280 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 151. 1848. missioner" and with and exercising the principal diplomatic functions in China; and {’°°‘¥*“l"°S “’°d the word minister, as meaning the person vested with the power- of m tm °°t' chief diplomatic functionary of the United States in Turkey, The word consul shall be understood to mean any person vested by the United States with, and exercising, the consular authority in any of the live ports in China named in the treaty, or in any port in Turkey. Al} officers Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That all such olhcers shall be h°b"’;:;§,i;’;§‘l;g responsible for their conduct to the United States and to the laws rllniled States and thereof, not only as diplomatic functionaries and commercial function ’h° l**"°*h°’°°£ aries, but as judicial officers when they perform judicial duties, and shall be held liable for all negligences and misconduct as public officers. Ammovso, August 11, 1848. Aug. 11, 1848. Gun. CLI.—.An Aatfur dividing the State of Georgia into two Judicial Districts, -*—··‘·**‘ and organizing and establishing an additional District Court of the United States, with Circuit Court Powers and Jurisdiction. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House J Representatives of the _State_oE' Gem- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of 5:0 Georgia shall be, and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial dismm? tricts, in manner following, to wit:·the counties of Harris, Talbot, Upson, Monroe, Jones, Putnam, Hancock, Warren, Columbia, and all the counties in said State south of them, shall compose one district, to _S¤uthem Dis be called the southern district ; and the courts shall be held as hereto- '·“°*· fore, and at the times now authorized and required by law, at Savannah. The counties ot Troupe, Merriwether, Pike, Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Greene, Taliaferro, WVilkes, Lincoln, and all the remaining counties in said State north of them, shall compose one district, to be _N<>¤h¤f¤ Dis- called the northern district, and a court shall be held for the said dist""°‘ trict at Marietta, in the county of Cobb. Terms ¤¤` ¤¤¤¤ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be two terms of gggtrgg “°"h°m the District Court for the northern district, held at Marietta, in each and every year, to begin on the second Monday in March, and on the second Monday in September. And the district judge of the United States for the State of Georgia is hereby required to hold the courts aforesaid; and furthermore, he is· authorized and required to hold one or more special terms at Marietta, in each year, it; in his opinion, the business of the court or the public convenience shall require it to be done. Return days. S20. 3. And be it further enacted, That the second Monday in March and the second Monday in September in each year shall be return days for writs and executions, returnable to the said District Court to be held for the northern district at Marietta; and the parties to such suits as shall be so returned shall make up their pleadings under such rules as the court shall prescribe, in order to have the causes so returned in a state of readiness for trial at the succeeding regular term. C°}`m“.°““S°" Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That all causes at lz1W0T in pending in the . . . . _ ’ . wms at SMH- chancery pending m the said Distric; Courts at Savannah, or m th¤ {Mgr ape iM;- Circuit Court of the United States at Savannah and lliilledgcvnllc, Qmeffgrgd Q; thi; Where the defendant or defendants resided in the northern district (HS District Court for hereby established) at the time of serving process, shall be transferred $';t“""*"°"“ d‘s` Y0? trial to the District Court for the said northern district, wd be ·proceeded in, heard, adjudged, and determined in the same mallll€1' Q5 though originally commenced or prosecuted in said court. And it shall be the duty of the clerks of the said courts at Savannah and Milledgeville safely to transmit to the clerk of the District Court at Mari-
