The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-05-23
An ACT =.
For tie better organization of the dis.
trict court of the United States with
in the Stafa <,f ,,,,;s;nna

tTlct court Oh inc OnlteU states with
in the State of louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate an.
House of Representatives of tho Unite<
States of America in Congress Assem-
bled, That for tho more convenien
transaction of business in the courts o
the United States within the State O
Louisiana, the said State shall be, and
the same is hereby, divided into two
judicial districts in the manner follow.
ing, to wit: the parishes of Sabine
DeSoto, Caddo, Natchitoches, Bossier,
kapides, Claiborne, Jackson, Cata.
houla, Caldwell, Ouac,,ita, Union,
Morehouse, franklin, East and West
Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concortlia,
Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Vernon, Grant,
Winn, Bienville, Red River, Richland,
Webster and Cameron shall COMPOSE
one district, to be called the Western
District of Louisiana, and all the re-
manning part of the said State shall
compose another district, to be called
the Eastern District of Louisiana: and
all criminal prosecutions or civil suits,
either in law or equity, which have
arisen in the Western District, or
against persons residing therein, or
concerning lands situated therein, to-
gether with all process, writs, recog-
nizances and records belonging thereto,
shall be transferred to the Western
District; and all civil suits hereafter
instituted against persons residing in
said Western District, or suits con-
cerning lands situated in tho same, in
the courts of the United States, shall
be in said district; and there shall be
held semi-annuatfy in said district two
stated sessions of the court, at each of
the following places, to.wit: at Alex
andria, ON the first Monday of Janua-
ry and June, for the parishes of Calca-
sieu, Rapides, Avoyelles, Grant, Ver-
nom and Cameron; at Natchitoches, on
the third Monday of January and
June, for the parishes of Natchitoches,
Winn, Sabine and Rcd River; Mt
Shreveport, on the second Mondays of
February and July, for the parishes of
Caddo, DeSoto. Bossier, Claiborne,
Bienville and Webster; at Monroe, on
the first Monday of March and Au-
gust for the parishes OF Ouachita, jack
son, Union, Morehouse, Franklin, Cat
ahoula, East and West Carroll, NIadi-
sou, Tensas, Concordia, Lincoln and
Richland; and a person learned in the
law residing in said Western District
shall be appointed by the president of
the United States, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate,
judge, thereof, with salary of four
thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly on his own warrant with the
same powers and duties AS the district
judge of the United States for the Dis.
trict Of Louisiana as it now exists, and
such as are conferred on him or re-
quired of him by this act, who is re-
quircd to hold said terms, and author
lied and required to hold special scs-
sions of the said court in the said
Western District for tho trial of civil
or criminal cases whenever he may
deem it cXpctlicnt; that all process,
writs, and recognizances of every kind,
respecting juries, witnesses,
bail, or otherwise, which relate to
to be tried at special sessions,
shall be considered as belonging to
such sessions in the same manner as if
they had been issued or taken in refer
.ncc thereto; that any special session |
may be adjourned to any time or times |
previous to the next stated meeting of !
he district court for said districts; that |
Ill business pending for trial at any
special court shall, Mt the close thereof, !
Dc considered as of course removed to
he next stated term of the court; that
he district court in said Western Dis
rict shall perform all the duties and
POSSESS all the powers of circuit courts
If the United States for the State of
except in cases OF appeal
md Writs of error; and the said judge
hall appoint clerk of the court in the
District for each place where
he court sits, who shall reside and
,eep the records of the court at that
'iacc, and shall receive for the services
reformed by them the same fees and
ON npnS9fiOn that al1nxS,nsl To
Jerk Of said court holding it's sessions
n New Orleans, in the same State, and
hall be subject in every respect to the !
anne restrictions and responsibilities;
nd the district court for the Eastern
District shall be held in New Orleans,
$ heretofore; and it shall be the duty
the clerks of the district and circuit
ourts Of the United States in New Or
'ans to transmit, by some safe convey s
nee, or deliver to the clerks of the
Western District, or their order, the 5
riginal papers in all such cases as {
roperly belong to the court in the
Western District by the provisions of /
lis act, together with a transcript of
he proceedings had therein.
Sec. =. That the president of the
nitcd States, by and with the advice
nd consent of the Senate of the United
tatcs, be, and hereby is. authorized to {
ppoint one person rs marshal and one
; district attorney for the said Western
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