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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS,

AS ESTABLISHED BY CHAP. 454, LAWS OF 1862, PASSED APRIL 23, 1862

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I. The counties of Suffolk, Queens and Richmond shall com. pose the first district.

IL-The sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth*wards of the city of Brooklyn, and the towns of Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Lots and New Utrecht in the county of Kings, shall compose the second district.

III.-The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and nineteenth† wards of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, shall compose the third district.

IV. The first ward (including Governor's Island), second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth wards of the city and county of New York shal! compose the fourth district.

V.-The seventh, tenth, thirteenth and fourteenth wards of the city and county of New York shall compose the fifth district.

VI.-The ninth, fifteenth and sixteenth wards of the city and

county of New York shall compose the sixth district. VII.-The eleventh and seventeenth wards of the city and county of New York shall compose the seventh district.

VIII.-The eighteenth, twentieth and twenty-first wards of the city and county of New York shall compose the eighth district. IX.-The twelfth ward (including Randall's Island and Ward's Island), nineteenth ward (including Blackwell's Island), and twenty-second ward of the city and county of New York shall compose the ninth district.

X.-The counties of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam shall compose the tenth district.

XI.-The counties of Orange and Sullivan shall compose the eleventh district.

XII.-The counties of Dutchess and Columbia shall compose the twelfth district.

XIII.-The counties of Ulster and Greene shall compose the thirteenth district.

XIV. The counties of Albany and Schoharie shall compose the

fourteenth district.

*Twenty-first and twenty-second wards added in 1868.
†Twentieth ward added in 1863.

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XV. The counties of Rensselaer and Washington shall compose

the fifteenth district.

XVI.-The counties of Warren, Essex and Clinton shall compose the sixteenth district.

XVII.-The counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin shall compose the seventeenth district.

XVIII.-The counties of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schenectady shall compose the cighteenth district. XIX.-The counties of Delaware, Otsego and Chenango shall com pose the nineteenth district.

XX.-The counties of Jefferson, Lewis and Herkimer shall com pose the twentieth district.

XXI.-The county of Oneida shall compose the twenty-first district.

XXII.-The counties of Madison and Oswego shall compose the twenty-second district.

XXIII. The counties of Onondaga and Cortland shall compose the twenty-third district.

XXIV. The counties of Cayuga, Wayne and Seneca shall compose the twenty-fourth district.

XXV.-The counties of Ontario. Livingston and Yates shall compose the twenty-fifth district.

XXVI.-The counties of Tioga, Tompkins, Broome and Schuyler shall compose the twenty-sixth district.

XXVII. The counties of Chemung, Steuben and Allegany shall com. pose the twenty-seventh district.

XXVIII.-The counties of Mouroe and Orleans shall compose the twenty-eighth district.

XXIX.-The counties of Genesee, Niagara and Wyoming shall com

pose the twenty-ninth district.

XXX.-The county of Erie shall compose the thirtieth district. XXXI.-The counties of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus shall compose the thirty-first district.

UNITED STATES COURTS.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Appointed.

1863. SALMON P. CHASE, Ohio, Chief Justice (Fourth Circuit).
1858. NATHAN CLIFFORD, Portland, Me., Assoc. Justice (First
1845. SAM'L NELSON, Cooperstown, N. Y.,
1870. WM. STRONG, Philadelphia, Penn.,
1870. JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, New Jersey,
1862. NOAH M. SWAYNE, Columbus, Ohio,
1862. DAVID DAVIS, Bloomington, Illinois,
1862. SAMUEL F. MILLER, Keokuk, Iowa,
1863. STEPHEN J. FIELD, California,

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The court holds one general term, annually, at Washington, D. C., commencing on the first Monday in December.

D. WESLEY MIDDLETON, of Washington, Clerk.
JOHN M. WALLACE, of Pennsylvania, Reporter.
RICHARD C. PARSONS, of Ohio, Marshal.

CIRCUITS AND CIRCUIT JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES."
First Circuit-(Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island) GEORGE F. SHEPLEY, of Portland, Maine.

Second Circuit-(New York, Vermont and Connecticut) - LEWIS B. WOODRUFF, of New York city.

Third Circuit-(Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware)-WILLIAM MCKENNAN, of Pennsylvania.

Fourth Circuit - (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) - HUGH L. BOND, of Maryland,

Fifth Circuit (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) WILLIAM B. WOODS, of Alabama.

Sixth Circuit-(Ohio Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee) - HALMER H. EMMONS, of Detroit, Michigan.

Seventh Circuit (Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) -THOMAS DRUMMOND, of Chicago, Illinois.

Eighth Circuit-(Minnesota, Iowa Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas)— JOHN F. DILLON, of Dubuque, Iowa.

Ninth Circuit-(California, Oregon and Nevada)-LORENZO SAWYER, of San Francisco, California.

The Circuit Courts in each Circuit shall be held by the Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the Circuit, or by the Circuit Judge of the Circuit, or by the District Judge of the District sitting alone, or by the Justice of the Supreme Court and Circuit Judge sitting together, in which case the Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside, or in the absence of either of them by the other (who shall preside) and the District Judge.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. For the Second Circuit (including New York, Vermont and Connecticut). Judges-SAMUEL NELSON, LEWIS B. WOODRUFF and District Judge. TERMS- New York: Northern District, Albany, 2d Tuesday in October; Canandaigua, 3d Tuesday in June; also adjourned term, for civil business only, at Albany, 3d Tuesday in January, and at Utica, 3d Tuesday in March. Charles Mason, Clerk, N. D., office, Utica.

New York: Southern District, New York, last Monday in February, 1st Monday in April, and 3d Monday in October. Kenneth G. White, Clerk, S. D., office, New York.

New York: Eastern District, Brooklyn, 1st Wednesday in each month. Charles W. Newton, Clerk, E. D., office, Brooklyn.

*See Act of Congress, to amend judicial system of the United States, approved April 10, 1869.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York: Northern District, NATHAN K. Hall, Judge, Buffalo, William Dorsheimer, Attorney. Buffalo; M. P. Fillmore, Clerk, Buffalo: Isaac F. Quinby, Marshal, Rochester.

TERMS-Albany, 3d Tuesday in January; Utica, 3d Tuesday in March; Rochester, 2d Tuesday in May; Buffalo, 3d Tuesday in August; Auburn, 3d Tuesday in November. A special term by appointment at Oswego, Plattsburgh, or Watertown, and a special session in Admiralty at the city of Buffalo on Tuesday of each week.

New York: Southern District, SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, Judge, New York; Noah Davis, Attorney, New York; George H. Sharpe, Marshal, New York: George F. Betts, Clerk.

TERMS-New York, 1st Tuesday in each month.

New York: Eastern District, CHARLES L. BENEDICT, Judge, Brook lyn B. F. Tracy, Attorney, Brooklyn; Samuel R. Harlow, Marshal, Brooklyn; Samuel T. Jones, Clerk, Brooklyn.

TERMS Brooklyn, 1st Wednesday in each month.

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Counties of Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego. Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond, and concurrent Jurisdiction with the Southern District over the waters of the Counties of New York, Kings, Queens and Suffolk,

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The Earl of Bellomont died March 5, 1701. During the absence of Lieutenant-Governor Nanfan, and until May 19, 1701, the Government was adininistered by the Council, at which the oldest Councillor present presided during this period.

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