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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · August 6, 1861 · Chapter LIX

Chapter LIX. *to provide for holding the District and Circuit Courts in Judicial Districts during a temporary Vacancy of the Judgeship.* August 6, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That in case of a vacancy in In case of tempo

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Chap. LIX.— An Act *to provide for holding the District and Circuit Courts in Judicial Districts during a temporary Vacancy of the Judgeship.* August 6, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That in case of a vacancy in In case of temporary vacancy in office of district judge, to a State where there are two judicial districts, how courts are to be held.the office of district judge of any judicial district of the United States in any State in which there are two judicial districts, it shall be lawful for the district judge of the other district in said State to hold the district court or circuit court in case of sickness or the absence of the circuit judge, and discharge all the judicial duties of the district judge of such vacant district so long as such vacancy shall continue; and all the acts and proceedings in said courts, or by or before the said district judge of THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 60, 61. 1861.319the adjoining district, shall have the same force, effect, and validity as if done and transacted by and before a judge appointed for such district. Approved, August 6, 1861. Chapter LX: to confiscate Property used for Insurrectionary Purposes. 11 Stat. 319 1861-08-06 Chapter LX 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.
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