United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 93
Chap. XCIII.—An Act supplementary to an act entituled “An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state.”
Act of April 8, 1812, ch. 50.
Judicial proceedings transferred, &c.
Act of March 26, 1804, ch. 38.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all causes, actions, indictments, libels, pleas, processes and proceedings whatsoever, returnable, commenced, depending or in any manner existing in the district court established in the territory of Orleans, in and by the act, entituled “An act erecting Louisiana into two territories and providing for the temporary government thereof,” be, and the same are hereby transferred to the district court established by the act to which this is a supplement, and may be proceeded in, shall exist and have like incidents and effects as if they had been originated and been proceeded in in the court established by the act to which this is a supplement.
Dockets, records, &c. transferred.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the dockets, books, records, papers and seal, belonging to the said district court of the Orleans territory, shall be transferred to, and become the dockets, books, records, and papers of the district court of the Louisiana district.
Eighth section, &c. of act of March 26, 1804, ch. 38, repealed.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the eighth section of the act aforesaid, entituled “An act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof,” and also, all acts within the purview of this act, and the one to which this is a supplement, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, May 22, 1812.