386 '1`HIRTY—SEVEN$1`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 71. 1862. Discharge not origin of such disabilty; and that such discharge shall be without prejuto ¤f*’¤¤¤ **%*1**** dice to the right of such soldier or enlisted man to the pay due him an p°fQ£:g_ the date thereof; and report the same to the adjutant-general and the A surgeon-general. Approved, May 14, 1862. MW 15» 1862- Gnu-. LXXI.—.An Act lo regulate the Time of holdirgq the Courts of the United Staten
for the District of Kemucky, and for ozher Purposes.
Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited I. . Sfates of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit and district cu??;:; SiS3Q courts of the United States for the district of Kentucky shall hereaftercourts in Ken- commence and be held as follows: At Covington on the third Monday °“"kY' of April and on the Erst Monday of December; at Louisville on the third Monday of February and first Monday of October; at Frankfort on the third Monday of May and first Monday of January; and at Paducah on the third Monday of March and first Monday of November. Powe? #*1}* du- Szc. 2. And be i¢_/hrther enacted, That if neither of the judges of said 3,;; courts be present at the time for opening court, the clerk may open and adjourn the court from day to day for four days, and if the judge does not appear by two o’clock 1>. M. of the fourth day, the clerk shall adjourn the court to the next stated term. But either the circuit or district judge, by written order to the clerk within the first three days of his term; may ad- A‘lj°“"““°““· joum court to a. future day within thirty days of the first day, of which adjournment the clerk shall give notice by posting a, copy of said order on the front door of the court-house where the court is to be held; and Special terms of the district judge, and, in his absence, the circuit judge, may order a spe- °i¤°¤i'¤ <=°¤'*· cial term of the circuit court, designated in a similar order, to be published in a similar manner, and in one or more newspapers in the place wherethe court is held; and by said order the judge may prescribe the Duties ofofficers duties of the omcers of court in summoning juries, and in the perform—
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' court may by its order, after it is opened, prescribe the duties of its 0Hi- .cers, and the mode of proceeding, and any of the details thereof. Jurors. Sec. 3. And be dtfurther enacted, That such number of jurors shall be summoned by the marshal at every term of the circuit and district courts, respectively, as may have been ordered of record at the previous term; and in case there is not a. sufficient number of jurors in attendance at any time, the court may order such number to be summoned as, in its judgment, may be deemed necessary to transact the business of the court. Grand jury. And a. grand jury may be summoned to attend every term of the circuit or district court by order of court. The marshal may summon juries and Talesmen. talcsmen in case of a deficiency, pursuant to an order of court made gating the term; and they shall serve for such time as the court may irect. o Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a special term of any district ” court may be held at any time that the district judge may order by giving notice thereof on the front door of the court-house where the court isl to be held, and in some respectable newspaper, if there be any, at the _ p ace. °f;?;;T£m° Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the district judge may adjourn the court from time to time to suit the convenience of litigants and to meet the necessities of the business; and the intervention of a term of :1 district or circuit court at another place shall not preclude the power to adjourn over to a future day. T¤¤¤¤ Gfsifhéf Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the circuit and °°°"‘ "°Hm"°°d‘ district courts shall not be limited to any particular number of days, nor shall it. be necessary to adjourn by reason of the intervention of a term of the court elsewhere; but the business of the courts at two places may
