Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 5309 derived from act Aug. 6, 1861, ch. 60, § 2, 12 Stat. 319.
Act Mar. 3, 1911, conferred the powers and duties of the former circuit courts upon the district courts.
Amendments
1877—Act Fespan. 27, 1877, inserted “may” after “any district in which the same”.