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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · March 19, 1856 · Chapter VIII

Chapter VIII. *to define the Jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee.* March 19, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the jurisdiction of the district, and circu

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Chap. VIII.— An Act *to define the Jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee.* March 19, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the jurisdiction of the district, and circuit courts of the United States for the easternExtent of eastern judicial district in Tennessee. district of Tennessee be and the same is hereby declared to extend to and include the following counties of said State, to wit:
Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hawkins, Hamilton, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, McMinn, Meigs, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Scott, Sullivan, Washington, Union, and Cumberland, and any new county which may hereafter be formed out of the territory of one or more of said counties shall be included in said jurisdiction. Approved, March 19, 1856. Chapter IX: relating to Punishment in the Penitentiary. 11 Stat. 2 1856-03-28 Chapter IX Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 public 2 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9, 11, 12. 1856.
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*to define the Jurisdiction of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of East Tennessee.* March 19, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the jurisdiction of the district, and circu
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