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 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 144. 1881. 597 QHAP. 144.-An act to divide the State of Louisiana into two judicial districts. Much 3,188L Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representattrycs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the parishes of Caddo, Bos- Louisiana dividsier, Webster, Claiborne, Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, °Sl i¤'3° 'EW° Judi- Madison, Richland, Ouachita, Lincoln, Bienville, Bed River, De Soto, ml d'“t"°°“* Sabine, Winn, Natchitoches, Jackson, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, Concordia, Catahoula, Grant, Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Saint Landry, La Fayette, Saint Martin’s, Vermillion, Cameron, and Calcasieu, in the State of Louisiana, shall constitute, and is hereby created, the western judicial Western judicial district in that State; and the district court now existing in Louisiana districtshall, from and after the passage of this act, be known as the district Eastern district. court for the eastern district of Louisiana, and all the parishes in said State not above named shall belong to said district. Sec. 2. That all suits not of a local nature in the circuit and district Frovision for courts against a single defendant, inhabitant of said State, must be Sum “°* °f ”*1°°°»l brought in the district where he resides, but if there are two or more °“°`"°‘ defendants, residing in different districts, such suits may be brought in either district. Sec. 3. That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter commit- l?r0secutions for ted in either of said districts shall be cognizable within such district; °“m°°» °*°-» P°'°· and all prosecutions for crimes or oiienses heretofore committed in the Qgbflr h°°,?;‘},“:;.?;‘; district of Louisiana shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this committed; when, act had not been passed. triable. _ Sec. 4. That all civil suits in law or equity which have arisen in the $**,;*5 P°¤*lJ¤S parishes composing said western district, or against persons residing $g'gZ®:,,r§E€,§‘;Q1 J°° therein, or concerning lands situated therein, and now pending, together ` with all process, writs, recognizances, and records belonging thereto, sihalilr, with the consent of all the parties, be transferred to said western is 'et. Sec. 5. That there shall be held semi—annual1y in said district two _ Places °f h<>ld· Stated sessions of the district and circuit courts, at each of the following mg °°‘“`°“‘ places, to wit: At Opelousas, on the first Mondays of January and T<>¤¤¤ <>f courts June; at Alexandria, on the fourth Mondays of January and June; at Shreveport, on the third Mondays of February and July; at Monroe, on the iirst Mondays of April and October. Sec. 6. That a person learned in the law shall be appointed by the Judge to be ap- President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the gg3Q?;},,,;' ‘"“"‘ Senate, district judge thereof, with a salary of three thousand five hun- S,,,,,,,.} ` dred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and with the same powers Powers and du- Smd duties as the district judge of the United States for the district of ties- _ Louisiana as it now exists, and such as are conferred on him, or required of him, by this act. And the said judge shall appoint a clerk of the Clerks. district court in the western district, and a clerk of the circuit court for said district shall be appointed in the same manner as other such clerks are appointed, and who shall receive for the services performed by them the _ Same fees and compensation that are allowed to the clerks of such courts C<>mP¢¤¤¤*¤<>¤· l10ldihg‘ their sessions in New Orleans, in the same State, and shall be subject in every respect to the same restrictions and responsibilities, and the district and circuit courts for the eastern district of Louisiana shall `UG held in New Orleans, as heretofore. And it shall be the dl1ty_0f the T!;'“*{’Sf§l` ffgm Gl01‘kS of the district and circuit courts of the United States in New f,;’;:`S”“u',l’p Orleans, whenever the courts shall so order, to transmit, by some safe con- cases belonging ,0 veyance, or to deliver to the clerks of the courts in the western district, the western dis- 0I‘ their order, the original papers in all such cases as properly belong mw t05g1B court in the western district byhth; pliovisions of this act, together ‘ wi a transcri t of the proceedings a therein. _ _ . SEO. 7. Thatpthe President of the United States, by and with the t1_¥,,‘*;i;1gl3,§,+h° advice and consent of the Senate, be, and hereby is, authorized to ap point one person as marshal and one`as district attorney for the said western district of the United States within the State of Louisiana created by this act ; and that the terms of appointment and service together