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388 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 788-790. 1888. SP°°*“1 “°"m“· Sec. 3. That the judge of the United States circuit or district court for said district, may, by order, from time to time, appoint and hold additional special terms of said court in said district, for the disposal of the unfinished business thereof, whenever the interest of the public and the condition of the docket shall so require. Approved, August 8, 1888. August B»1%B8· CHAP. 789.-An act to subdivide the western judicial district of Louisiana. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 in United States of America in Congress assembled, That all processes

ygsgsm iufilcml is from the circuit and district courts of the United States from the west- °ern district of Louisiana against defendants residing in the parishes of Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Cameron, Calcasieu, La Fayette, and Vermillion, in the State of Louisiana, shall be returned to said courts 0P¤l¤¤S¤$· at Opelousas; all process a ainst defendants residing in the parishes of Rapides, Vernon, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, and Winn shall be A1<>¤¤¤dri¤ returned to Alexandria; all processes against defendants residing in the parishes of Caddo, De Soto, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River, and Sabine, shall be returned to S*“`"°P°’*- Shreveport; and all processes a ainst defendants residing in the parishes of Ouachita, Franklin, Ricfiland, Morehouse, East Carroll, West Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia, Union, Caldwell, Jackson, and M°‘“`°°‘ _ _ Lincoln shall be returned to Monroe. ,,,,{"£?,',{_,,‘?;§‘,;§,“‘”"‘f'°" Sec. 2. That if there be more than one defendant and they reside in different divisions of the district, the plaintiff may sue in either division, and send duplicate writ or writs to the other defendants; and the said writs, when executed and returned into the court from which they issued, shall constitute one suit and be proceeded in _ accordingly. ` mmufrw Sec. 3. That all causes triable in either of the courts of said western district shall be tried in the division to which the process is returnable under the provisions of this act, unless by consent of all parties the cause be removed to some other division of said district. Crimes- Sec. 4. That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter committed in either of the divisions shall be cognizable within such diprmqso. _ vision; Provided, That all crimes and offenses heretofore committed P°“‘““·°=*""“‘ within the divisions created by this act shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same edect as if this act had not been passed. Jumis. Sec. 5. That all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each division shall be residents of such division. ¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤· Sec. 6. That a deputy clerk of the district court shall be appointed at each place in the four divisions of said western district where said court is required to be held. each of whom, in the absence of the clerk. may exercise all the official powers of clerk at the place and within the division for which he is appointed. Removalsfwmsww Sec. 7. That causes removed from any court of the State of Louisi- °°“"°“‘ ana into the circuit court of the United States within said western district shall be removed to the circuit court in the division in which such State court is held. ‘ Approved, August 8, 1888. August 8, 1888. CHAP. 790.-An act providing for the holding of the United States courts in the """"’“"’_’” city of Newark, New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g_°;£’;°V6¤,,ed United States of America in Congress assembled, That at each term sqm: courts maybe of the circuit and district courts of the United States to be holden in ""°‘“"N°"""" and for the district of New Jersey, it shall be lawful for the judge