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said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commencedagainst such delinquent and his sureties.
Approved, April 29, 1824.
Statute I.April 29, 1824.
[Obsolete.]Specific appro-priations forcertain fortifica-tions.
Statute I.April 29, 1824.
The districtcourt for Mis-souri , to be heldon the first Mon-day in Marchand Septemberyearly.
Writs, &c. tobe proceededwith as thoughno alterationhad been made.
Chap. XL1V .—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of theUnited States , for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit; For fortifications, to eachspecifically, as follows:
For fort Jackson, at Plaquemine Turn, on the river Mississippi , onehundred and ten thousand dollars.
For the fort at Chef Menteur, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the fort at Mobile Point, one hundred and twenty-five thousanddollars.
For fort Monroe, ninety-five thousand dollars.
For fort Calhoun, ninety thousand dollars.
For topographical reconnoisance, repairs, and contingencies, twenty-six thousand dollars.
For the purchase of a site, and collecting materials for the projectedwork at New Utrecht Point, one of the works intended to defend theNarrows, in New York harbour, fifty thousand dollars.
For the purchase of a site, and collecting materials for the projectedwork at Brenton’s Point, Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island , fifty thousanddollars.
Approved, April 29,1824.
Chap. XLV .—An Ad to alter the limes of holding the district court, in thedistrict of Missouri . ( a )
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court, for thedistrict of Missouri , shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays in Marchand September, in every year; any thing in any act heretofore passed, tothe contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all writs, pleas, suits, recog-nisances, indictments, and all other proceedings, civil and criminal, shallbe heard, tried, and proceeded with, by the said court, at the times fixedin the first section of this act, in the same manner as if no alteration inthe times for holding said court had taken place.
Approved, April 29,1824.
Statute I.
April 30, 1824.
The Presidentto cause thenecessary sur-
Chap. XLVI. — An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates,upon the subject of roads and canals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the
(a) The acts relating to the district court of Missouri , are :
An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Mis-souri , and for the establishment of a district court therein, March 16, 1822, ch.12, sec. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
An act to alter the time of holding the district court in the district of Missouri , April 29, 1824, ch.45.
An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States, ”March 3, 1837, ch. 34.
An act to amend the act of the third of March, 1837, entitled “An act supplementary to the act en-titled ‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States , and for other purposes,’”March 3,1839, ch. 81.