Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-17
THE U. y. DISTRICT COURT.
Counties Included in the Dis.
trict-PrOyisiOnsO OF the Law.

COunNlcS AhCiuueu hh the Dhs.
trtct-PrOvisiOns of the Law.
The Congress Of the United States on
the 5th of August, 1886, passed an act
to detach certain tounties from the
United States judicial district of Cali
fornia and create the United States lu-
dicial district of Southern California.
Be IL enacted By The Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled:
That all that portion of the State OF
California now comprised in the coun-
ties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los
Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San
Luis Obispo, Fresno, Tulare and Kern
is hereby detached from the United
States judicial district of California and
made separate judicial district, called
ssThe Southern District of California. "
That the District of California shall
hereafter consist OF all the counties OF
said State not named in this act, and
shall hereafter be called the Northern
District of California.
1t is also provided by said Act that
all suits and other proceedings of every
kind and nature now pending in the Cir
cult or District Courts of the United
States, for the District of California,
shall be tried and disposed of in the Cir
cult and District Courts, respectively,
for the Northern District of California,
as the same would have been if this Act
had not been passed, and for that pur.
pose jurisdiction is reserved to said
courts in the Northern District of Cali.
fornis; and the Clerk of the Circuit al d
District Courts of the present District OF
California shall retain the records and
files of the courts at San Francisco, and
do and perform all the duties that ap
pertain to said northern district, iuclud
ing all processes returnable, and other
business heretofore brought before the
District of California.
The regular terms of the Circuit and
District Courts of the United States,
respectively, shall be held at Los An
geles, in said Southern District OF Cali
fornia, beginning on the second Monday
in August and the second Monday III
January in each year.
That there shall be appointed Dis
trict Judge for said Southern District oi
California, who shall reside ther in, and
who shall receive an annual salary oi
$4,000, payable quarterly from the
| United States Treasury.
There shall also be eappointed Marshal
and Attorney of the United States fol
said Southern District of California,
who shall respectively receive such fee:
and compensation and exercise suct
powers and duties as are now enjoined
| by law.
That the circuit aud district judges OF
| said Southern District of California shal
each, respectively, appoint clerk fol-
their respective courts, who shall reside
and keep their office at Los Angeles III
said district, and who shall receive such
fees and compensation for services per
formed by them, respectively, as are
| now. fixed and limited by law.
That either of the clerks Of the Cir,
cult and District courts for the said
| Northern District of California is hereby
authorized, at the request of the district
Judge of said Southern District and al
the cost of the parties requiring the
same, to make transcripts OF any OF the
records, of files, or papers OF the Dis
tricts and Circuit Courts of the United
States remaining in the office OF the
clerks of the present district OF Califor'
MIA, and such transcripts shall be evil
dence in all courts and places equally
with the originals.
Nothing in this act shall in any man
ner affect the tenure of office OF the
Judge, marshal, United States attorney
or other officer of the present district oi
California, who shall, respectively, bt
entitled to the same salaries, fees, anc
emoluments provided by law.