St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-03
UNDER THE LIND LAW.
Six Places of Holding Federal
Court-New Deputy Clerks

Six Places of Holding Federal
Court-New Deputy Clerks
The Lind bill. providing for the di-
vision of Minnesota into six divisions
for the purposes of holding terms of the
United States court, went into effect on
Friday, Aug. 1. The provisions Of the
bill are as follows:
That portion of the state of Minnesota
comprising the counties of Winona, Wa
bosnia, Olmsted, Dodge, Steel, Mower,
Fillmore and Houston shall constitute
the First division, the courts of which
are to be held at Winona.
The counties of Freeborn. Faribault,
Martin, Jackson, Mobiles, Rock, Pipe
stone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan,
Blue Earth, Waseca, LIE Sueur. Nicollet,
Brown, Redwood, Lyon, Lincoln, YeE
low Medicine, Sibley and Lac Qui Parle
shall constitute the Second division, the
courts of which shall be held at Man.
kato.
The counties Of Chisago. Washington,
Ramsey, Dakota, GoOdhue, Rice and
Scott shall constitute the Third division,
the courts of which shall be held at st.
Paul.
The counties of Hennepin, Wright,
Meeker, Kandiyohi, Swift, Chippewa,
Renville. Mcleod. Carver, Anoka,
Sherburne and Isanti shall constitute
the Fourth division, the courts of which
shall be held at Minneapolis.
The counties of Cook, Lake, st. Louis,
Itasca, Cass, Crow Wing, Carlton, Pine.
Kanabec, Mile Laos, Morrison and
Benton, shall constitute the Fifth divi-
sion, the courts of which shall be held
at Duluth.
The counties of Stearns, Pope. Ste
vens, Big Stone, Traverse, Grant,
Douglas, Todd, Otter Tail, Wilkin,
Clay, Becker, Wadena, Norman. Polk,
Marshall, Kittson, Beltrami and Hub
bard shall constitute the Sixth division,
the courts of which shall be held at
Fergus Falls.
Sec. 2. That causes removed from
any court in the state of Minnesota into
the circuit court shall be removed to the
circuit court in the division in which
said state court is held; and all civil
suits not of local nature must be
brought in the division where the de-
PENDANT or defendants reside: but, if
there are two or more defendants resid-
ing in different divisions, the action
may be brought in any division In which
a defendant resides; that all civil
process from the circuit and district
courts of the United States for said dis
trict of Minnesota against defendants
residing or found therein. shall be re-
turned to the place appointed for hold
ing of said courts in the division where
such defendant resides.
That if there be more than one de-
PENDANT, and they reside in different
divisions of the district. the plaintiff
may sue in either division and send
duplicate writ or writs to the other de-
PENDANTS: and the said writS, when ex-
ecuted and returned into the court from
which they issued, shall constitute one
suit and be proceeded in accordingly.
Sec. 3. That all actions triable in
either of the courts of said district shall
be tried in the division in which the pro-
cess is returnable under the provisions
of this act, unless by consent of all par
les the action be removed to some
other division of said district.
Sec. q. That regular terms of the cir
cult aud district courts shall be held as
follow: For the First division, on the
first Tuesday in June and the first Tues
day in December.
For the Second division. on the first
Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday
in November. a'+'
For the Third division, on the fourth
Tuesday in June and the second Tues
day in January.
For the Fourth division, on the first
Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday
in September.
For the Fifth division, on the second
Tuesday in May and the second Tues
day in October.
For the Sixth divition, on the fourth
Tuesday in March and the fourth Tues
day in September.
Sec. S. That the clerks of the circuit
and district courts of the district Of
Minnesota shall each appoint deputy
clerk at the place where their respective
courts are required to be held in the dl-
vision in the district in which such
clerk shall not himself reside, who shall
keep his office and reside at the place
appointed for holding said courts for
records of said courts for such
division. and, in sthe absence of
the clerk, may exercise all the official
powers of the clerks within the division
for which he is appointed. Provided,
that the appointment of such deputies
shall be approved by the court for which
they shall have been respectively APP
pointed. and may be annulled by such
court at its pleasure.
Sec. 6. That grand and petit Jury
shall be summoned for each of said
terms. which petit jury shall be COM
petent to sit and ACT as such jury in
either or both of said courts at such
terms; provided: That the judge OF
district court may, in his discretion,
dispense with the summoning or impan-
cling of more than one grand jury in
each year in any of said divisions.
The following persons have been ap-
pointed deputy clerks in both courts at
the respective places named:
Duluth, Thomas II. Pressnell; Fergus
Falls. I. A. Leyorsen; Mankato, Ste
phen Thorne; Winona, Chester Hold
ing. At Minneapolis, Geo.W. Marchant,
custodian of the building will act as
deputy clerk temporarily, until the
court room and offices are furnished.
Then a regular deputy clerk will be ap-
pointed for that place.