The Durham daily globe., 1894-07-25
WOODW BILL.
To Change the Federal Judicial Districts
in North Carolina.

in North Carolina.
The following is a full text of the bill
offered by Congressman Woodward
changing the judicial districts of the
state of North Carolina:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America, in congress assembled, that
the counties of Person, Durham, Chat
ham, Moore and Richmond, now con-
situting part of the Western Judicial
district Of North Carolina shall be, and
are hereby transferred to, and made part
Of, the Eastern Judicial district of North
Carolina; but all crimes and Offenses
heretofore committed in said Western
district, in which the defendants have
been bound over, shall be prosecuted
tried and determined - the same man
ner and with the same effect as if this
act had not been passed Provided, that
all actions or proceedings now pending
against parties residing in the counties
of Chatham, Moore, Person and Durham
! in the courts Of said Western district,
may, upon the application Of either party,
be transferred to the court for the East
ern district at Raleigh, and in case of
such transfer all papers on file therein,
with copies of all record entries, shall be
transferred to the office of the clerk of
such court, and proceed in all respects
as though originally commenced in said
court at Raleigh
The judiciary committee of the House,
in their report on the bill, say among
other things:
Section 2. That the sessions of the dis.
trict courts of the United States for the
Eastern District of North Carolina shall
begin and be held at the city of Raleigh
on the fourth Monday of May and first
Monday of December of each year.
Section 3. That the regular terms of
the circuit court shall be held at Raleigh
on the fourth Monday in May and first
Monday in December in each year, and
at Wilmington on the first Monday after
the fourth Sunday in April and October
! of each year.
"The object Of this bill as amended by
| your committee is, first, to transfer the
counties of Person, Durham, Chatham
and Moore from the Western to the
Eastern district, with the usual provis-
ions or saving clauses relative to the
prosecution, etc, of civial causes and
crimes and offences in those counties
second, to provide for the holding of dis.
trict courts at Raleigh, and changing
the time Of holding sessions of the cir
cult court in said city; and third, to pro
vide the times of holding sessions of the
circuit courts at Wilmington"
The bill is approved by the judge,
district attorneys and clerks of the state,
and by the department of justice.
Gone to Norfolk.
At o'clock this morning the Norfolk
excursion of L. S. Christian & Co pulled
out from the depot of the Southern rail-
road at the foot of COrcOran street
There were five coaches besides a roomy
refreshment car. All the coaches seemed
we'll filled. This excursion goes by a
new route. 1t will 90 over the Southern
to Selma and there take the Atlantic
Coast Line to Rocky Mount, and from
that place will take the Norfolk and
Carolina road, the new road that opens
up the eastern part Of the state. This
will prove a pleasant trip for the excur
sionists and they will no doubt enjoy
themselves. The excursion will proba
bly, prove a paying thing for its pro
jectors.