ACT APRIL 12, 1900, c. 185, § 1. Northwestern division in northern district. The county of Carroll, included in the northwestern division of the northern district established by this section, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 339, is transferred from that division to the northern district by Act Feb. 26, 1902, c. 33, set forth below. ACT FEB. 26, 1902, c. 33. An Act to Transfer the County of Carroll from the Northwestern Division of the Northern District of Georgia to the Northern District of Georgia of the United States District and Circuit Courts, and for Other Purposes. (32 Stat. 42.) County transferred from northwestern division of northern district. Be it enacted, &c., That the county of Carroll, in the State of Georgia, be, and is hereby, transferred from the northwestern division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts; but this transfer shall not affect any suit or legal proceeding begun prior to the passage of this Act. Act Feb. 26, 1902, c. 33, 32 Stat. 42, ACT JUNE 30, 1902, c. 1338. An Act to Provide for Circuit and District Courts of the United States at Valdosta, Georgia. (32 Stat. 550.) Southwestern division in southern district. Be it enacted, &c., That the southwestern division of the southern judicial district of Georgia is hereby established, to be composed of the counties of Berrien, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Echols, Irwin, Lowndes, Mitchell, Thomas, Ware and Worth of the southern district of Georgia. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 1, 32 Stat. 550. Before this act, the southern district was divided into an eastern and a western division by Act Jan. 29, 1880, c. 17, § 2, set forth in Comp St. 1901, p. 334, and a northeastern division, established by Act Feb. 15, 1889, c. 168, § 1, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 336. Terms of courts for southern district, southwestern division; duties of clerk, marshal, etc.; deputy clerk; court rooms. Sec. 2. That a term of the circuit court and of the district court for the southern district of Georgia shall be held at Valdosta, in said State, on the second Mondays in June and December in each year; and it shall be the duty of the clerk, marshal, and other officers of the southern judicial district to attend said terms of said court and perform all the duties pertaining to their positions, and no additional clerk or marshal shall be appointed in said district. If, in the opinion of the court, it shall become necessary, a deputy clerk may be appointed: Provided, however, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for the holding of said courts free of expense to the Government of the United States. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 2, 32 Stat. 550. Place of bringing suit, and of trial of issues of fact. Sec. 3. That all suits not of a local nature in the circuit and district courts against a single defendant, inhabitant of said State, must be brought in the division of the district where he resides; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions of the district such suits may be brought in either division. All issues of fact in said suits shall be tried at a term of the court held in the division where the suit is so brought. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 3, 32 Stat. 551. Place of prosecution of offenses. Sec. 4. That prosecutions for crime or offenses hereafter committed in any of the counties of the southwestern division shall be cognizable within such division; and all prosecutions for crime or offenses heretofore committed within either of said counties, taken as aforesaid from the northern district, or committed in the southern district as hitherto constituted, shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this Act had not been passed. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 4, 32 Stat. 551. Pending causes. Sec. 5. That all civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit or district courts of either district or division from which the counties constituting this division have been taken, and which would, if instituted after the passage of this Act, be required to be brought in the southwestern division of said district, may be transferred by consent of all parties or by order of the court to said southwestern division of said district and there disposed of in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been instituted therein; and all processes, writs, and recognizances relating to such suits and proceedings so transferred shall be considered as belonging to the term of the court in the southwestern division of said district in the same manner and with like effect as if they had been issued or taken in reference thereto originally. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 5, 32 Stat. 551. Removal of causes from State courts. Sec. 6. That in all cases of removal of suits from the courts of the State of Georgia to the courts of the United States in the southern district of Georgia such removal shall be to the United States courts in the division in which the county is situated from which the removal is made, and the time within which the removal shall be perfected, in so far as it refers to or is regulated by the terms of the United States courts, shall be deemed to refer to the terms of the United States courts in such division. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 6, 32 Stat. 551. Residence of jurors; process. Sec. 7. That all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each division shall be residents of such division. All mesne and final process, subject to the provision hereinbefore contained, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or all of said divisions. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 7, 32 Stat. 551. Time of taking effect of act. Sec. 8. That this Act shall be in force from and after the first day of January, anno Domini nineteen hundred and three. Repeal. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 8, 32 Stat. 551. Sec. 9. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 30, 1902. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, § 9, 32 Stat. 551. [KANSAS.] ACT JUNE 9, 1890, c. 403, § 1. Divisions in district; terms of courts. Additional terms of the courts for the district of Kansas in the first division, established by this section, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 356, are appointed at Kansas City, Kan., by Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 709, set forth below. ACT FEB. 19, 1903, c. 709. An Act Providing for the Holding of Terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States at Kansas City, Kansas, and for Other Purposes. (32 Stat. 849.) Terms of courts for district, first division. Be it enacted, &c., That terms of the circuit court and of the district court of the United States for the first division of the judicial district of Kansas in addition to those now provided by law shall be hereafter held at the city of Kansas City, Kansas, on the second Monday of January 2nd first Monday of October of each year, but a jury shall not attend said October term excepting upon the order of the court, and a grand jury shall not attend either of said terms except upon the order of the district court. Repeal. Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 709, § 1, 32 Stat. 849. The first division of the district is established and defined by Act June 9, 1890, c. 403, § 1, and Act May 3, 1892, c. 59, § 1, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 356, 357. Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts so far as in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 709, § 2, 32 Stat. 849. [KENTUCKY.] ACT FEB. 12, 1901, c. 355, § 9. [Amended. Act March 10, 1902, c. 144.] This section, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 362, is superseded by the express amendment thereof by Act March 10, 1902, c. 144, set forth below. ACT MARCH 10, 1902, c. 144. An Act Establishing a United States Court at Catlettsburg, in the Eastern District of Kentucky. (32 Stat. 58.) Terms of courts. Be it enacted, &c., That section nine of "An Act to divide Kentucky into two judicial districts," approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read: "Sec. 9. That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Kentucky shall be held at the following times and places, namely: At Louisville, beginning on the second Monday in March and the second Monday in October in each year; at Owensboro, beginning on the fourth Monday in November and the first Monday in May in each year; at Paducah, beginning on the third Monday in April and the third Monday in November in each year; at Bowling Green, beginning on the third Monday in May and the second Monday in December in each year. "That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Kentucky shall be held at the following times and places, namely: At Frankfort, beginning on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September in each year; at Covington, beginning on the first Monday in April and the third Monday in October in each year; at Richmond, beginning on the fourth Monday in April and the second Monday in November in each year; at London, beginning on the second Monday in May and the fourth Monday in November in each year; at Catlettsburg, beginning on the fourth Monday in May and the second Monday in December in each year, and at such other times and places as may hereafter be provided by law." Act March 10, 1902, c. 144, 32 Stat. 58. The section amended by this act, Act Feb. 12, 1901, c. 355, § 9, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 362. The amendment consists in the insertion, near the end of the section, of the provision for terms of the courts at Catlettsburg. [MINNESOTA.] ACT APRIL 26, 1890, c. 167, § 3. Place of trial of causes. An additional district judge for the district of Minnesota is authorized, and provision made for the division of business and the assignment of cases for trial in the district, by Act Feb. 4, 1903, c. 402, set forth below. ACT FEB. 4, 1903, c. 402. An Act Providing for an Additional District Judge in the District of Minnesota. (32 Stat. 795.) Additional district judge. Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be in the district of Minnesota an additional district judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and juris diction now prescribed by law in respect to the present district judge therein. Act Feb. 4, 1903, c. 402, § 1, 32 Stat. 795. Division of business and assignment of causes for trial. Sec. 2. That the senior circuit judge of the eighth circuit, or the resident circuit judge within the district, shall make all necessary orders for the division of business and the assignment of cases for trial in said district. Act Feb. 4, 1903, c. 402, § 2, 32 Stat. 795, Time of taking effect of act. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and three. Act Feb. 4, 1903, c. 402, § 3, 32 Stat. 795. [NEW YORK.] Sec. 541. New York. The appointment of an additional district judge for the southern district of New York is provided for by Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 527, set forth below. ACT FEB. 9, 1903, c. 527. An Act to Provide for an Additional Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. (32 Stat. 805.) Additional district judge for southern district. Be it enacted, &c., That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an additional judge of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, who shall reside in said district, and who shall possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same salary as the present district judge of said district. Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 527, 32 Stat. 805. Time of taking effect of act. Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect immediately. [NORTH CAROLINA.] Sec. 543. North Carolina. A clerk of the circuit court and the district court for the eastern district, at Wilmington, is authorized by an amendment of Act June 4, 1872, c. 282, § 3, which was incorporated into this section of the Revised Statutes, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 397, by Act April 15, 1902, c. 508, set forth below. Additional terms of the courts for the western district at Wilkesboro are appointed by Act Feb. 23, 1903, c. 749, set forth below. |