisdiction as
are or may be conferred by law upon the cir
cult court of the United States fer the SOUTH
ern district of Alabama at Mobile, and shall
have the exercise appellate and reVlsorY Iu-
risdietion over the DEGREES and judgments of
the district courts of the United States for the
said middle and northern districts respective
ly, under the laws of the United States regu-
lating the jurisdiction, powers and practice Of
the circuit courts, and the judges thereof /, In
cases removed into said courts by appeal or
writ of error; and said courts and the judges
thereof, shall have the general superintend-
ence and jurisdiction over all cases and qUes-
tions arising in said district courts, respect
ively under the act approved March second,
eighteen hundred and sixtY-seven, entitled
can act to establish uniform sVstem of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States" as pro-
vided for in the second section of said act.
& SEQ. 3. 1aAB GHSf9 HHHll Dc appointed 1OE
each of said circuit courts for said middle and
northern districts. by the circuit judge Of the
circuit, eS5rk who shall take the cath and
give the bond required by law Of clerks of
circuit courts, and who shall discharge all the
dutSae and be entitled TO all the fees and emel-
uments prescribed by law fer clerks of circuit
~e6urts; and the United States marshals for
said middle and northern districts shall, res
peetixely, act as marshals for said circuit
lscouAts, and the United States district attorney
r1f
dlstr ttorney in said circuit courts for said
mic nd nOrthern districts.
s.zsses AleEss saf saidg district
LlddIe EHd northern t1BttisSS
/ shall 8e clerkso the said circuit
courts resPectivelY3 all the original deekets,
| records and files Of papers in aTl~csmmon- law
and equity causes which might have been
brought and. would haye been originally cog
nizable- in a circuit eoqrt, and which were
either disposed Of or pending in said district
courts while the samelwere vested with cir
cult court powers.
SEC. 5. That the circuit court of the United
gtates held at Mobile, Alabama, shall be de-
signatsd and known as ths.cireuit court of the
United States for the soue11srn district of Al
ALBANIA; and its appellate and reyisory power,
upon appeal or writ of error, or by bill or Pc
| titIon, or otherwise, under the second section
| of said act, entitled, can act to establish q
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
| United States is hereby restricted te iudp-
ments and DEGREES rendered or causes and
questions arising in the district court of the
United States for said southern district; and
that the further section Of the act approved
March third. eighteen hundred and seventy
three, entitled, ''An act relating-ts the circuit
court and district courts of the United States
for the middle and northern districts of Ala
bama' be, and the same is hereby repealed.
l. SEQ. g. That terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts for the several districts of Ala.
bama shall be held as follows: For the south
ern district, the terms of the circuit and dis
trict courts shall commence on tn fourth Mon
day of December and the first Monday Of
June in each year; for the middle district on
the first Monday of May and the first Monday
ef November in each year; for the northern
district, on the first Monday Of April and the
second Monday of October in each year.
SIC. Z. That the fifth section of the act sp-
proved February twentY-seeond, eighteen
hundred and thirty ight, entitled, Gan act t.
abolish the circuit court at Huntsville, IN the
State of Alabama, and fer other purposes,
and the act approved August fourth, eightser
hundred and fortY-two, entitled IAN act Il
regulate appeals and writs of error from thi
district eeurt of she United States. for th'
: northern district of Alabama" be, and tn
: same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. 8. That all laws and parts of laws, IN
consistent with the provisions of this act, b
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, June %, 1874.