VI. THE JUDICIARY.

PLACES AND TIMES OF HOLDING THE DISTRICT COURTS.*

MAINE,.

Wiscasset, 1st Tuesday in September ;- Portland,

1st Tuesday in February and December; -Bangor, 4th Tuesday in June.

New Hampshire,. Portsmouth, 3d Tuesday in March and September ;

– Exeter, 3d Tuesday in June and December. Rutland, 6th of October;

VERMONT,
Windsor, 24th of May.
MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, 3d Tuesday in March, 4th Tuesday in June,
2d Tuesday in Sept., and 1st Tuesday in Dec.
Newport, 2d Tues. in May and 3d Tues. in October ;-
Providence, 1st Tuesday in August and February.
New Haven, 4th Tuesday in February and August;
- Hartford, 4th Tuesday in May and November.

RHODE ISLAND,.

CONNECTICUT,

NEW YORK, S. Dist., New York, 1st Tuesday in each month.

NEW YORK, N. Dist., Albany, 3d Tuesday in January ;— Utica, 2d Tuesday in July; Rochester, 3d Tuesday in May; -Au

burn, 3d Tuesday in August; - Buffalo, 2d Tuesday in November; - one term annually in the county of St. Lawrence, Clinton, or Franklin, at such time and place as the Judge may direct. Trenton, 3d Tuesday in Jan., April, June, and Sept. PENNSYLVANIA, E. Dist., Philadelphia, 3d Mon. in Feb., May, Aug. & Nov. PENNSYLVANIA, W. Dist., Pittsburg, 1st Monday in May and 3d Monday in October; - Williamsport, 3d Monday in June and 1st Monday in October.

Newcastle, on the 2d Tuesday of January, April, June,

and September.

Baltimore, 1st Tuesday in March, June, Sept., & Dec.
Richmond, 12th of May and 12th of November; —
Norfolk, 30th of May and 1st of November.

VIRGINIA, W. Dist., Staunton, 1st of May and 1st of October;- Wytheville,

Wednesday after 3d Monday in April and Sep

tember; - Charleston, Wednesday after 2d Mon

Clarksburg, last Monday in March and August;—Wheeling, Wednesday after 1st Monday in April and September.

NORTH CAROLINA,. Edenton, 3d Monday in April and October; -New

bern, 4th Monday in April and October; - Wil

mington, 1st Monday after 4th Monday in April and October.

SOUTH CAROLINA, E. Dist., Charleston, 3d Monday in March and Sept., 1st Monday in July, and 2d Monday in Dec.

*For the District of Columbia and the Territories see post, Part III.

SOUTH CAROLINA, W. Dist., Laurens Court-House, the next Tuesday after the adjournment of the Circuit Court at Columbia. Marietta, 2d Monday in March and September. Savannah, 2d Tuesday in February, May, August, and November.

GEORGIA, N. Dist.,

GEORGIA, S. Dist.,

FLORIDA, N. Dist.,. Tallahassee, 1st Monday in January ; —Apalachicola, 1st Monday in February; - Pensacola, 1st Monday in March;-St. Augustine, 1st Monday in April. Key West, 1st Monday in May and November. Huntsville, 2d Monday in May and November. Montgomery, 4th Monday in May and November. Mobile, 4th Monday in April and 2d Monday after 4th Monday in November.

FLORIDA, S. Dist.,.
ALABAMA, N. Dist.,
ALABAMA, Mid. Dist.,
ALABAMA, S. Dist.,

MISSISSIPPI, N. Dist., Pontotoc, 1st Monday in June and December. MISSISSIPPI, S. Dist., Jackson, 4th Monday in January and June. LOUISIANA, E. Dist., New Orleans, 2d Mon. in Dec. and 1st Mon. in Jan. LOUISIANA, W. Dist., Opelousas, 1st Monday in August; — Alexandria, 1st Shreveport, 1st Monday

TEXAS,

Monday in September;

in October; - Monroe, 1st Monday in November;

-St. Josephs, 1st Monday in December.

Galveston, 1st Monday in February, and once in each year at Austin, Tyler, and Brownsville.

TENNESSEE, E. Dist., Knoxville, 3d Monday in April and October.

TENNESSEE, M. Dist., Nashville, 1st Monday in March and September. TENNESSEE, W. Dist., Jackson, 2d Monday in October and April.

Frankfort, 3d Monday in May and October.
Columbus, 3d Tuesday in April and October.

Detroit, 3d Monday in June and 2d Monday in Oct.
Indianapolis, 3d Monday in May and November.
Springfield, 1st Monday in July and 3d Monday in
December; - Chicago, 3d Tuesday in April and
1st Tuesday in October.

Jefferson City, 1st Monday in March and September.
Little Rock, 1st Monday in April and October.
Van Buren, 2d Monday in May and November.
Dubuque, 1st Monday in January.

Iowa City, 1st Monday in October.

Burlington, 1st Monday in June.

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Milwaukee, 1st Monday in January ;- Madison, 1st
Monday in July.

CALIFORNIA, N. Dist., San Francisco, 1st Monday in June and December;

San José, 1st Monday in April; - Sacramento, 1st Monday in September; - Stockton, 2d Monday in October.

CALIFORNIA, S. Dist., Monterey, 1st Monday in June; - Los Angeles, 1st Monday in December.

John J. Crittenden, Washington, D. C., Attorney-General, 1850,

6,000

The Supreme Court is held in the city of Washington, and has one session annually, commencing on the 1st Monday of December.

Samuel Prentiss,

2 N. Hampshire, Matthew Harvey, 3 Vermont,

7

N. Y.

† DISTRICT COURTS:- JUDGES, ATTORNEYS,

Residence.

Portland,
Concord,

Boston,

Thomas A. Deblois, Portland,
Wm. W. Stickney, Exeter,

Montpelier, Abel Underwood, Newbury,

George Lunt,

Boston,

Providence, James M. Clarke, Providence,
Canterbury, Thomas C. Perkins, Hartford,
James R. Lawrence, Syracuse,

J. Prescott Hall, New York,
William Halsted,

4 Massachusetts, Peleg Sprague,
5 Rhode Island, John Pitman,
6 Connecticut, Andrew T. Judson,
Buffalo,
N. Dist. Nathan K. Hall,
S. Dist. Samuel R. Betts, New York,
Paterson,
Philadelphia, John W. Ashmead,
Pittsburg, J. B. Sweitzer,
Wilmington, P. S. Johnson,
Baltimore, Z. C. Lee,

9 New Jersey, Philemon Dickerson,
S E. Dist. John K. Kane,
{W. Dist. Thomas Irwin,

10 Pa.

11

12 Delaware, Willard Hall,

13 Maryland, John Glenn,

14

Va.

E. Dist. Jas. D. Hallyburton, Richmond, 15 W. Dist. J. W. Brockenbrough, Lexington, 16 North Carolina, Henry Potter,

Trenton,

Philadelphia,
Pittsburg,
Wilmington,
Baltimore,
Petersburg,

Charlestown,

Fayetteville,

Wm. T. Joynes,
Benj. H. Smith,
Hiram W. Husted,
J. L. Petigru,

Raleigh,

Charleston,

17 South Carolina, Robert B. Gilchrist, Charleston,

St. August'e, Geo. W. Call, Jr., Mariana,

Wm. R. Hackley, Key West,

(Jeff. F. Jackson, Montgomery,

Peter Hamilton, Mobile,

N. Dist. {S. Dist.

20

Fa.

21

Logan Hunton,

La.

2

Alexandria,
Galveston,

30

W. Dist.

Samuel J.Gholson, Athens,

W.Dist. Henry Boyce,

M.Dist.. M. W. Brown,

33 Kentucky,

31 Ohio,

35 Indiana,

36 Illinois,
37 Missouri,
3 Michigan,

Thomas B. Monroe,

H. H. Leavitt,
E. M. Huntington,
T. Drummond,
Robert W. Wells,
Rosa Wilkins,

Daniel Ringo,

John S. Dyer,

Andrew G. Miller,
Ogden Hoffman, Jr.

Cannelton,
Galena,
Jeff'son City,
Detroit,
Little Rock,

Dubuque,

W. L. Ligon,
H. L. Harris,

Lawrence P. Crane,
W. P. Ballinger,
Charles N. Gibbs,
W. F. Kercheval,
Samuel R. Rogers,
W. H. Caperton,

Hugh O. Neal,
Archibald Williams

John D. Cooke,
Saml. Barstow,

Joseph Stillwell,
Jesse Turner,

Aberdeen,

Vicksburg.

New Orleans,

Shreveport,
Galveston,
Jackson,
Fayetteville,
Knoxville,

Springfield,

Richmond,

Indianapolis,

Quincy,

Frederictown,
Detroit,

Little Rock,
Van Buren,

Mr. Bradford was nominated, but his nomination laid over in the Senate.

CIRCUIT COURTS.

The United States are divided into the following nine Judicial Circuits, in each of which a Circuit Court is held twice every year, for each State within the Circuit, by a Justice of the Supreme Court, assigned to the Circuit, and by the District Judge of the State or District in which the Court sits.

Presiding Judge.

1st Circuit, Maine, N. Hampshire, Mass., and R. I., Mr. Justice Curtis.
Vermont, Connecticut, and New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia,
Alabama, Louisiana, and Kentucky,
N. Carolina, S. Carolina, and Georgia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri,
Mississippi and Arkansas,

2d

66

3d

4th

แ

5th 66

6th

66

7th

8th 9th

66

Mr. Justice Nelson.
Mr. Justice Grier.
Mr. Ch. Justice Taney.
Mr. Justice Bradford.
Mr. Justice Wayne.
Mr. Justice McLean.
Mr. Justice Catron.
Mr. Justice Daniel.

The States of Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California have not yet been attached to any Circuit, but the District Courts have the power of Circuit Courts, and the District Judges act as Circuit Judges. There is a local Circuit Court held in the District of Columbia, by three judges specially appointed for that purpose. The Chief Justice of that Court sits also as District Judge of that District.

For the Clerks of the Circuit Courts where they are not also Clerks of the District (

PLACES AND TIMES OF HOLDING THE CIRCUIT COURTS.*

MASSACHUSETTS,

RHODE ISLAND,

CONNECTICUT,

Portsmouth, 8th May;

Exeter, 8th October.

Windsor, 21st May ; — Rutland, 3d October.

Boston, 15th May and 15th October.

Newport, 15th June; - Providence, 15th November.
New Haven, 4th Tuesday in April ;- Hartford, 3d
Tuesday in September.

N. YORK, S. Dist.,. New York, 1st Monday in April and 3d Monday in
October; and a special term for criminal cases and
suits in equity on the last Monday in February.
Albany, 3d Tuesday in October and 3d Tuesday in
Canandaigua, Tuesday next after 3d

N. YORK, N. Dist.,

GEORGIA, N. Dist.,

May;

Monday in June.

Trenton, 4th Tuesday in March and September.
Philadelphia, 1st Monday in April and October.
Pittsburg, 2d Monday in May and November;
Williamsport, 3d Monday in June and September.
Newcastle, 3d Tuesday in June and October.
Baltimore, 1st Monday in April and November.
Richmond, 1st Monday in May and 4th Monday in
November.

Lewisburg, 1st Monday in August.

Raleigh, 1st Monday in June and last] Monday in
November.

SOUTH CAROLINA,. Charleston, Wednesday preceding the 4th Monday in Columbia, 4th Monday in November. Marietta,† 2d Monday in March and September. Savannah, 2d Monday in April ;- Milledgeville, Thursday after 1st Monday in November.

Mobile, 2d Monday in April and 4th Monday in
December.

Jackson, 1st Monday in May and November.

New Orleans, 4th Monday in April and 3d Monday in December.

Nashville, 1st Monday in March and September ; —

Knoxville, 3d Monday in April and October;
Jackson, 2d Monday in October and April.

* For the Terms in the States not attached to any Circuit, see Terms of the District Courts in those States. For the Terms in the District of Columbia and the Territories, see post,

Part III.

↑ This court is held by the District Judge, with special authority to exercise the powera and jurisdiction of a Judge of the Circuit Court.