The President protem re. The words proposed to be inserted will alone be read, unless some Senator calls for the reading of the original bill. The words proposed to be inserted in lieu of the original bill were read, as follows: That the southern judicial district of the State of California and the westerndistrict of Louisianashall be and the sameare hereby, abolished and hereafter the said States shall respectively constitute one judicial district and shall respectivelybe called the districts of California and Louisiana. The district judge, marshal and districtnttorneyfor the U.S. for the northerii district of California and the westerndistrict of Louisiana shall respectively posseesand exercisethe samepowersand Jurisdiction in said district courts of California and Louisiana as they now possessand exercisein theirrcspeotive districts. SEC.2. Abife: That all actions. suits, and proceedings.civil or criminal. which shall have been commenced and at the time of the passageofthis act shall be pending in the southerndistrict of California or the westerndistrict of Louisiana, and all process.orders.judgments. decrees.records or other papers or proceedings relating thereto or filed therein shall be transferred to the said district courtsofCaliforniaand Louisiana respectively, which. courts shall possessand exercise over such actions. suits and proceedings and the process.orders.judgments.decrees.records and at or papers and proceedingsso transferred.thesameauthority and jurisdiction asthey would have had if such aotions. suits and proceedingshad beencommencedin said courts; and no indictment. writ. process.recognizance or other proceedingrcturnable toorto beheard, tried or consi eredin the snid southern district of California or said westerndistrict of Louisiana shall be abated discontinued or renderedvoid by the transferthereof as aforesaid. SEC. 3 and be“ Abife: That the clerks of the said southern district of California and the said western district of Louisiana shall as soon as practicable alter the passageof this not deliver to and deposit with the clerks of the said district courts of alifornia and Louisiana. respectively. all property. books. Records documents and papersremaining in their respectiveoffices and thesameshall bereceived and kept by the said lastmentionedelerks subjectto the order and directionof such courts respectively. can. 4. Abife: That executions may he issuedout of the said district court of California and the said district court of Louisiana. respectively.foeollect any judgment or decreerendered in the said southerndistrict ofCalifornia or saidwestern district of Louisiana beforethe passageof this act with the same effect as the some might now be issued out of the court in which such judgment or decreewasrendered; and all processwhichshall have been issuedoutof said district court for the southern district of California or said westerndistrict of Loui siana and shall not have been returned before the passa o of this act shallbereturned to and filed with the clerks of the district courts of California and Louisiana. respectively.