ThirtiethCongress,
FirstSession,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled.
FirstSession,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled.
That the State of Alabama shall be, and the same is hereby, divided into three districts
in manner following, to wit:
The counties of Mobile, Washington, Baldwin, Sumpter, Clarke, Marengo, Green, Pickens,
Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, shall compose one district, to be called the southern district,
and a court shall be held for the said district, as heretofore at Mobile.
The counties of Montgomery, Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Talladega, Randolph,
Macon, Russell, Barbour, Pike, Henry, Dale, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry,
Bibb, Shelby and Tuscaloosa, shall hereafter compose one district, to be called the
middle district, and a court shall be held for the said district at Montgomery. And
the residue of the counties of said State shall hereafter compose the northern district
of Alabama, and a court shall be held for the same, as heretofore at Huntsville.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next term of the district court for the
said middle district, and every term thereafter, shall be held at
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Montgomery: and the clerk and marshall of said middle district are hereby required,
forthwith, to remove all the books and papers and records belonging to their respective
offices from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That all causes at law or in chancery, pending
in said district courts at Mobile and Huntsville, or in the circuit court of the United
States at Mobile, in which the Defendant or defendants reside in the middle district
(as hereby established) at the time of serving process, shall be transferred for trial
to the district court for the said middle district, and be proceeded in, heard, adjudged,
and determined in the same manner as though originally commenced or prosecuted in
the said court: and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the said courts at Huntsville
and Mobile safely to transmit to the clerk of the district court at Montgomery, the
original papers in all cases hereby ordered to be transferred, together with a transcript
of all orders & other proceedings had thereon.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws, or parts of law, contravening or
opposed to the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
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Passed the House of Representatives,
August 2, 1848.
Attest
Tho. J CampbellAugust 2, 1848.
Attest
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An Act To change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the middle district o[f] Alabama, and for other purpo[ses]
An Act To change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the middle district o[f] Alabama, and for other purpo[ses]
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Secretary.
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In the Senate of the U Stat[es]
August 3d, 18[48]
Resolved, That this Bill pa[ss?]
Attest
Asbury DickinsAugust 3d, 18[48]
Resolved, That this Bill pa[ss?]
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Secretary.
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Partially Printed Document, 4 page(s), Volume Volume 1, RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,