Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATfrom and after the passage of this act,

4 the counties of Benton, Washington, Craw=

5 ford, Scott, Polk, Franklin, Johnson, Ma=

6 dison, and Carroll, and all that part

7 of the Indian country lying within the

8 present judicial district of Arkansas,

9 shall constitute a new judicial district,

10 to be styled, “the western district of Arkan=

11 sas;” and the residue of said State

12 shall be and remain a judicial dis=

13 trict, to be styled, “the eastern district

14 of Arkansas.”

1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,

2 That the judge of the district court

3 of Arkansas shall hold two terms of

4 said court at the town of VanBuren,

5 the county seat of Crawford County

6 aforesaid, on the second Monday

7 of May and November in each

8 and every year, and shall continue

9 in session until all the business shall

10 be disposed of; and he is hereby author=

11 ized and directed to hold such other

12 special sessions as may be necessary

13 for the despatch of the causes in

14 said court, at such time or times

15 as he may deem expedient, and

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16 may adjourn such special sessions to

17 any other time previous to a stated

18 term.

1 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,

2 That the district court of the United

3 States for the western district of Arkan=

4 sas hereby established, in addition to

5 the ordinary jurisdiction and powers

6 of a district court, shall, within the

7 limits of its ^[^respective^]^ district, have

8 jurisdiction of all causes, civil or crim=

9 inal, except appeals and writs of

10 error, which now are, or hereafter

11 may by law be made cognizable

12 in a circuit court, and shall proceed

13 therein in the same manner as a

14 circuit court; and an appeal or writ

15 of error shall be prosecuted from the

16 final decree or judgement of said dis=

17 trict court to the Supreme Court of the

18 United States, in the same manner

19 that appeals and writs of error ^[^now

20 are, by law^]^, from a circuit court of

21 the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,

That the district judge of the said district shall

appoint a clerk of said court hereby established.

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06/21/1848
Passed the Senate
June 21. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins.–
Secretary

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Amendment – to S._19
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Strike out the words “now are, by law,” in the 23^d & 24^th lines ^of 2^d Page^ and insert at One end of the 3^d Section – “are now authorized by law”

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Judiciary

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S_19
An act
to divide the district of Arkansas into two judicial districts.

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HR. Judiciary

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1	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATfrom and after the passage of this act,
4	the counties of Benton, Washington, Craw=
5	ford, Scott, Polk, Franklin, Johnson, Ma=
6	dison, and Carroll, and all that part
7	of the Indian country lying within the
8	present judicial district of Arkansas,
9	shall constitute a new judicial district,
10	to be styled, “the western district of Arkan=
11	sas;” and the residue of said State
12	shall be and remain a judicial dis=
13	trict, to be styled, “the eastern district
14	of Arkansas.”
1	Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
2	That the judge of the district court
3	of Arkansas shall hold two terms of
4	said court at the town of VanBuren,
5	the county seat of Crawford County
6	aforesaid, on the second Monday
7	of May and November in each
8	and every year, and shall continue
9	in session until all the business shall
10	be disposed of; and he is hereby author=
11	ized and directed to hold such other
12	special sessions as may be necessary
13	for the despatch of the causes in
14	said court, at such time or times
15	as he may deem expedient, and

16	may adjourn such special sessions to
17	any other time previous to a stated
18	term.
1	Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
2	That the district court of the United
3	States for the western district of Arkan=
4	sas hereby established, in addition to
5	the ordinary jurisdiction and powers
6	of a district court, shall, within the
7	limits of its ^[^respective^]^ district, have
8	jurisdiction of all causes, civil or crim=
9	inal, except appeals and writs of
10	error, which now are, or hereafter
11	may by law be made cognizable
12	in a circuit court, and shall proceed
13	therein in the same manner as a
14	circuit court; and an appeal or writ
15	of error shall be prosecuted from the
16	final decree or judgement of said dis=
17	trict court to the Supreme Court of the
18	United States, in the same manner
19	that appeals and writs of error ^[^now
20	are, by law^]^, from a circuit court of
21	the United States.
	Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
	That the district judge of the said district shall
	appoint a clerk of said court hereby established.