New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-02
PART II.
FOUR PAGES.
COURT CHANGES PROPOSED
PLAN To DIVIDE DISTRICT OF NORTH
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Washington. March Mr. Warner of the House
Committee on the Judiciary. reported favorably
Senate bill No. 26s. amend the Revised Statutes
Of the United States relating TO the division OF the
Northern District Of New York. Certain amend
ments suggested. The report states that the
Northern District of New-York includes forty-sfx
counties. having population of over two million
nine hundred thousand. being the largest in the
United States. The bill proposes to divide the dis
trict into the Northern and Western districts
tanning respectively twenty-ntna and seventeen
counties and one million five hundred thousand and
one million four hundred thousand population.
After the division each district would be larger
than any other except the Northern District of
Illinois. the District of Indiana. the District of
Kansas. the District of Massa chusetts the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District
OF New-York.
The report shows from the report of the Depart
ment Of Justice that there were pending July /.
1897, than three times as many civil cases as
were pending in any district except the Western
District OF Michigan, the Eastern District of New
York and the Southern District of New-York one
half Of the mileage alone would be saved by division
OF the district.
The report enlarges upon the admiralty business
Of Buffalo and other facts connected with the sub
ject The contemplated improvements of the Erie
Canal emphasized a reason for the passa ge
Of the measure, the congested condition of the
United States courts being specially pointed out
The fact that more than a ma jority Of the bar
have petifioned for the passage one OF
the arguments used by the Judiciary Committee in
its report. Various amendments proposed TO
the Senate bill In Section II is prescribed that
the judge of the Western District shall keep cham
bers in Buffalo In Section the times for holding
in the Northern District are changed so as to
provide for Albany the third instead
Of the second Tuesday Of September. al Utica on
the third Tuesday OF January instead of April and
Auburn the second Tuesday of November in
stead or September Saratoga is added the
courts held term annually at the discretion of
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70 be held on the second Tuesdays Of March and
second instead Of the third Tuesday of May, at
jamestown the second instead of the first Tues
day OF July. and at LoCkport the second Tues
day Of October the latter being added
Section amends Section 65S Revised Statutes so
as TO have the Circuit Court meet in the Northern
District on Ike third instead of second Tuesday
of January. instead Of April striking the meet
Ing at Syracuse the last Tuesday in October and
Inserting Albany ne third instead OF first
Tuesday Of September. instead of February in the
Western District NSW-YOrk Rochester on
the second instead OF third Tuesday Of Nav; at
Buffalo the second instead OF the third Tuesday
OF November. An amendment TO Section is as
Northern District shall continue be clerk of the
Circuit Court Of the Northern District until
his successor shall be appointed and qualified, and
said successor shall be clerk of the District Court
OF that district The provision to other
court officers for the Northern District is made.
they continuing until the qualification of their sue
cessors
Section 10 is amended so as TO provide that all
civil and criminal proceedings now pending IN the
whereof the courts of the Western District would
have Jurisdiction If said district and the courts
thereof had been constituted when said causes were
Instituted. shall be transferred TO the Western
District.