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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 19,20. 1845.
Act to take ef-fect in 3 months.
Act of Feb.20, 1845, ch.5.
Circuit courtcauses in districtcourt for west-ern dist. trans-ferred to circuitcourt for easterndistrict.
In matters ofcontract andtort, dist. courtsto have thesame jurisdic-tion upon thelakes as on thehigh seas.
Act of Sept.24, 1789, ch. 20.
Modes of pro-ceeding, &c.
Decisions,howto be made.
give security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whoseduties and authority, compensation and emoluments, shall in everyrespect be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of in saiddistrict, as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registersand receivers of public money in the several offices established for thesale of the public lands.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of theregisters and receivers for the districts of land subject to sale at LittleRock and Washington, in the State aforesaid, under the direction ofthe Commissioner of the General Land Office, to transfer to the registerand receiver for the district hereby created all the proper evidences,documents, records, and township plats, in relation to lands heretoforesold or subject to sale at those offices, respectively, which fall withinthe limits of the district hereby created.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect andbe in force from and after the expiration of three calendar months fromthe date of the passing hereof.
Approved, February 20, 1845.
Chap. XIX.— Jin Act supplementary to ‘'An act to repeal an act for the betterorganization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisi-ana, " and for other purposes, approved February thirteenth, one thousand eighthundred and forty-five. ( a )
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That all the causesnow pending in the district court of the United States for the westerndistrict of the State of Louisiana , which appropriately belong to the cir-cuit court jurisdiction, shall be transferred to the circuit court of theUnited States for the eastern district of Louisiana , there to be proceededin according to law, and in the same manner, as if they had originatedin that court; and the causes which belong to the jurisdiction of thedistrict court shall be and remain in the district court for the easterndistrict court, to be proceeded in according to law, and in the samemanner as if they had originated therein.
Approved, February 26, 1845.
Chap. XX. —An Act extending the jurisdiction of the district courts to certaincases, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the districtcourts of the United States shall have, possess, and exercise, the samejurisdiction in matters of contract and tort, arising in, upon, or con-cerning, steamboats and other vessels of twenty tons burden and up-wards, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and at the time em-ployed in business of commerce and navigation between ports and placesin different States and Territories upon the lakes and navigable watersconnecting said lakes, as is now possessed and exercised by the saidcourts in cases of the like steamboats and other vessels employed innavigation and commerce upon the high seas, or tide waters, within theadmiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States ; and in all suitsbrought in such courts in all such matters of contract or tort, the reme-dies, and the forms of process, and the modes of proceeding, shall bethe same as are or may be used by such courts in cases of admiraltyand maritime jurisdiction ; and the maritime law of the United States ,so far as the same is or may be applicable thereto, shall constitute therule of decision in such suits, in the same manner, and to the same ex-