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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 29 STAT. · February 20, 1897 · Chapter 269

Chapter 269. To reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 269.— An Act To reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes. February 20, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Arkansas.Judicial districts changed.R. S., sec. 533. p. 89, amended.Western district. That the State of Arkansas is hereby divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. The western district shall hereafter include the counties of Benton.
Washington, Carroll, Boone, Madison,FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 269. 1897.591 Newton, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Sebastian, Scott, Yell, Folk, Sevier, Howard, Pike, Little River, Hempstead. Miller, Lafayette, Nevada. Columbia, Union, Ouachita, and Calhoun. The eastern districtEastern district. shall hereafter include the residue of said State. Sec. 2. That the eastern district is hereby divided into three divisions,Divisions of eastern district. to be known as the western division, the eastern division, and the northern division.
All process, civil and criminal, hereafter issuedEastern division. against persons residing in the counties of Mississippi, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, Clay, Craighead, Poinsett, Greene, Cross, Saint Francis, and Monroe, which shall constitute the eastern division, shall hereafter be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Helena; and all process, civil and criminal, against persons residing inNorthern division. the counties of Independence, Cleburne, Stone, Izard, Baxter, Searcy, Marion, Sharp, Fulton, Randolph, Lawrence, and Jackson, which shall constitute the northern division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Batesville ; and all process, civilWestern division. and criminal, against persons residing in any of the remaining comities of the eastern district of the State, which shall constitute the western division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Little Rock.
Sec. 3. That the terms of the United States circuit and district courtsTerms.R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 98, 120, amended.Batesville. for the eastern district of Arkansas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At the city of Batesville, in the county of Independence, commencing on the second Mondays in June and December; at the city of Helena, in the county of Phillips, on the secondHelena. Mondays in March and October; at the city of Little Rock, in theLittle Rook. county of Pulaski, the district court on the first Mondays in April and October, and the circuit court on the second Monday in April and the fourth Monday in October.
Sec. 4. That all causes, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts,Pending causes. respectively, at Little Rock against persons residing in any of the counties made returnable to the courts to be held at Batesville, as herein provided, shall be determined and disposed of by said courts, and all causes, civil and criminal, now pending against persons residing in the county of Marion, in the courts, respectively, at Fort Smith shall be determined and disposed of by said courts.
Sec. 5. That the western district is hereby divided into two divisions,Divisions of western district. to be known as the Texarkana and Fort Smith divisions, respectively. All process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against persons residingTexarkana division. in the counties of Sevier, Howard, Pike, Little River, Hempstead, Miller, Lafayette, Columbia, Nevada, Ouachita. Calhoun, and Union, which shall constitute the Texarkana division, shall hereafter be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Texarkana; and all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against personsFort Smith division. residing in any of the remaining counties of the western district of the State, which shall constitute the Fort Smith division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Fort Smith.
Sec. 6. That the terms of the United States circuit and districtTerms.R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 98, 120, amended.Texarkana. courts for the western district of Arkansas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At the city of Texarkana, in the county of Miller, on the second Mondays in May and November; at the city of Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian, on the second MondaysFort Smith. in January and June. And the causes, both civil and criminal,Pending causes. now pending at Little Rock against persons residing in the counties of Calhoun and Union shall be disposed of in said courts.
All causes, process, bonds, recognizances and other things pending in, returnable or having relation to, the terms of said courts at Texarkana and Fort Smith now provided by law shall be proceeded with in the terms provided by this Act, with the same force and effect that would have been lawful had the times of holding said courts at said places not been changed. 592 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 269, 308, 310. 1897. Sec. 7. Subsequent actions.That all crimes or offenses hereafter committed in any of the divisions of the said districts shall be cognizable within such division, and all prosecutions for crimes or offenses heretofore committed in the districts as heretofore constituted shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this Act had not been passed.
Sec. 8. Additional clerks.Batesville.That there shall be appointed in the northern division of the eastern district of the State of Arkansas one additional clerk of the district court and one of the circuit court, who shall reside and keep their respective offices in the city of Batesville. Sec. 9. Repeal, etc.That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 20, 1897.
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