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440 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 59, 64. 1865. Feb. 25, 1865, Czar. LIX.——An Act for changing the Time for holding the Circuit Courts in the Di;. —————-——· trict of Wrginia. Be it enacted the Senate and [Ease of Representatives of the Unitca Terms ofcir- States of America in Oongrass assembled, That the circuit courts in the

dm district of Virginia, heretofore holdeu at Richmond, shall be held at Norg;,,;,_ ° folk, on the first Monday in May and on the fourth Monday of November

in each year; and all proceedings and process in or issuing out of the said court which are or may be made returnable to any other times or places appointed for holding the same than those above specified, shall be deemed legally returnable on the days and at the place above specined, and not otherwise; and all suits and other proceedings in said court which stand continued to any other time or place than those above specified, shall be deemed continued to the place and time prescribed by this act, and no other. Approved, February 25, 1865. . . —- n ct or ez District and u. Circuit Court 0 the Unit

 CHAP LXIV Stdiesgrl   o5‘·'1\?evada, andjbrother Purposes. f ed

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State ot Ne: States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Nevada

m‘*a*;’uf£’;f£‘ shall hereafter constitute one judicial district, and be called the district

district. of Nevada; and for said district a district judge, a marshal, and a .dis· Judas. mor- trict attorney of the United States shall be appointed. “°Y·““d““”“““*· Sec. 2. And be it fart/ner enacted, That the said district of Nevada mm E?,?:; °f shall be attached to and constitute a part of the tenth circuit; and a term Terms ofcip- of the circuit court of the United States for the said district shall be held wit and district in the city of Carson, in the State of Nevada, on the iirst Monday of "°“’ts‘ March, and on the first Monday of August, and on the first Monday of December of each year; and a term of the district court of the United States for the said district shall be held at the said city of Carson on the first Monday of February, and on the first Monday of May, and on the Erst Monday of October of each year. _;,,,;,d;,,t;(,,, of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the United district court; States for the district of Nevada, and the judge thereof; shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction possessed by the other district courts and district judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations. cfckcm wu; Sec. 4t And be it further enacted, That the circuit court of the United States for the said district of Nevada, and the judge thereof, shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction in said district which are vested in said court and said judge in the other districts of the tenth circuit. Pay ofdistrict Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the district judge appointed i¤dz¤i for the district of Nevada shall receive as his compensation the sum of thirty-Eve hundred dollars a' year, payable in four equal instalments, on the first days of January, April, July, and October, of each year. of district Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the marshal and district attor-

      • 0*;:3* wd ney of the United States for said district of Nevada, and also for the dismmtrict of Oregon, shall severally be entitled to charge and receive for the

services they may perform double the fees and compensation allowed by 1858, ch. 80. the act entitled "An act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, V°l·x· P- 16h marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-six, eighteen Proviso. hundred and fifty-three: Provided, That the aggregate compensation allowed said otlrlcers shall not exceed the amount provided for such officers by said act. _ SP°°;_¤l_¤°¤:t _ Sec. 7. And 6c it further enacted, That the third, fourth, and Efth sec- °;°l:;s°;u°§::;d8_ tions of the act of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, 1864, ch, u_ entitled "An act amendatory ot} and supplementary to, an act to provide Aww, P· 4- circuit courts for the districts of California and Oregon, and for other pur-