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THIRTY·—·SEVEN'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 54. 1863. 661 said district shall be held. The eastern district shall embrace all the Eastern district. other territory of the State of Michigan and all other waters of said State ‘not embraced within the foregoing boundaries of said western district. The judicial centre of said eastern district shall be at Detroit, in the county Place of holdof Wayne, where the courts of said district shall be held. lng °°'“'*’· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be two terms of the Terms of courts. circuit and district courts begun and held in each of said districts, to wit: At the city of Detroit, for the eastern district, on the first Tuesday in A¤¢¢,P·657· June, November, and March in each year; and at the city of Grand Rapids, for the western district, on the third Monday of May and third Monday of October in each year. And the said courts are hereby authorized to hold adjourned terms when the business before the courts shall, in the opinion of the court, require it. Sicc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all suits and other proceedings, Provision for of whatever name or nature, now pending in the circuit or district courts P°“di"€ °“l‘S ““d of the United States for the district of Michigan, shall be tried and dis- PMN` posed of in the circuit and district courts, respectively, for the eastern district of Michigan, in the same manner as the same would have been in case said State had not been divided into two districts ; and for that purpose the jurisdiction is reserved to said courts in the eastern district; and the clerk of the circuit and district courts for the present district of Michigan shall remove the records and Hles of the said circuit and district courts Records mi to the city of Detroit, and do and perform all the duties appertaining to m"' his office within the eastern district; and all process and other proceedings taken or issued, or made returnable to the circuit or district court for the present district of Michigan, shall be returnable at the next term of the said courts, respectively, in the eastern district of Michigan. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, upon the application of any Suits I>¤¤dl¤Sd party to any suit now pending which would have been commenced in the ;:°‘{e;;l,;°cr{QgY° western district if this act had been in force before the commencement of trict. said suit, the proper court may, and, if all parties consent, shall, order that the same be removed for further proceedings to the proper court for the western district; and thereupon tho clerk shall transmit all the pnpers in the cause, with a transcript of the order of the removal, to the clerk of the court to which the said suit shall be removed; and all further procecdings shall be had in said court as if the suit had been originally commenced therein. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the present judge of the district Present judge of Michigan be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts in the eastern to l;°ld §9“"F¤ti¤ district of Michigan, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform ws ml mm ' the same duties within said district as he now exercises and performs within his present district. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That final process upon any judg· Final process, ment or decree entered in the circuit or district court of the United States °° for the district of Michigan, and all other process for the enforcement of ` any order of said courts, respectively, in any cause now pending therein, except causes removed as hereinbefore provided, shall be issued from and made returnable to the proper court for the eastern district of Michigan, and may run and be executed by the marshal of said eastern district in any part of said State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be appointed a district Judgsmbc ap. judge for the said western district of Michigan, who shall possess the same l><>l¤*9<l for **05** powers and do and perform all such duties in his district as are now °m mmm' enjoined or in any wise appertaining to the present district judge For the district of Michigan; and the district judge of each district shall be entitled to the same compensation as bylaw is provided for the present judge Pay. for the district of Michigan. Sec. 8. And be it jim/zer enacted, That there be appointed one person District atmmey as district attorney, and one person as marshal for said western district, ““d “‘“”h°l*