Three; Alabama, New York and Tennessee have three districts
each; Ark., Fla., Ill., Mich., Miss., Mo., N. C., Ohio, Penn,
Texas, Va. and Wis. have two districts each, and the remaining
States and Territories one each.
Q. What officers in the District Court?
A. One District Judge, a District Attorney, Assistant District
Attorneys, a Marshal, a Clerk, and a large number of Deputy
Marshals; and also Registers in Bankruptcy.
Q. What jurisdiction has a District Court?
A. Original jurisdiction.
Q What are the salaries of the District Judges?
A. Four thousand dollars each.
Q. What does the territory of several districts constitute?
A. A Circuit.
Q. How many Circuits are there?
A. Nine, each presided over by a Circuit Judge; and their names
are as follows:
1. Circuit consisting of Maine, N. H, Mass., R. I. John Sowell,
Judge.
2. Circuit consisting of Conn., Vt. and N. Y. Samuel J.
Blatchford, Judge.
3. Circuit consisting of Penn., N. J. and Del. Wm. McKennan,
Judge.
4. Circuit consisting of N. C., S. C., Md. and Va. Hugh L. Bond,
Judge.
5. Circuit consisting of Miss., La., Ala., Fla., Ga. and Texas.
William B. Woods, Judge.
6. Circuit consisting of Ohio, Mich., Ky., Tenn. and W. Va. John
Baxter, Judge.
7. Circuit consisting of Ind., Ill. and Wis. Thomas Drummond,
Judge.
8. Circuit consisting of Minn, Iowa, Mo., Ark., Kan. and Nebraska.
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