Chapter 155. To provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Hammond, Indiana
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CHAP. 155.— An Act To provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States at Hammond, Indiana. February 14, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Indiana judicial district.Terms of court at Hammond. That there shall be two terms each of the United States district and circuit courts for the district of Indiana held in the city of Hammond, Indiana, in each year from and after the passage of this Act; said terms to begin on the third Tuesday in April and October and continue as long as the business may require.
Sec. 2. Judicial officers. That the clerk of the district and circuit courts for the district of Indiana, and the marshal and district attorney for said district, shall perform the duties appertaining to their offices, respectively, for said courts, and said clerk and marshal shall appoint deputies, who shall reside and keep their offices at Hammond, Indiana. Said deputies shall keep in their offices such records as appertain to their offices, and said deputy clerk shall keep in his office full records of all actions, proceedings, and judgments in said courts.
Sec. 3. Court building. That each of said courts shall be held in a building to be provided for that purpose by the county or city authorities without expense to the United States. Approved, February 14, 1899.