Year: 1866

kee, kalcasca and Antrim counties, to the south
boundary OF Emmet county; thence east to the
southeast corner of Emmet county; thence
north on the east boundary of Emmct county to
the Straits OF Mackinac; thence north to mid
way across said straits; thence westerly in di-
rect line to point on the shore of Lake Michi-
gan Where the north boundary of Delta county
reaches Lake Michigan; thence west on the north
line OF Delta county, to the northwest corner of
boundary OF said county to the dividing line be-
tween tue States of Michigan and Wisconsin in
Green Bay; thence northeasterly on the said di-
Vldng line into Lake Michigan and thence
southerly through Lake Micbi9an to the south
west corner of the State of Michigan, line
that will include within said boundaries the wa
tiers OF Lake Michigan within the admiralty uris-
diction of the State of Michigan thence cast on
the south boundary of the State of Michigan, to
the intersection of the west line of Hillsdale
county. The judicial centre of which district
shall be at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent,
where the courts of said district shall be held
The eastern district shall embrace all the oiher
territory OF the State of Michigan and all other
waters OF said State not embraced within the
foregoing boundaries of said western district
The judicial centre of said eastern district shall
be at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, where the
courts of said district shall be held


Sec: 2. And be it further enacted, That there
snail be two terms of the circuit and district
wit: At the city of Detroit for the eastern dis
trict, on the first Tuesday in June, November,
and al March in each year; and at the city of Grand
Rapids, for the western district, on the third
Monday of May and third Monday of October in
each year. And the said courts are hereby
thorized to hold adjourned terms when the ousi-
ness before the courts shall in the opinion of the
court require it.


Sec 3. And be it further enacted That all suits
and other proceedings, of whatever name
ture, now pendingin the circuit district couits
of the United States for the district of Michigan,
shall be tried and disposed of in the circuit and
district courts respectively, for the eastern dis
trlct OF Michigan, in the same manner the
same would have been in said state had not
been divided into two districts and for that pur
IS y-a1f cofA
the eastern district. And the clerk OF the circuit
ana district courts for the present district of
Michigan shall remove the records and files of
the said circuit and district courts to the city of
Detroit and do and perform all the duties ap-
pertaining to his Office within the eastern dis
tr1ct; ana all process and other proceedings ta
ken or issued. or made returnable to the circuit
or district court for the pr district of Mchi-
gan, Shall be returnable at the next ,erm of the
SAID courts respectively, in the eastern district of
Michigan.


Sec 4. And he ii further enacted That upon
the application ol any party TO any suit now pen
ding Which ouid have been commenced in the
western district II this act had been. in force be-
fore tine commencement of said suit .he proper
court may, and il all parties consent, shall order
that the same be removed for further proceediI gs
to tiie proper court for tine western district; and
theTCHron iic clerk shall transmit all the papers
IN the c:'sc, with transcript oi the order OF the
removal to tile CLERK of the court to which the
said suit shall he removed; and all further pro-
ceediitg- snail hr had in said court if the suit
had been originally commenced therein.





present judge of the district of Michigan be- and
lie is hereby assigned TO hold said cour in the
eastern district of Michigan, and shall exercise
the same jurisdiction and perform the same du-
ties within said district as he now exercises and
performs within his present district.


Sec. e. And be it further enacted, That final
process upon any Judgment or decree entered in
the circuit or district court of the United States
for the district Of Michigan, and all other process
for the enforcement of any order of said courts,
respectively, in any cause now pending therein,
except causes removed as hereinbetore provided,
shall be issued from and made returnable to the
proper court for the eastern district of Michigan,
and may run and be executed by the marshal of
said eastern district in any part of said State.


Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That there
be appointed district judge for the said western
district of Michigan, who shall possess the same
powers and do and perform all such duties in his
district rs are now enjoined or in any wise ap
pertaining to the present district judge for the
district of Michigan; and the district judge of
each district Shall be entitled to the same COM
pensation as by law Is provided for the present
Judge of the district of Michigan.


Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That there
be appointed one person as district attorney, and
one person as marshal for said western district,
whose terms Of appointment and service, well
as duties and cmOiumcntS, shall be the same
with those respectively appertaining to the said
offices in the district of Michigan And said
marshal shall give the same bond that other mar
shals are required TO give, to be approved and
recorded as now directed by law: Provided, That
the present district attorney of the district of
Michigan shall be the district attorney of the
eastern district and retain the charge of all suits
already commenced until final termination, un
less the president of the United States shall
otherwise direct, and the present marshal of the
district of Michigan shall he the marshal of the
eastern district, during their respective official
terms.


Sec. 9. And be it further enacted That all suits
hereafter to be brought in either of said courts
not of local n ture, shall be brought in the
court of the district where the defendant resides
but if there be more than defendant, and they
reside in different districts, the plaintiff may sue
in either, and send a duplicate writ against the
defendants, directen to the marshall of the other
district, which endorsement shall be made
that the writ thus sent is a copy of q writ sued
out of the court of the proper district; and the
said writs, when executed and returned into the
office from whence they issued, shall constitute
one suit, and be proceeded in accordingly.


Approved, February "A, 1868.


CHAP LV.


An Act to establish Post Roads.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rem