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ported, changedto five cents.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Jan. 21, 1829.
Act of April29, 1802, ch.31.
Authority toadjourn the Su-preme Court from day to day,in case of non-attendance ofquorum, ex-tended.
Court not tobe adjourned,&c.
After quo-rum onceformed andsubsequentnon-attendanceof quorum, au-thority given toadjourn, &c.
[Obsolete.]Qualified vo-ters in Arkan-sas , to electtheir officers,except thoseappointed byPresident ofUnited States ,and certainothers.
Term of ser-vice, duties,powers, fees,&c.
To take effectDec. 1, 1829.
Bills to bepresented to the
United States , and exported therefrom, of five cents per pound, in lieu ofthe drawback at present allowed by law on sugar so refined and exported:Provided, That this act shall not alter or repeal any law now in forceregulating the exportation of sugar refined in the United States , exceptto change the rate of drawback when so exported: And provided, Thatthis act shall cease to be in force so soon as the exports of sugar shall beequal to the imports of the same article.
Approved, January 21, 1829.
Chap, XII .—An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act to amend the judi-cial system of the United States .” (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That if, at any session of theSupreme Court , four justices thereof shall not attend on the day appoint-ed for holding said session, such justice or justices as may attend shallhave authority to adjourn said court from day to day, for twenty days afterthe time appointed for the commencement of said session, unless fourjustices shall sooner attend; and the business of said court shall not, insuch case, be continued over to the next stated session thereof, until theexpiration of said twenty days, instead of the ten days now limited bylaw.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if it shall so happen, duringany term of the said Supreme Court , after four of the judges shall haveassembled, that, on any day, less than the number of four shall assemble,the judge or judges so assembling shall have authority to adjourn saidcourt from day to day until a quorum shall attend, and, when expedientand proper, may adjourn the same without day.
Approved, January 21, 1829.
Ci-iap. XIII .—An Act to authorize the citizens of the territories of Arkansas andFlorida , to elect their officers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the citizens of the terri-tory of Arkansas , qualified to vote, shall and may, at such time and place,and under such rules and regulations as the legislature of said territorymay prescribe, elect their officers, civil and military, except such as, bythe laws of Congress now in force, are to be appointed by the Presidentof the United States ; and except, also, justices of the peace, auditorand treasurer for said territory, who shall be chosen by joint vote of bothhouses of the legislature, at such time, and for such term of service, asthe said legislature shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thatthe term of service, and the dutiesand powers, fees, and emoluments, of the officers, civil and military, sochosen by the citizens, shall be prescribed by the legislature, and theyshall be commissioned by the governor of the territory, and subject to beremoved from office in such mode and for such cause as the legislatureshall declare by law. All laws now in force, inconsistent with the pro-visions of this act, are hereby repealed. This act shall take effect fromand after the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred andtwenty-nine.
Sec. 3. And belt further enacted, That every bill that shall have passedthe House of Representatives and the legislative council of the legisla-
( a ) See notes to act of March 3, 1837, ch. 34.