576 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 177, 178. 1862. competent board of officers to be by him appointed, he shall discover that the public interests will not be promoted by acquiring the title as aforesaid. Survey,&c. or Smo. 2. And be it further enacted, That the_board of officers to be harbor of New appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, according to the provisions of k‘;’£°“u::’dl’:f the first section of this act, shall, before proceeding to any decision of the ma ,4,,,,,, of question hereinbefore referred to them, make a survey and examination N¤tr¤s¤¤=¤¤t¤B¤y of the harbor of New London, Connecticut, and its surroundings, with °° l’° ““‘d°‘ reference to its capacity and fitness for a naval depot and navy yard, and whether the public interests will not be promoted by establishing a naval depot and navy yard in or near said harbor of New London instead of League Island; and that they also make the same investigation in regard to the waters of Narragansett Bay. A1=1>x:ov1·::>, July 15, 1862. July 15, 1862. Cru?. CLXXVIII. -— An Act to amend the Act of tluz third oi; March, 1837, entitled "41n "‘i'_” Act supplementmy to the Act entitled ‘ An Act to amend t/ac udicial System oflhe Gifted {$37-:*; {@6 sms.- ·· I'"' PP·**i$5•*f°"· Be it enacted I4; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m:gé‘$md;;2"°*" States of America in Congress assembled, That hereaflzer the districts of {0,,,.,;, circuit. Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina shall constitute the fourth circuit; the districts of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis- The mh c;mu;;_ sippi, and Florida shall constitute the fifth circuit; the districts of Louisi- The sixth circuit. ana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee shall constitute the sixth The seventh circuit; the districts of Ohio and Indiana shall constitute the seventh cir- °l';}*(;- 637 cuit; the districts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois shall constitute the Tm, Qgmh lh, eighth circuit, and the districts of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota cuit. _ _ shall constitute the ninth circuit; and the circuit courts in the districts herecu?2"’ """h °“' tofore included within any circuit of the United States, which by this act are attached to a different circuit, shall be held at the same times and places 'I`i¥¤¤¤ Md _ as are now prescribed by law, and the circuit: courts in districts which by
‘;g°l££g this act are for the first time attached to circuits shall be held at the same
trictcourts. times and places as are now prescribed by law for holding the district courts in said districts, except in the district of Iowa, in which the circuit court shall be holden at the capital of the State on the second Tuesday in May and November of each year, at which times and place terms of the district court shall be holden : Provided, this act shall not interfere with the terms of said district court now provided by law for said district. The allotment of their chief justice and the associate justices of the said supreme court to the several circuits shall be made as heretofore. ltepcal ¤f_¤ct¤ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act or acts of
gg;*f;_,“ Congress as vests in the district courts of the United States for the districts
pgjwqry &c,¤r¤i;·. of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas, or either of ¢¤l¤¤<>¤**·*- them, the power and jurisdiction of circuit courts be, and the same is __ _ hereby, repealed; and there shall hereafter be circuit courts held for said ,“g;‘E':;i:;Q‘;::_ districts by the chief or associate justices of the Supreme Court, assigned or allotted to the circuit to which said districts may respectively belong, and P<>·*¢,P- 635- the district judges of such districts severally and respectively, either of whom shall constitute a quorum; which circuit courts, and the judges thereof; shall have like powers and exercise like jurisdiction as other circuit courts and the judges thereof; and the said district courts, and the judges thereof, shall have like powers and exercise like jurisdiction as the district courts, and the judges thereof, in the other circuits. Provision for Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, prosecutions, P°“°l"‘g P'°°°”· causes, pleas, process, and other proceedings, relative to any cause, civil or criminal, (which might have been brought and could have been originally oognizable in a circuit court,) now pending in, or returnable to the several district courts of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas, acting as circuit courts, (or so empowered to act,} on the first day of Oo-
