Chapter XXIV. *to divide the District of Arkansas into two Judicial Districts.*(*b*)(*b*) See note in vol. iv. p. 261, for previous provisions respecting courts in Arkansas
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Chap. XXIV.— An Act *to divide the District of Arkansas into two Judicial Districts.*(*b*)(*b*) See note in vol. iv. p. 261, for previous provisions respecting courts in Arkansas.March 3, 1851. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That from and after Two judicial districts constituted in Arkansas. the passage of this act the counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Scott, Polk, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, and Carroll, and all that part of the Indian country lying within the present judicial district of Arkansas, shall constitute a new judicial district, to be styled “the western district of Arkansas,” and the residue of said State shall be and remain a judicial district, to be styled “the eastern district of Arkansas.
” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the judge of the districtTerms of court.595THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25. 1851. court of Arkansas shall hold two terms of said court at the town of Van Buren, the county seat of Crawford county aforesaid, on the second Mondays of May and November in each and every year, and shall continue in session until all the business shall be disposed of; and he is hereby authorized and directed to hold such other special sessions as Special laws. may be necessary for the despatch of the causes in said court, at such time or times as he may deem expedient, and may adjourn such special sessions to any other time previous to a stated term.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the district court of the Jurisdiction of court for the western district. United States for the western district of Arkansas hereby established, in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a district court, shall, within the limits of its respective district, have jurisdiction of all causes, civil or criminal, except appeals and writs of error, which now are, or hereafter may by law be made cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court; and an Appeals and writs of error. appeal or writ of error shall be prosecuted from the final decree or judgment of said district court to the supreme court of the United States, in the same manner that appeals and writs of error now are, by law, from a circuit court of the United States.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United District attorney and marshal for the western district. States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a district attorney and marshal for said western district of Arkansas, who respectively shall receive the same salary and perquisites as the present district attorney and marshal of the State of Arkansas have by law; and the said district judge shall appoint a clerk of said court Clerk. hereby established.
Approved, March 3, 1851.