Year: 1862

PUBBlc-No. g.


AN ACT prescribing the qualifications of


electors in the cities of Washington and


Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.


Be 1t enacted 6g the Senate and House of
RepresentatiUeS Of the United States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
AN ACT to regulate the time OF holding the


courts of the United States for the Dis


trict of Kentucky, and for other pur-


poses.


circuit and district courts of the United
States for the district of Kentucky shall
hereafter commence and be held as follows:
At Covington on the third Monday of April
and on the first Monday of December at
Louisville on the third Monday of February
and first MOtiday of October; at Frankfort
on the third Monday of May and first Mon
day of January and at Paducah on the
third Monday Of AH---h- and FIRST Monday
If neither of the judges of said courts be
present at the time for opening courts the
clerk may open and adjourn the court from
day to day for four days, and if the judge
does not appear by O'Clock P. NJ of the
fourth day, the clerk shall adjourn the
court to the next stated term
But either the circuis or district
Judge, by written order to the clerk
within three days Of his term, may adjourn
court to a future day within thirty days OF
the Erst day, of which adjournment the
clerk shall give notice by posting copy of
said order in front of the door of the court
house where the court is to be held and
the district judge, and, in his absence, the
circuit judge, may order a special term of
the circuit court, designated in q similar Or
der, to be published in a similar manner,
and in one or more newspapers in the place
where the court is held; and by said
order the judge may prescribe the duties of
the officers of court in summoning juries,
and in the performance of other acts neces-
sary for the holding of such special term,
or the court may by its order, after it is
opened, prescribe the duties of officers, and
the mode of proceeding, and any of the de-
tails thereof.


SEC 8. And be 1t further enacted, That
such number of Jurors shall be summoned
by the marshal at every term of the circuit
and district courts, respectively, a may
have been ordered of record at the previous
term and in case there is not a sufficient
number ofjurors in attcndance at any time,
the court may order such number to be
summoned as, in its judgement, may be



of the court. And grand jury may be
summoned to attend every term of the cir
cult or district court by order of court
The marshal may summon juries and tales
men in case of a deficiency, pursuant to an
order of court made during the term and
they shall serve for such time as the court
may direct.


SEC. 4. And be il further enacted, That
a special term of any district court may be |
held at any time that the district Judge |
may order by giving notice thereof on the |
front door of the courthouse where the |
court is to be held, and in some respectable |
newspaper, if there be any, at the place.


Sec. 5. lind be IL further enacted, That |
the district judge may adjourn the court |
from time to time to suit the convenience |
of litigants and to meet the necessities of /
the business and the intervention of term
of district or circuit court at another /
place shall not preclude the power to ad-
journ over to a future day.


Sec 6. Ind be ii further enacted, That
the terms of the circuit and district courts
shall not be limited to any particular num-
Der of days, nor shall il be necessary to ad-
journ by reason of the Intervention of a
term of the court elsewhere; but the busi-
ness of the courts at two places may pro-
ceed, there being judge present at each
place, or the court intervening may be ad-
jourued over, as herein provided; till the
business of the court in session is con-
cluded. east7ass


Sec. z. And be 1t further enacted; That
a clerk shall be appointed at every place Of
holding circuit and district courts for the
district of Kentucky, in ike manner and
subject to the same duties end responsible
ties that other clerks are subject to in other
districts; the deputy clerks at