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 124 TI·IIRTY·-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 120, 121. 1864. June 11, 1864. CHAP. CXX. — An Act to change and dqine the Boundaries of the Eastern and Western "`;"`" {Judicial Districts of Virginia, and to alter the Nanzes of said Dislricts, and for other NTPOSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Jurisdiction States of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction of the
 * };‘;t2:;**;i;’;ict western district of Virginia shall hereafter be coexteusive with, and cen.

of vim,,;,,, fined to the limits of the State of West Virginia, and shall be called the f t d_ district of West Virginia; and the jurisdiction of the eastcm district of t,fjt_°" °m 'S` Virginia shall hereafter be ooextensive with the limits and include the whole of the State of Virginia, and shall be called the district of Virginia. The `udve of the said district of West Vir inia shall annuall hold six J ¤ g Y Sessions of dis- sessions as follows : At Clarksburg, on the 24th days of March and Au- §§E°;_<>€ West gust; at Wheeling, on the sixth days of April and September; and at W°mm’ Charleston, on the nineteenth days of April and September. The judge of Virginia. of the district of Virginia shall, in addition to the sessions heretofore held by him as judge of the eastern district of Virginia, hold sessions at the times and places within the district of Virginia when and where sessions were held prior to the passage of this act by the judge of the western district of Virginia. Records and S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the records and nies of 6lc¤,wher¤t<> be the courts of the western district of Virginia, hitherto held within the k°p°‘ limits of the district of Virginia, as prescribed and fixed in the first seotilcin of this acthszpll refnnalin and be lpep; in the distréict of Vipaginia; and
 * 1 rccor s an es o the courts o the western istriet 0 ii-ginia,

hitherto held within the limits of the district of West Virginia, as pre- Pending pw- scribed and fixed by the first section of this act, shall remain and be kept ""' in the district of West Virginia. And all writs, suits, pleas, recognizances, indictments, and all other process, civil or criminal, issued, sued out, commenced, or pending, of which, if this act had never been passed, the judge of the western district would have had jurisdiction within the limits of the said district of Virginia, as dciiued by this act, shall be returned, entered, and huve day before, and be heard and determined by, the Judge of the district of Virginia, in the same manner, and with the same validity and effect, as they should have been returned, entered, heard, apdddetermined by the judge of the western district of Virginia, if tiis act na neverbeen passed. proceedings Oi- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the judicial proceedings gn :;_¤¤¢# of the court of the western district of Virginia had within the limits of Virginia com the district of West Virginia, as fixed by the first; section of this act, iirmed. since the erection of West Virginia into a state, are hereby made and declared to be asvalid and binding as if this act had been passed c0ntem·- porzineously with the ac: establishing the State of West Virginia, and said judicial proceedings had been under and by virtue of this act. Approved, June 11, 1864. June 11, 1864. CHAP. CXXI. —An Act to pro id for the Ihld 'n 0 'nst the —————- f’La5,..,,·ii5“zZ.”1z"L'1i'%¤.»... ""’”'°' f“"°“‘”’“‘ Special us- Stfjait enacted by theofznate and House of Representatives ty the United sions of United _ of manga m grass assembled, That it shall be lawful for the scams dimicq Judge of any d1strict court of the United States to hold a. special session lifglig 0 €¤0€¤ against the laws of the United States, as hsremahcr Pl`0· vi e. Complaints Sec. 2: And ba it further enacted, That whenever a complaint shall bn against qmcers inode against any master, officer, or mariner of any ship or vessel belongzxgglsgsrpgsrsngg- mg, m whole or m part, to any citizen or citizens of the United States, of cunopmpim or the commxssmn of eny offence, not capital or otherwise infamous, against infamous, w bg any law of the Umtod States made for the protection of persons or prop-
 * ¢;¤3¤i0¤:;"lgc. of. Said gourt `at any time, whether in tern; or vacation, for the trial Of