The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-02-25
AN'ACT.

To divide the State of Louisiana
into two judicial, districts ~
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
ble.l, That the parishes of Caddo, Bos-
sier, Webster, Claiborne, Union, More
house, West Carroll, Madison, Rich
land, Ouachita, Lincon, Bienville,
Natchitoches, Jackson, Caldwell,
franklin, Tensas, Concordia, Cata-
houia, Grant, Vernon, Rapides,
Avoyelles, Saint Landry, La Fayette,
Saint Martins, Vermillion, Cameron,
and Calcasieu, in the State of I4ouisi-
ana, shall constitute, and is hereby
created, the western judicial district in
that State; and the district court now
existing in Louisiana shall, from and
after the passage of this act, be known
as the district court for the eastern
district of Louisiana, and all the
parishes in said State not above named
shall belong to said district.
Section. 2. That all suits not of a
local nature in the circuit and district
courts against a single defendant, in
habant of said State, must be brought
in the district where he resides, but If
there are two or more defendents, re-
siding in different districts, such suits
may be brought in either district.
Sec. g. That all prosecutions for
crimes or offenses hereafter committed
in either of said district shall be cogni-
solutions for crimes or offenses hereto
fore committed in the district Of Lou
isiana shall be commenced and pro-
ceeded with as if this act had not been
passed.
Sec. 4. That all civil suits in law
or equity which have arisen in the
parishes composing said western dis.
trict, or against persons residing there
in, or concerning lands situated there
in, and now pending, together with
all process, writs, recognizances, and
records belonging thereto, shall, with
the consent of all the parties, be trans
ferred to said western district.
Sec. 5. That there shall be held
semi-annually in said district two stated
sessions of the district and circuit
courts, at each of the following places,
to wit: At Opelousas, on the first
Mondays of January and June; Mt
Shreveport; on the third Mondays of
FEBRUARY and July; at Monroe, on the
first Mondays of April and October.
Sec. 6. That person learned in
the law shall be appointed by the
President of the United States, by and
with the advice aud consent of the
Senate, district judge thereof, with a
salary Of three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, payable quarterly,
and with the same powers and duties
as the district judge of the United
States for the district of Louisiana as
it now exists, and such as are conferred
on him, or required of him, by this
act. And the said judge shall appoint
a clerk of the district court in the
western district, and clerk of the
circuit court for said district shall be
in the same manner as other
such clerks are appointed, and who
shall receive for the services performed
by them the same fees and compensa-
ton that are allowed to tho clerks of
such courts holding their sessions in
New Orleans, in the same State, and
shall be subject in every respect to the
same restrictions and responsibilities;
md the district and circuit courts for
he eastern district of Louisiana shall
90 held in New Orleans, AS heretofore.
And it shall be the duty Of the clerks
Of the district aud circuit courts Of the
United States in New Orleans, when
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nit by some safe conveyance, or to |
deliver to the clerks of the courts in |
Tho western district, or their order, the |
original papers in all such eases as |
belong to the court in the
western district by the provisions of
this act, together with Il transcript of
tho proceedings had therein.
Sec. z. That the President of the
United States, 10y ard with the advice
and consent of the Senate, be, and
hereby is, authorized to appoint one
person as marshal and one us district
for the said western district
of the United States within tho State
of Louisiana created by this act; and
that the terms of appointment and
service, together with the duties and
of thesaid marshal and
district attorney, respectively, for the
district aforesaid shall be in all respects
the same within their said district as
the terms OF appointment and services,
the duties, and responsibilities of the
marshal and district attorney, rcspec-
lively, of the eastern district of the