ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City ofWashington, in the District of Columbia , on Monday, the sixth dayof December, 1830, and ended March third, 1831.

Andrew Jackson, President; J. C. Calhoun , Vice President of theUnited States and President of the Senate ; Andrew Stevenson,Speaker of the House of Representatives .

STATUTE II.

Chap. I.— An Act to change the time of holding the rule term of the circuit courtof the district of West Tennessee , (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty ofthe district judge of Tennessee , to hold a term of the circuit court atNashville, for the district of West Tennessee , on the first Monday inMarch, in each year, who shall have power to make all necessary rulesand orders touching any suit, action, appeal, writ of error, process, plead-ings, or proceedings, that may be pending in said circuit court, or thatmay have issued returnable to the circuit court to be holden on the firstMonday in September next, preparatory to the hearing, trial, or decisionof such action, suit, appeal, writ of error, process, pleadings or proceed-ings ; and all writs and process may hereafter be returnable to the saidcourts to be holden on the first Monday in March, in the same manneras to the sessions of the circuit courts directed by law to be held atNashville on the first Monday in September of each year : and the writsand other process returnable to the said circuit court on the first Mondayin September, may bear teste on the first Monday in March.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said district judge shall havepower to adjourn from day to day, or to any other period of time, morethan three months before the September term of said court: Provided,That no final judgment be rendered at said term to be held by thedistrict judge, except by the consent of both parties.

Approved, January 13, 1831.

Chap. II.— An Act to amend an act, entitled “ An act to provide for paying to thestate of Illinois three per centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of thepublic lands within the samel’

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, entitled“ An act to provide for paying to the state of Illinois three per centum

(a) Acts relating to the circuit court of Tennessee , vol. ii. pp. 420, 477, 516, 693;Act of May 5, 1830, ch. 89. Act of July 7, 1838, ch. 193. Act of January 18, 1839Julv 4, 1840, ch. 42. Act of May 18, 1842, ch. 30. Act of March 3, 1843, ch. 74.1844, ch. 96.

Jan. 13, 1831.

District judgeof Tennessee tohold term ofcircuit court atNashville , firstMonday inMarch.

Powers.

Proviso: Nofinal judgmentexcept by con-sent.

Statute II.

Jan. 13, 18 31.

[Obsolete.]

Act of Dec. 12,1820, ch. 2.State of Illi-

vol. iii. p. 661., ch. 3. Act ofAct of June 17,

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