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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · August 8, 1888 · Chapter 792

Chapter 792.

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CHAP. 792.— An act to provide for holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Kentucky at Owensborough, in said district, and for other purposes.August 8, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Kentucky.United States courts. That the territory embraced within the following counties in said district, to wit: Davies, Henderson, Union, Christian, Todd, Hopkins, Webster, McLean, Muhlenberg, Logan, Butler, Grayson, Ohio, Hancock, and Breckenridge, shall hereafter constitute and be known as the OwensboroughOwensborough division constituted.Terms. division of said district: and regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for said district shall beheld semiannually in the city of Owensborough, in said division, beginning on the fourth Monday in January and the first Monday in June, and continuing at 390FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 792, 793. 1888. each term for eighteen judicial days, if the business shall require it;[R. S., secs. 572, 638. pp. 99, 121](/us/rs/s572/638/pp99/121). and the judges of said courts shall have the same power to call special terms in said division as they may now do under the laws of the United States elsewhere in said district. Sec. 2. That the said courts so sitting at Owensborough shall haveJurisdiction. and exercise the same jurisdiction, power, and authority in all civil actions, pleas, or proceedings, and in all prosecutions, informations, indictments, or other criminal or penal proceedings, conferred by general laws on the district and circuit courts of the United States; and where one or more defendants in any civil cause shall reside in said division, and one or more defendants to such cause shall reside out of said division but, in said district, then the plaintiff may institute his action either in the court having jurisdiction over the latter or in the said division.
Sec. 3. That in and for said division the clerk of the said district, atDeputy clerk. Louisville, shall appoint, a deputy who shall reside at Owensborough, and in case of the death or removal of said deputy, or from other cause, it becomes necessary, he shall appoint a successor or successors to said deputy in like manner in all respects as by law he may now appoint and remove deputies: and he may require bond of said deputy to himself, with surety for the faithful discharge of his duties and for indemnity in case of breach, on which actions may be maintained in said district court; and said deputy shall keep and preserve the records of the court at Owensborough; issue all writs, precepts, and process, and perform all other duties devolved upon his principal.
Sec. 4. That the marshal of said district shall, by himself or deputy,Deputy marshal. attend upon the terms of the court in said division; and he may appoint a deputy to reside at Owensborough (and shall do so if ordered by the court), who shall discharge all the duties of marshal; and the marshal may require a bond of indemnity to himself with surety for the faithful discharge of his duties and for indemnity in case of breach, on which actions may be maintained in said district Court.
Sec. 5. That this act shall not affect the jurisdiction, power, and authorityPending actions not affected. of the court as to actions, prosecutions, and proceedings already begun and pending in said district, but the same will proceed as though this act had not been passed, except that the court shall have power, which it may exercise at discretion, to transfer to the court in said division such of said pending actions, prosecutions, and proceedings as might properly be begun therein under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 6. That until the public building of the United States atCourt room. Owensborough, the erection whereof has been provided for by an act of the present session of Congress, shall have been completed, the courts herein provided for shall be held at the courthouse of Daviess County, and the deputy clerk shall provide himself with an office at Owensborough, but in no event shall the United States be chargeable with rent or otherwise on account of either. Approved, August 8, 1888.
Chapter 793: for the erection of a public building at Brownsville, Texas. Chapter 793 25 Stat. 390 1888-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office 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 2026-02-23 50 1 public
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