United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 181

United States Statutes at Large, Volume 5
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter 181
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July 7, 1838.

Chap. CLXXXI.An Act to establish a new judicial district in the Territory of Florida.[1]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,New judicial district. That all the territory included within the present boundaries of the counties of Franklin, Washington, and Jackson, in the Territory of Florida shall constitute a new judicial district, to be called the Appalachicola district, the judge of which shall reside at the town of Appalachicola, or at the town of St. Joseph’s, in said district.

Judge, &c. to be appointed.
Jurisdiction, powers, &c.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a judge, marshal, and district attorney shall be appointed in said district, having the same jurisdiction, powers, duties, and liabilities, in all respects, as are now possessed by the judges of the superior courts, respectively, in the Territory of Florida, and the said marshal is hereby required to give the same bonds that other marshals are required to give under the laws of the United States and the Territory of Florida, to be approved of and recorded as now directed by law.

Time of holding courts.
Process already issued.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said courts shall be holden at the times and places now established by law in said district, until changed by the Legislative Council of said Territory; and all process, executed by and returnable to said courts as a part of the district of West Florida, as heretofore organized, shall be as effectual in law as if the said district had not been changed; and it shall be the duty of the present marshal of the district of West Florida, to execute all process now in his hands, and he shall be responsible in like manner as if this act had not passed.

Salary, &c. of the judge, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the judge, marshal, and district attorney shall have the same salaries, fees, and compensation as are allowed and paid to the other judges, marshals and district attorneys in said Territory under the laws of the United States, or the Territory of Florida, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, July 7, 1838.


  1. See notes of the acts relating to Florida, vol. 3, 654.