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402 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. U5. 1849, ·T¤dB¤1'¤<1¤i¢‘€d required to hold said terms, and authorized and required to hold special gd l;‘;,E_,i,{€;,'$ sessions of the said court, in the said western district, for the mal of sions ofccurtfor civil or criminal cases, whenever he may deem 1t expedient; thatlall g':*°’¤ d“m°*· process, writs, an: pecognpzances ofhevlerylkgnd, whether gespecgnp `uries witnesses, ai or otherwise, w ic re a e 0 cases 0 e ne a slaid special sessions, shall be considered as belonging to such sessions, in the same manner as if they had been issued or taken in reference fmP:;;*:;mC*31};f thereto; that any special sessionmay be adjourned to any time or times mc, to pm-Mm previous to the next stated meeting of the D1StTlCt Court for said dig. the duties and tricts; that all business pending for trial at any special court shall, at },‘;_’:““;? tlgifflgg the close thereof, be considered as of course removed to the- nent stated Courts or the term of the court; that the District (ipurt, ru said w?tern dnszict, sha? U- S- ,*.9* S‘°*° erform all the duties, and ossess a the powers, 0 ircuit ourts o gglhcxssggggegf llhe United States for the State of Louisiana, except in cases of appeal ugpeell &t9- t and writs of error; and the said Judge shall appoint a clerlc of the court for °;€;,;,;°‘g; in the western district, for each place where the court sits, who shall met to be up- reside, and keep the records of the court, at that place, and shall gxés? receive, for the services performed by them, the same fees. and compen- Smong, &c_ sation that are allowed to the clerk of said court holding its sessions in New Orleans, in the same State, and shall be subject, m every respect, Distric, Court to the same restrictions and responsibilities; and the District Court for 50, eastern dis. the eastern district shall be held m New Orleans as heretofore, and it t¤‘i¤¢ *0 be MU shall be the duty of the clerks of the District and Circuit Courts of the Mg;;;;) United States in New Orleans to transmit, by some safe conveyance, or cuit and District deliver to the clerks of the western district, or their order, the original g°““*" “N"' papers in all such cases as properly belong to the court in the western rlcans to trans- . . . . . . . jyjt to western district by the provisions of this act, together with a transcript of the dlsmd ¤ll P¤· proceedings had therein. {°f;?}i,,g&€g sz? Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the distiict.United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the digétzzhgltorzgé United States, be, and hereby is, authorized to- appoint one person as for yvegtgpn dig. marshal, and one as district attorney, for the said western judicial dis-

  • 69* *0 be av- trict of the United States within the State of Louisiana, created by this

p°""°d‘ act, and that the terms of appointment and service, together with the duties and responsibilities of the said marshal and district attorney respectively, for the district aforesaid, be, in all respects, the same within their said district, as to the terms of appointment and services, Theilj ¢*}€i¤S· the duties and responsibilities of the marshal and district attorney,

`;_l;;;s‘,l;t;j*§,%_ respectively, of the eastern district of the State of Louisiana; and said

i marshal shall receive such fees and emoluments as are received by the marshal of the United States for the State of Louisiana; and said attorney an annual compensation of two hundred dollars, and the same fees and emoluments as are allowed to the attorney of the United States for the district of Louisiana. Approved, March 3, 1849. March 3, 1849. Can. CXV.—An Act to make Arrangcmmzs jbr taking the seventh Census. Bc it enacted by the Senate qnd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress sembled, That the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, and the gogstmaster-General, shall consti- "Census B¤¤.rd*· tute and be a board, to be styled the Census Board; that it shall be the

,*;;‘;_*?:;;‘;;and duty of the said board to prepare and cause to be printed such forms

duties_ and schedules as may be necessary for the full enumeration of the m- habitants of the United States; and also proper forms and schedules for collecting in statistical tables, under proper heads, such information as to mines, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, education, and other topics, as will exhibit a full view of the pursuits, industry, education,