Chapter 222. To re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas
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CHAP. 222.— An Act To re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas. March 18, 1902.[[Public, No. 45](/us/pl/57/45).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Act of February Arkansas western judicial district. Counties added. Vol. 29, p. 590.twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes,” be, and is hereby, so amended as to add to the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas as now formed the counties of Baxter, Marion, and Searcy, now a part of the eastern judicial district of said State.
Harrison division formed. Sec. 2. That in the said western district there is hereby formed a third division, which shad be known as the Harrison division. Return of process. Sec. 3. That all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against any person or persons residing in either of the counties of Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, or Searcy, which counties shall constitute the Harrison division, shall be made, returnable to the courts for the Harrison division, to be held at the city of Harrison.
Pending causes. All process, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts, respectively, at Fort Smith or at Batesville, against persons residing in any of the counties hereby incorporated in the Harrison division, shall be disposed of and determined in those courts, respectively. Terms at Harrison. Sec. 4. That the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the Harrison division of the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas shall be held at Harrison, in the county of Boone, on the second Mondays in April and October.
Clerk. Sec. 5. That there shall be appointed, in the manner required by law, a clerk, who shall keep his office at the city of Harrison. Repeal. Effect. Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.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, March 18, 1902.