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Comtnon cotm-cil to have pow-er to subscribeto the stock ofthe turnpikeroad, author-ized by an actof the generalassembly ofVirginia , ofFeb. 14, 1818.
Part of theact of May 26,1824, ch. 195,repealed.
fine or penalty, any minor or apprentice, guilty of any breach of any law ofthe corporation, unless such fine or penalty, with the costs of prosecution,be paid by the parent, guardian, or master of such minor or apprentice,by confinement to labour for a limited time, not exceeding three monthsfor any one offence.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said common council shallhave power to subscribe to the stock of the turnpike road, which is author-ized to be made by an act of the general assembly of Virginia , passedthe fourteenth day. of February, one thousand eight hundred and eigh-teen, entitled “ An act incorporating a company to establish a turnpikeroad from Wiley’s Tavern, in the county of Fairfax , to a point of inter-section on the Little River turnpike road, or on the line of the Districtof Columbia, ” and to any turnpike road, or other public improvement,which has been, or may be, authorized by any act of Congress , leading tothe town of Alexandria; and the said common council may lay any taxon the property in the said town, to promote any public improvement forthe benefit of the said town, when, in the opinion of the said commoncouncil, it may be expedient, which said taxes may be collected as allother taxes are, or may be directed to be collected.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act, passed thetwenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled “An actsupplementary to the act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city ofWashington, passed the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred andtwenty, and for other purposes,” as relates to the town of Alexandria, be,and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, May 13, 1826.
Statute I.May 15, 1826.
Act of March30,1822, ch. 13.
Act of May 26,1824, ch. 163.
Act of March3, 1823,ch.28.
Superiorcourts of Flori-da , to exerciseoriginal juris-diction in mari-time causes,and equity, &e.&c.
Power givento the superiorcourts in term,and the judges
Chap. XLVI .—Jin Ad to amend the several ads for the establishment of a territorialgovernment in Florida . («)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the superior courts ofthe territory of Florida , within their respective districts, shall have andexercise original jurisdiction in all civil causes, in law and equity,whether arising under the laws of the said territory or otherwise, wherethe sum in controversy shall amount to one hundred dollars; and shallhave original and exclusive cognisance of all civil causes of admiraltyand maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost,navigation, or trade of the United States , whether such seizures be madeon land or water, and of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurredunder the law's of the United States ; and original, but not exclusivejurisdiction, of all suits in which the United States shall be a party, what-ever may be the amount in controversy in such causes and suits; andshall have and exercise appellate jurisdiction, in all civil causes, origi-nating in the inferior courts of said territory, whatever may be theamount in controversy; and shall have and exercise original and exclu-sive jurisdiction of all crimes and offences committed against the lawsof the said territory, where the punishment shall be death ; and. originaland appellate jurisdiction of all other crimes and offences committedagainst the laws of the said territory ; and original and exclusive jurisdic-tion of all crimes and offences which shall be cognisable, under theauthority of the United States , committed within the respective districtsof the said superior courts, or upon the high seas.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said superior courts, andcourt of appeals, in term, and the judges thereof, in vacation, shall, re-spectively, have full power and authority, in all civil causes and criminal
(a) See notes to the act of March 30, 1822, ch. 13.