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trict of Virginia , and shall be added to, and form a part of, the westerndistrict, that is to say: the counties of Botetourt, Rockbridge , Allegha-ny, Bath, Pendleton, Augusta , Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick,Jefferson, Berkley, Morgan, Hampshire, and Hardy: and that, in addi-tion to the terms of the district court now holden in the western dis-trict the judge of the said western district shall hold two terms in eachyear, at Staunton, in the county of Augusta .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the courts inthe said western district shall be held on the days and at the placeshereinafter mentioned, viz : at Staunton, on the second Mondays inApril and September; at Wythe Courthouse, on the third Mondays inApril and September; at Lewisburg, on the fourth Mondays in April andSeptember; and at Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays in May and Oc-tober, in each year.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the judge shall not attendon the first day of any court, such court shall stand adjourned, from dayto day, for three days, if the same cause continue; after which time, ifthe judge still fail to attend, the court shall stand adjourned until the firstday of the next term.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the judge of said court shallhave power to hold special sessions, at his discretion, at either of the saidplaces, for the trial of civil or criminal cases.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Times andplaces fixed forthe holding ofthe courts.
Courts to beadjournedshould the judgenot attend.
Power of thesaid judge.
Statute I.May 26, 1824.
First sessionto be held onDecember the8th, 1824.
All processwhich may haveissued, to beheld returnableto the terms ap-pointed by thisact.
(a) Acts of Congress relating to circuit courts in Maryland :
An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States , September 24, 17S9, ch. 20, sec. 3.
An act concerning the circuit courts of the United States , March 3, 1797, ch. 27.
An act to amend the judicial system of the United States , April 29, 1802, ch. 31, sec. 4.
An act for altering the time of holding the circuit court of the United States for the fourth circuit inthe Maryland district, May 26, 1824, ch. 168.
An act to alter the time of holding the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Maryland .February 11, 1830, ch. 11. 1 '
An act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States .”March 3, 1837, ch. 34, sec. 2.
An act to change the time of holding the United States circuit court in the district of East Tennes-see, and the district of Maryland , July 7, 1838, ch. 193.
Chap. CXLVIII .—JlnJlct for altering the time for holding the circuit court of theUnited States for the fourth circuit in the Maryland district fa)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the circuitcourt of the United States for the fourth circuit in the district of Mary-land , which are now directed by law to be holden on the first day of Mayand seventh day of November, in each year, shall be hereafter holden onthe 8th days of May and December in each year, except where suchdays shall occur on Sunday, when the terms of the said court shall com-mence and be holden on the next succeeding day.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first session of the saidcircuit court, after the passage of this act, shall be held on the eight[eighth] day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all process which may haveissued, or which may hereafter issue returnable to the next succeedingterms, as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned,to those terms to which they are severally changed by this act.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
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