Chapter XCVI. *to divide the State of Illinois into Two Judicial Districts.* Feb. 13, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the State of Illinois be, Illinois divided into two judicial districts.and the same is hereby, divided
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Chap. XCVI.— An Act *to divide the State of Illinois into Two Judicial Districts.* Feb. 13, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the State of Illinois be, Illinois divided into two judicial districts.and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts, in the manner following; to wit: The counties of Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iriquois, and all the counties in the said State, north of them, shall compose one district, to be called the northern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the said district at the city of Chicago; and the residue of the counties of the said State shall compose another Places for holding courts.district, to be called the southern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the same at the city of Springfield.
Terms of court. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be two terms of the circuit and district courts begun and held in each of said districts, to wit: At the city of Chicago, for the northern district, on the first Monday in July and third Monday in December; and at the city of Springfield, for the southern district, on the first Monday in March, and the first Monday in October, in each year; and the said courts are hereby authorized to hold adjourned terms when the business shall, in the opinion of the courts, require it.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That all suits and other proceedings Disposition of pending cases.of whatever name, or nature, now pending in the circuit or district courts of the United States for the district of Illinois, shall be tried and disposed of in the circuit and district courts respectively for the northern district of Illinois, in the same manner as the same would have been in case said State had not been divided into two districts, and for that purpose the jurisdiction is reserved to the said courts in the northern district; and the clerk of the circuit and district courts for the present district of Illinois shall remove the records and files of the said circuit and district courts to the city of Chicago; and do and perform all duties appertaining to his office within the northern district.
And all process or other proceedings taken, or issued, or made returnable to the circuit or district courts of the present district of Illinois, shall he returnable at the next term of the said courts respectively in the northern district of Illinois. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That upon application of any party Removal of cases to southern district.to any suit now pending which would have been commenced in the southern district, if this act had been in force before the commencement of the said suit, the proper court may, and if all parties consent, shall order that the same be removed for further proceedings to the proper court for the southern district.
And thereupon the clerk shall transmit all the papers in the cause with a transcript of all orders taken therein to the clerk of the court to which the suit shall be removed, and all further proceedings shall be had, in said court, as if the said suit had been originally commenced therein. THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 97, 98. 1855. 607 Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the present judge of the district Present district judge to be judge in northern district.of Illinois be, and is hereby, assigned to the northern district of Illinois.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That final process on any judgment Execution of final process in pending cases.or decree entered in the circuit or district courts of the United States for the district of Illinois, and all other process for the enforcement of any order of said courts, respectively, in any cause now pending therein, except causes removed, as hereinbefore provided, shall be issued from and made returnable to the proper court for the northern district of Illinois, and may be directed to and executed by the marshal of the said northern district, in any part of the said State.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appointed a district District judge for southern district. Pay.judge for the said southern district of Illinois, and the district judge of each of the said districts shall be entitled to an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That the present district attorney District attorney and marshal, and clerk.for the district of Illinois shall be the district attorney for the northern district; the present marshal of the district of Illinois, shall be the marshal for the northern district; and the present clerk of the courts for the district of Illinois, shall be the clerk of the courts for the northern district, during their respective official terms.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appointed a district Same subject.attorney, a marshal, and a clerk of the court, for the southern district. Approved, February 13, 1855.