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 FORTY—-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 334, 335. 1872. 283 at the city of Jefferson, at the place of holding the district court of the °i*°“l* °°*¥’* f°’ United seas for the said western distract of Missouri, on the third Men- §{F§,‘§§‘g,‘§}§?"‘°‘ days of April and November in every year. i Sec. 2. That. the said circuit court of the United States in and for the for eastern diswestern district of Missouri shall in all things have and retain jurisdiction l"°t· of all matters arising therein; that a circuit court of the United States in and for the eastern district of Missouri shall be held at the same time and place (at the city of Saint Louis) as now provided by law for holding the circuit court of the United States in and for both the districts of Missouri; that the said circuit court of the United States in and for the eastern dis- Jurisdiction of trict of Missouri shall in all things have and retain jurisdiction of all mat- 2EEl;,;”°‘”° ters arising therein; and that the said circuit courts of the United States ’ hereby established in and for the eastern and western districts of Missouri shall, respectively, have and exercise the same original jurisdiction in the said districts, respectively, as is vested in the several circuit courts of the United States as organized under existing laws, and shall also respectively have and exercise the same appellate jurisdiction over the district courts of the United States for said eastern and western districts, respectively, as by existing laws is vested in the said several circuit courts of the United States over the district courts of the United States in their respective circuits. Said circuit courts shall be called, respectively, the circuit court of their tide; the United States in and for the western district of Missouri, and the circuit court of the United States in and for the eastern district of Missouri, and shall be composed, respectively, of the justice of the Supreme Court by whafjudggg of the United States allotted to the eighth judicial circuit, the judge of *<>b¤ heldthe eighth judicial circuit, and the judge of the district court for the western district of Missouri, in the said western district, and of the said two first-named judges, and the judge of the district court for the eastern district of Missouri, in the said eastern district, but may be held by any one of said three judges in the absence of the remainder. The clerk of the C1C,k,d,St,.,ct circuit court for the present districts of Missouri shall remain the clerk of attorney, and the circuit court of the United States in and for the eastern district of Mis- ;g’f£;gJg€_°“°‘ souri; and the district attorney and marshal for said eastern district of ’ Missouri shall act as such district attorney and marshal in said circuit court in and for the eastern district of Missouri as now provided by law. The circuit court in and for the western district of Missouri shall appoint for western dis- 2. clerk of said court, who shall keep his office in the city of Jefferson "*°'°· aforesaid, perform its duties, and receive its fees and emoluments, subject and in conformity to existing laws regulating the duties, fees, and emoluments of other clerks of circuit courts of the United States. And the district attorney and marshal for said western district of Missouri shall act as such district attorney and marshal in said circuit court in and for the western district of Missouri. Sicc. 3. That the United States circ tit court for said eastern and western Adjourned districts of Missouri shall have power at any time to order adjourned terms ;?;mt°;OiE_€§ of said circuit courts, respectively, at which adjourned terms any business may be 0,de,,,d_ may be transacted which could be transacted at any regular terms thereof. A copy of said order, in the eastern district of Missouri, shall be posted on the door of the court-room, and advertised in some newspaper printed in Qrder, how the city of Saint Louis, and a copy of said order, in the western district PY°¤¤¤l{§¤*€d• of Missouri, shall be posted on the court-room door and advertised in some newspaper printed in the city of Jefferson, twenty days at least before said adjourned terms shall be holden. Approved, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCXX.XV.———An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating ·l¤¤6 8, 1872- to the Post-office Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established, P¤st»¤Hic¤ de-