The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-09
Saturday, December 8, 1899.
Federal Court Bill.

The special committee of the Douglas
County Bar Association which was ap
pointed to draft proposed bill for the
establishment of a term of the Federal
Court IN Superior have submitted q
measure which they will recommend
to the Douglas County Bar for its ap'
proyal. H. II. Grace is chairman o.
the committee which prepared the
measure. A meeting of the Association
will be called shortly to take up the
matter. The full text Of the bill az pub
lished in the Evening Telegram OF the
5th inst. is as follows:
"A bill for an act relating to the hold
ing of courts of the United States in the
western district OF Wisconsin
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-.
blad.
Section /. That for the purpose o.
holding terms of the United States cir.
cult and district court in the western
district Of Wisconsin the said district
is hereby divided into two divisions &c
be known as the Northern Division
and the Southern Division That por.
ton of the western district of Wiscon-
sin comprising the counties of Ashland
Bayfield,, Barron, Burnett, Douglas,
Iron, Price, Polk, Sawyer, Washburn
and Villas shall constitute the Northern
Division, the regular terms of the cir
cult and district courts of which shall
be held at superior, Wisconsin,, on the
third Tuesday in June, in each year
The other counties in said western dis
trict of Wisconsin shall constitute the
Southern Division and the terms of the
circuit courts thereof shall be held at
by existing laws.
"Section ,. That causes removed
from any state court in the territory
embraced in the said western district
of Wisconsin into the circuit court of
the United States for said western dis
trict shall be removed to the circuit
court in the division within which the
state court from which the cause is re-
moved is held; and all civil suits, not
of local nature, must be instituted in
the division where the defendant or
defendants reside; but if there are two
or more defendants residing in different
in any division IN which defendant
resides. That all civil process from the
circuit and district courts Of the United
States for said western district against
defendants residing or found therein
shall be returned to the place appointed
for the holding of said courts in the div
ision where such defendant resides
That if there be more than one defend
ant and they reside IN different divis-
ions of the district the plaintiff may sue
in either divi,ion and serve duplicate
wit or writs on the other defendants,
and such writs when executed and re-
turned into the court from which they
issued shall constitute one suit and be
proceeded in accordingly.
Section ;. That all causes triable in
either OF the courts of said district shall
be tried in the division in which pro-
cess is returnable under the provisions
of this act unless by the consent of par
ties the action be removed for trial to
some other division of the said district.
Section t. That the clerk of the cir
cult and district courts OF the United
States for the western district of Wis
consin shall appoint Il deputy clerk at
Superior who shall keep his office in
and reside at Superior and shall keep
the records of said courts for said divis-
ion and in the absence Of the clerk may
exercise all the official powers of the
clerk within the division for which he
is appointed; provided, that the ap-
pointment of such deputy shall be APP
proved by the court and may be an
nulled by said court at its pleasure, and
the clerk shall be responsible for the
official acts and negligence of their re-
spective deputies.
Section ). That a grand and petit
jury shall be summoned for each term
of said court in the northern division,
which petit jury shall be competent to
sit and act as said jury III either or both
of said circuit and district courts at said
terms; provided, that the Judge of the
district court may, in his discretion, dis
pense with the summoning or impanel-
ing of the grand Jury in any year in said
northern division.
''Section 6. That the marshal of said
western district shall appoint Il deputy
who shall reside and keep his office at
Superior.
Section T. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication"