Chapter 244. To change the lines between the eastern and western judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing time for holding courts in said eastern district
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CHAP. 244.— An Act To change the lines between the eastern and western judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing time for holding courts in said eastern district.August 9, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,North Carolina.Counties transferred to eastern judicial district. That the counties of Person, Durham, Chatham, and Moore, and Richmond, now constituting a part [R. S., sec. 543, p. 91. amended](/us/rs/t/s543/p91).Fending prosecutions.of the western judicial district of North Carolina, shall be, and are hereby, transferred to and made part of the eastern judicial district of North Carolina; but all crimes and offenses heretofore committed in either of said counties for which the defendants have been bound over, shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed: *Provided*, That all *Proviso*.Pending actions.actions or proceedings now pending against parties residing in the 275 counties of Chatham, Moore, Person, and Durham and Richmond, in the courts of said western district may, upon the application of either party, be transferred to the court for the eastern district at Raleigh, and in case of such transfer all papers on file therein, with copies of all record entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of such court and proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said court at Raleigh.
Sec. 2. That the sessions of the district courts of the United StatesTerms, district courts.[R. S., sec. 572, p. 100](/us/rs/t/s572/p100).Raleigh.Wilmington. for the eastern district of North Carolina as herein constituted shall begin and be held at the city of Raleigh on the fourth Monday of May and first Monday of December of each year and at the city of Wilmington on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October of each year; and at the city of Newbern on the fourth Monday in AprilNewbern.Elizabeth City. and October of each year; and at Elizabeth City on the third Monday in April and October of each year.
Sec. 3. That the regular terms of the circuit court shall be held atCircuit court.[R. S., sec. 658, p. 122](/us/rs/t/s658/p122).Raleigh.Wilmington. Raleigh on the fourth Monday in May and first Monday in December in each year, and at Wilmington on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October of each year. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect on and after October fifteenth,Effect. eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, August 9, 1894.