Chapter 25.
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CHAP. 25.— An act to attach the county of Hardeman, in the State of Tennessee, to the eastern division of the western district of Tennessee. Jan. 15, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hardeman County made part of eastern division of western district of Tenn. That from and after the passage of this act the territory embraced in the county of Hardeman, in the State of Tennessee, as now constituted, shall be attached to and compose a part of the eastern division of the western district of Tennessee; and all process issued against defendants residing in said county of Hardeman shall be returned to Jackson, and all civil causes of action which have accrued in said county, of which the courts of the United States have jurisdiction, shall be cognizable in the court at Jackson, but all offenses committed in said county against the laws of the United FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 25–27. 1883. 403 States before the passage of this act shall be cognizable in the court of the western division of the western district of Tennessee held at Memphis, and actions or proceedings now pending at Memphis against defendants residing in said county of Hardeman may, on the application of either party, be transferred to the court at Jackson; and in case of such transfer, all papers and files therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of the court at Jackson, and the same shall proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said court.
Approved, January 15, 1883.