United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 5
Chap. V.—An act to repeal “An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes.[1]
1845, ch. 19.
Act of March 3, 1823, ch. 44, repealed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” approved on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Actions or suits pending, &c. to be transferred to Dist. Court at New Orleans.
1845, ch. 19.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all criminal actions or civil suits which have arisen in the district court of the United States for the western district of the State of Louisiana, and which are now pending therein, together with all process, writs, recognizances, and records, belonging thereto, shall be transferred to New Orleans, and there disposed of by the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, as suits are disposed of originating in the eastern district of said State.
One term to be held annually for the business of the western district.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the United States for the State of Louisiana shall hold one term of said court in each and every year, in the city of New Orleans, which shall commence on the first Monday of January, and continue unless the business shall be disposed of, for the trial of all criminal actions and civil suits which have arisen, or which may hereafter arise, within the present limits of the said western district of the State of Louisiana.
Approved, February 13, 1845.