Chapter I. concerning the District Courts of the United States in California
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Chap. I.— An Act concerning the District Courts of the United States in California. Jan. 18, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district judge for the southem judicial district heretoforeJudge to be appointed for the Southern District established in the State of California ; and that the sessions of the district court at San Jose, Stockton, and Sacramento, are hereby abolished.
And in case of the sickness, or other inability, of the district judge for the southern district of California to hold the terms of the district court at the places prescribed by law, or at either of them, it shall be lawful for the district judge of the northern district of California to holdSessions of court. the said sessions of the district court for the southern district, or any of them. And in case the district judge for the northern judicial district of California shall, from sickness or other cause, be unable to hold the sessionsProvision for sickness or other inability of either district judge. of the district court for the northern district of California at the times and places appointed by law, or either of them, it shall and may be lawful for the district judge for the southern district of California to hold said sessions of the district court for the northern district of California, or any or either of them.
Approved, January 18, 1854.