Chapter XII. to establish a judicial district in Virginia, west of the Allegheny Mountain
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Chap. XII.— An Act to establish a judicial district in Virginia, west of the Allegheny Mountain. Feb. 4, 1819. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That so much of the state of Limits of the district.Virginia as is situate west of the summit of the mountains which sepa-FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 13. 1819.479rate the waters emptying into the Chesapeake Bay and Roanoke river from the waters which fall into the Ohio river, shall be one judicial district; and there shall be a district court therein, to consist of one judge, A district court.
One judge to reside in the district. Six sessions annually, &c.who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge, and annually hold six sessions, as follows: At Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays of March and September; at Lewisburg, on the second Mondays of April and October; and at Wythe Courthouse, on the first Mondays of May and November.(*a*)(*a*) The acts relating to the district courts in Virginia have been: Act of September 22, 1789, (obsolete,) ch. 20, sec. 3.
Act of April 29, 1802, (obsolete,) sec. 4, ch. 31. Act of March 23, 1804, ch. 31, sec. 1, 2, 3. Act of March 24, 1814, ch. 31. Act of March 19, 1818, ch. 22. Act of February 4, 1819, ch. 12. Act of February 10, 1820, ch. 9. Act of April 26, 1822, ch. 31. Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 167. Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 102. Act of May 20, 1826, ch. 88. Act of April 20, 1832, ch. 69. Act of March 3, 1835, ch. 34. Act of July 1, 1836, ch. 232. Act of March 2, 1838, ch. 15. Act of January 20, 1843, ch. 3.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the said court shall, besides Jurisdiction of the court. Writs of error to the Supreme Court.the ordinary jurisdiction of a district court, have jurisdiction of all causes, except of appeals and writs of error, cognisable by law in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court; and writs of error shall be from decisions therein to the Supreme Court, in the same manner as from circuit courts. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be a clerk appointed A clerk, district attorney and marshal.for the said court; and that a district attorney and marshal be appointed for the said district, in like manner as in other judicial districts.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be allowed to the Yearly compensation to the judge.said judge of the said district court, the yearly compensation of one thousand six hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; that there shall be allowed to the said district attorney, the yearly compensation Compensation of the district attorney. Of the marshal.of two hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; and there shall be allowed to the said marshal the yearly sum of two hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States.
Approved, February 4, 1819.