EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS; Sess. I. Ch. 37,38, 39. 1824.
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now fixed by law, shall be held on the second Monday of July next; andthereafter on the first Mondays of January and June in each year; andthe district court of the United States , in and for said district, shall here-after be held on the Mondays next succeeding the times herein fixed forholding the circuit court.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next fall term of the cir-cuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky , be commencedand held on the second Monday in October next, in lieu of the firstMonday in November: Provided, That this act shall not be construed toextend to, or embrace, any other or future term of the said circuit court,than the next November term, as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all recognisances, process,suits, and proceedings, of every kind, whether of a civil or criminal na-ture, commenced or pending in either of said courts, shall be returned to,proceeded in, and determined at, the terms herein provided for, inthe same manner as if the time of holding said courts had not beenchanged.
Approved, April 22, 1824.
The next fallterm of the cir-cuit court forthe Kentucky district, to beheld on the se-cond Mondayin October.
Proviso.
All recogni-sances, &c. tobe proceededin, &c.
Chap. XXXVII .—An Act giving the consent and sanction of Congress to acertain act of the legislative council of the territory of Florida .
Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled , That the consent and sanc-tion of Congress be, and the same are hereby, given to the act of thelegislative council of the territory of Florida , approved by the governorof said territory on the fourth day of July, Anno Domini one thousandeight hundred and twenty-three, entitled “An act to provide for levyinga poll tax.”
Approved, April 22, 1824.
Chap. XXXVIII .—An Act to alter the times of holding the district court of theUnited States for the district of Illinois. {a )
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America , in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the times nowappointed by law, the district court of the United States for the districtof Illinois , shall be hereafter holden on the third Mondays in June andNovember in each year.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all writs, pleas, suits, recog-nisances, indictments, and all other proceedings of a civil or criminal na-ture, now pending in, or which are, or may be, returnable to, said court,shall be heard,tried and proceeded with, by the said court, in the samemanner as if no alteration of the times for holding said court had takenplace.
Approved, April 22, 1824.
Statute I.April 22, 1824.
Statute I.April 22, 1824.
Act of March3, 1819, ch. 70.
The districtcourt for thedistrict of Illi-nois to be hold-en on the thirdMondays inJune and No-vember.
All writs tobe proceeded in&c.
Statute I.
Chap. XXXIX.— -An Act supplementary to the act , entitled tl An act supplementary April 22 18 Q 4to the act , entitled ‘ An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt' ” ( b ) — ^
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Act of J an - * 6 »United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the person or 18 °Act h of 4 jan. 7persons who shall or may be commissioned, either by any judge of the 1824, ch. 3. ’
(а) See notes to act of April 18, 1818, ch.67.
(б) The constitutional and legal rights of a citizen of the United States to sue in the circuit court of the
United States , do not permit an act of insolvency, completely executed under the authority of a state,to be a good bar to a recovery upon a contract made in another state. Suydam et al. v. Broadnax, 14Peters, 97. 1