LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STAMOND ON. UNIVERSITY.

A42943

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869,

BY W. H. & O. H. MORRISON,

In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

ALLOTMENT, ETC., OF THE JUDGES
ALLOTMENT,

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AS MADE JANUARY 15, 1869, UNDER THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF JULY 23, 1866,
AND MARCH 2, 1867.

NAME OF THE JUDGE, AND STATE NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF THE DATE AND AUTHOR OF THE JUDGE'S
WHENCE COMING.

CIRCUIT.

COMMISSION.

HON. SAML. NELSON, NEW YORK, VERMONT,

1864.

December 6th.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

1845.

February 14th.

PRESIDENT TYLER.

1846.

August 4th.

PRESIDENT POLK.

1858.

January 12th.

AND PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.

FIFTH.

HON. N. H. SWAYNE, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, ALA-

BAMA, MISSISSIPPI, LOU-

ISIANA, AND TEXAS.

SIXTH.

OHIO, MICHIGAN, KEN-

TUCKY, AND TENNESSEE.

EIGHTH.

MINNESOTA, IOWA, MIS-

SOURI, KANSAS, AND

ARKANSAS.

GENERAL RULE,

MADE AT DECEMBER TERM, 1868.

RULE NO. 54-ADMIRALTY.

WHENEVER a cross-libel is filed upon any counter claim arising out of the same cause of action for which the original libel was filed, the respondents in the cross-libel shall give security in the usual amount and form, to respond in damages as claimed in said cross-libel, unless the court on cause shown, shall otherwise direct; and all proceedings upon the original libel shall be stayed until such security shall be given.

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