Chapter XXVIII. respecting the jurisdiction of certain district courts
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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act respecting the jurisdiction of certain district courts. Feb. 19, 1831. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Jurisdiction of district courts in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, extended. That the district courts of the United States for the northern district of New York, the western district of Pennsylvania, the district of Indiana, the district of Illinois, the district of Missouri, the district of Mississippi, the western district of Louisiana, the eastern district of Louisiana, the northern district of Alabama, and the southern district of Alabama, in addition to tire ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a district court, shall, within the limits of their respective districts, have jurisdiction of ail causes, except appeals and writs of error, which now are, or hereafter may by Jaw be made, cognisable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court.
Approved, February 19, 1831.