Chapter 269. to provide for holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Michigan at Bay City, in said district
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CHAP. 269.— An Act to provide for holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Michigan at Bay City, in said district.Feb. 28, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Michigan, eastern judicial District.Terms. That two or more terms of the circuit court and district court of the United States for the eastern District of Michigan shall be held annually at Bay City, in said district, at such times as shall be appointed by such courts therefor.
Sec. 2. That the clerks of the said circuit and district courts, andClerks, etc., to perform duties at Bay City. the marshal and attorney of said eastern district, shall severally perform the duties appertaining to his office, respectively, for said courts when sitting at Bay City, pursuant to the terms of this act. All the records, flies, and papers relating to proceedings had by or before either of said courts when sitting at Bay City, as aforesaid, shall be kept and retained in the office of the clerk of such court at Detroit, in said District, except when actually in use by or before such court, and except when otherwise ordered by such court or a judge thereof.
Each of said courts is authorized and required to make all such rules and regulations relative to the summoning of grand and petit jurors to attend upon the sessions of such court at Bay City, and relative to matters of practice therein, that may from time to time be deemed necessary. Sec. 3. That the marshal of said district, under the direction of theRooms at Bay City. district judge thereof, is hereby authorized and required to rent and suitably furnish rooms at Bay City for the holding of said courts, and for the use of the jurors and officers thereof.
Approved, February 28, 1887.