St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-16
POWER OF FEDERAL COURTS.
The House Passes the Bill Regu-
Iating Their Jurisdiction.

I1OuSc 1-dSScS tlIO Dill
lating Their Jurisdiction.
WASHINGTON, Apfil 15.-The house
to-day passed the naval appropriation
bill and the bill to regulate the jurisdic-
ton of United States court. Mr.. Bou-
telle called up the naval appropriation
bill, and the house after rejecting the
amendment to the report of the COM
mittee of the whole striking out the
three coast battle line ships passed the
bill. Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois, from the
committee on rules reported resolu-
the bill to define and regulate the JurlS-
diction of United States courts. The
previous question was ordered, yeas lis,
nays 101. Mr.. Carlisle moved to recon-
nit the resolution with the instructions
to report it back with provision for
two days. debate. The motion was lost
and the resolution was adopted, yeas
118, nays SO. After short discussion
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, offered an amend
ment providing that of the additional
circuit judges seventeen in number)
one-half shall be appointed from each
of the political parties. Lost, "a to 119.
The bill was then passed, yeas 131, nays
13-the sLeaker counting quorum.
The bill withdraws all original jurisdic-
tion now vested in the circuit courts of
the United States and vests the same
exclusively in the district courts of the
United States, and also provides that
the circuit court of the United States
shall exercise such jurisdiction by writ
of
Error and Appeal,
as they have and exercise under exist
ing laws. The circuit court is made an
appellate court exclusively, except that
it has the power to Issue all remedial
process. The circuit courts are to con-
Sist of the present circuit judges and
two others to be appointed in each cir
cult by the president, by and with the
advice and consent of the senate. 1t
requires three judges to constitute a
quorum, and in case either of the judges
is absent at any term the senior circuit
judge of the circuit court is to sit in his
stead for the time being; but there must
always be one circuit judge present.
and no circuit or district judge before
whom a case was tried in the district
court can sit in the same case in
the circuit court. The circuit courts
are to be courts of record.
The terms of the circuit court are to be
held at the following places: First cir
uit, Boston; second, New York: third,
Philadelphia; fourth, Richmond, Va. :;
fifth, New Orleans; sixth, Cincinnati; ;
seventh, Chicago; eighth, st. Louis ;
ninth, San Francisco. Writs of error
in proper cases, and in all other cases
appeals, may be had from the district to
the circuit courts, both at law and
equity, and in cases of admiralty and
maritime jurisdiction, within six
moths after the entry of the final judg-
ment OF decree in the district courts.
The circuit courts shall have original
jurisdiction to issue
Certain Remedial Writs
and to establish rules of practice not in
consistent with those of the su-
preme court. A writ of error from
the circuit court or an appeal to the Cir
cult court may be had in all criminal
cases wherein the circuit court may now
exercise jurisdiction by right of error.
And pending appeals of writs of error,
judgments of the district court in all
criminal cases are stayed until the case
is finally determined by the appellate
court. Civil causes, now removable
from state courts into the circuit couI is
of the United States, may he removed
into the district court of the United
States in the territorial jurisdiction of
which they were committed. Civil
courts are given separate Jurisdiction,
by writ of error or appeal, to review
the judgments and DEGREES of the
supreme courts of the several terrific
ries for the review of judgments and de-
crees of the district courts. The circuit
courts are to have final and conclusive
jurisdiction on appeal or writ of error
auired cu ire iSS by the district court by reason M
of the citizenship of the parties only,
and in which no question arises under
the constitution, laws or treaties of the
United States; but questions arising in
this class of cases of novel, difficult or
important character may be certified to
the supreme court for determination in
the discretion of any two of the circuit
judges trying the case. The house
then at p. m. adjourned.