United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 11
Chap. XI.—An Act divide the state of South Carolina into two judicial districts.[1]
State of South Carolina divided into two districts, the eastern and western.
Eastern district court to be held in Charleston, as usual.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of South Carolina, be, and the same is hereby divided into two districts, in manner following, that is to say: the districts of Lancaster, Chester, York, Union, Spartanburg, Greenville, Pendleton, Abbeville, Edgefield, Newberry, Laurens, and Fairfield, shall compose one district, to be called the western district; and the residue of the state shall form one other district, to be called the eastern district. And the terms of the said district court, for the eastern district shall be held in Charleston, at such times as they are now by law directed to be holden. And for the trial of all such criminal and civil causes, as are by lawWestern district court to have one annual session at Laurens Courthouse. cognisable in the district courts of the United States which may hereafter arise or be prosecuted, or sued, within the said western district, there shall be one annual session of the said district court holden at Laurens Courthouse, to begin on the second Monday in May in each year; to be holden by the district judge of the United States of the state of South Carolina; and he is hereby authorized and directed to hold such other special sessions as may be necessary for the despatch of the causes in the said court, at such time or times as he may deem expedient, and may adjourn such special sessions to any other time previous to a stated session.
Approved, February 21, 1823.
- ↑ An act for altering the times of holding the circuit and district court in the state of South Carolina, May 25, 1824, ch. 145.