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 782 F1F’rY-sixTH oosonnss. ssss. 11. ou. 2.55. 1901. shall be the clerks of the circuit and district courts of the western judicial district of Kentucky, respectively, as hereby constituted, until their successors, respective y, shall be appointed and qualified. The district attorney, assistant district attorneys, marshal, deputy marshals, de uty clerks, and referees in bankruptcy resident in said western judicial district of Kentucky as constituted by this Act shall, within their respective jurisdictions in said western judicial district, continue . in office and continue to be such officers in such western district until the expiration of their respective terms of office as heretofore fixed by law, or until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified. APP;>l¤U{¤€¤%§>Sf Sec. 4. That the President of the United States, by and with the i.`?;?,€° °°°°S °m advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a district judge for the eastern judicial district of Kentucky, w o shall possess an exercise all the powers conferred by existin law u on the jud es of the district courts of the United States, and W%lO shalll, as to all gusiness and proceedings arising in said eastern judicial district as hereby constituted or transferred thereto, succeed to and possess the same powers and perform the same duties within the said eastern judicial district as are now possessed by and performed by the district judge for the district of Kentucky. · ` advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a marshal and district attorney for the said eastern jludicial district of Kentucky as hereby . constituted, who shall, within their respective jurisdictions, possess and exercise all the powers conferred by existing law upon the marshals and district attorneys of the United States, respectively. cegggejm ¤¤i¤¤¤ ¤> Sec. 6. That all other officers residing within the eastern judicial ‘district of the State of Kentucky, as hereby constituted, shall cease to be such omcers when their successors are appointed and qualified. m};g¤¤¤¢i*`=¤· MW Sec. 7. That the office of marshal and istrict attorney in each of ` said districts, deputy marshals and assistant district attorneys, and all other officers authorized b law and made necessary by the creation of said two districts and tliye provisions of this Act, and all vacancies created thereby in either of said districts as constituted b this Act, hExi¤¤tj¤s¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤· shall be Hlled in the manner provided by existing law. The salaries, ° °°g° ‘ · pay, fees, and allowances of the `udges, district attorneys, marshals, clerks, and other officers in said districts, until changed under the provisions of existing -law, shall be the same, respectively,‘as now xed by law for such officers in the judicial district of Kentucky as hegetoforeppnstijpted. d d f P¢¤di¤8°¤¤¤¤*¤*¤* no. 8. at a causes an rocee in s o ever name and nature, iiiigad t° mmm dk- civil and criminal, now pending in the cgurts of thi; judicial district of Kentucky as heretofore constituted ·whereof the courts of the eastern judicial district of Kentucky as hereby constituted would have had jurisdiction if said district and the courts thereof had been constituted when said causes or proceedings were instituted, shall be, and are hereby, transferred to and the same shall be proceeded with in the eastern jpdicial district of Kentucky as hereby constituted, and jurisdiction thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the courts of said eastern judicial district, and the records and proceedings therein and relating to said proceedin s and causes shall be certified and transferred —w¢¤t¢r¤· thereto; and all causes ang proceedings of every name and nature. civil and criminal, now pending in the courts of the judicial district of Ken— tucky as heretofore constituted whereof the courts of the western judicial district of Kentucky as hereby constituted would have had jurisdiction if said district and the courts thereof had been constituted when said causes or proceedings were instituted shall be, and are hereby, transferred to and the same shall be proceeded with in the western `udicial district of Kentuck Y as hereby constituted, and jurisdiction thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the courts of said
 * i¤jjj¤;¤jgjue·;¤d dir Sec. 5. That the President of the United States, by and with the -