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of Alabama, the eastern district of Louisiana, the district of Mississippi ,and the district of Arkansas , shall form and be called the ninth circuit.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sessions of said circuitcourts shall be held twice in each year in the following districts, to wit:commencing in the eastern district of Louisiana, at New Orleans , onthe third Monday of May and on the third Monday of November,annually; in the district of Mississippi, at Jackson , on the first Mondayof May and on the first Monday of November, annually ; in the southerndistrict of Alabama , at Mobile, on the second Monday of April and thesecond Monday of October, annually; in the western district of Penn-sylvania, at Pittsburg , on the third Mondays of May and November,annually; in the district of Delaware , at Newcastle on the Tuesdaynext following the fourth Monday of May, and at Dover on the Tues-day next following the third Monday of October, annually; and in thedistrict of Maryland, at Baltimore , on the first Monday of April and thefirst Monday of October, annually; in the northern district of NewYork, at Albany , on the second Tuesday of June and the third Tues-day of October, annually; and there shall be holden a term of said cir-cuit courts, annually, at Lewisburg, in the western district of Virginia,commencing on the first Monday of August; at Huntsville , in thenorthern district of Alabama , commencing on the first Monday ofJune; («) at St. Louis, in the district of Missouri , commencing on thefirst Monday of April; and at Little Rock, in the district of Arkansas ,on the fourth Monday of March; and that no process, recognizance, orbail bond, returnable to the next term of either of said courts, shall beavoided or impaired, or affected by this change, as to the commence-ment of said term; but that all process, bail bonds, and recognizancesreturnable to the next term of either of said courts, shall be returnableand returned to the court next held, according to this act, in the samemanner as if so made returnable on the face thereof, and shall have fulleffect accordingly; and that all continuances in either of said courtsshall be from the last term to the court appointed by this act, and theday herein appointed for the commencement of the next session thereof:Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the judge of thenorthern district of New York from holding the courts at Utica , northe judge of the western district of Pennsylvania from holding thecourts at Williamsport , at the same time and with the same power andjurisdiction as heretofore.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act or actsof Congress as vests in the district courts of the United States for thedistricts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas , the eastern districtof Louisiana, the district of Mississippi, the northern district of NewYork, the western district of Virginia, and the western district of Penn-sylvania, and the districts of Alabama , or either of them, the powerand jurisdiction of circuit courts, be, and the same is hereby, repealed;and there shall hereafter be circuit courts held for said districts by thechief or associate justices of the Supreme Court , assigned or allottedto the circuit to which such districts may respectively belong, and thedistrict judges of such districts severally and respectively; either ofwhom shall constitute a quorum; which circuit courts, and the judgesthereof, shall have like powers and exercise like jurisdiction as othercircuit courts and the judges thereof; and the said district courts, andthe judges thereof, shall have like powers and exercise like jurisdictionas the district courts, and the judges thereof, in the other circuits.From all judgments and decrees, rendered in the district courts of theUnited States for the western district of Louisiana , writs of error andappeals shall lie to the circuit court in the other district in said State,

(a) Act of March 3, 1839, chap. 81; act of March 4, 1844, chap. 4 ; act of April 12,act of March ], 1845, chap. 39.

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9th circuit.

Districts inwhich saidcourts shall beheld twice ayear; limes andplaces of ses-sion.

And dist.in which annu-ally ; times andplaces of ses-sions.

Process,recog-nizance, &c.,returnable atnext term ofsaid courts.

Proviso.

So much ofany act or actsas vests thepower and juris-diction of circuitcourts in certaindistrict courtsrepealed; cir-cuit courts to beheld, &.c.

Judgments,&c. rendered indistrict courts

1844, chap. 12;