The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-19
The New II. q. HSistr.icI Court
for. Louisiana.
IN. o. PicnYune.

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The following is the language of the
the act to divide the State of Lonisiana
into two Judicial Districts, as it was
amended in the Senate, finally passed
the House and was signed by the
President:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
.bled, That the parishes of Caddo, Bos-
sier, Webster, Claiborne, Union, More
house, West Carroll, East Carroll,
Madison, Richland, Ouachita, Lincoln,
Bienville, Red River, DE Soto, Sabine,
Winn, Natchitoches, jackson, Cald-
well, Franklin, Tensas, Concordia,
Catahoula, Grant, Vernon, Raphles,
Avoyelles, st. Landry, Lafayette, st.
Martin, Vermilion, Cameron and Cal
casieu, in the State of Louisiana, shall
constitute, and is hereby created, the
Western Judicial District in that
State; and the District Court now ex-
listing 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 par
ishes in said State not above named
shall belong to said district.
SEC. 9. That all suits not of local
nature in the Circuit and District
Courts against single defendant, in
habitant Of said State. must be brought
in the district where he resides, but if
there are two or more defendants, re-
siding in different districts, snch suits
may be brought in either district.
SEC. 3. That all prosecutions for
crimes or oifcnses hereafter committed
in either of said districts shall be cog
nizable within snch district; and all
prosecutions for crimes or ohenses
heretofore committed in the District
Of Louisiana shall be commenced and
proceeded with as if this act had not
beenpassel.
SEC. 4. That all civil suits in law or
equity which have arisen in the par
ishes composing said Western District,
or against persons residing therein, or
concerning land situated therein, and
now pending, together with all pro-
cess, wrlts, recognizances and records
belonging thereto, shall, with the con
sent of all the parties, be transferred
to said Western District.
SEC. s. 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 Jnne; at
Shreveport, on the third Mondays of
February and July; at Monroe, on the
first Mondays of April and October.
Sec. 6, That a person learned in the
law Shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, by and |
with the advice and 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 confer
red on him, or required of him, by
this act. And the said Judge shall
appoint clerk of the District Court
IN the Western District, and clerk of
The Circuit Court for said district,
shall be appointed in the same man
ler as other such clerks arc appointed,
and who shall receive for the services
performed by them the same fees and
that are allowed to the
clerks of such courts holding their
sessions in New Orleans, in the same
State, and shall BIO subject in every
respect to the same restrictions and
and the District and
Circuit Courts for the Eastern District
of Louisiana, shall be held in New
Orleans, as heretofore. And it shall |
be the duty Of the clerks of the Dis
trict and CWenit Courts Of the United
States in New Orleans, whenever the
courts shall so order, to transmit, by |
some safe conveyance, or to deliVerto |
the clerks of the courts IN the Western
District, or their order, the original
papers in all such cases as properly |
belong to the court in the Western
District by the provisions of this act,
together with a transcript of the pro-
ceedings had therein.
SEC. Z. That the President of the
United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, be, and
hereby is authorized to appoint one
person as Marshal and one as District
Attorney for the said Western District
Of the United States, within the State
Of Louisiana, created by this act; and
that the terms of appointment and
service, together with Fthe duties and
of the said Marshal
and District Attorney, respectively, for
the district aforesaid, shall be in all
respects the same within their said dis
trict as the terms Of appointment and
services, the duties and responsibilities
of the Marshal and District Attorney. !
respectively, Of the Eastern District Of |
the State of Louisiana
Tiae Asrs,nI<arti7s Will.
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