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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 10, 11. 1831.
Widows andorphans.
dred and twenty dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of appro-priation for invalid pensioners of twenty-nine thousand two hundred andforty-six dollars ninety-five cents.
For pensions to widows and orphans, five thousand dollars.
Approved, January 27, 1831.
Jan. 27, 1831.[Expired.]Certain provi-sions continuedin force for twoyears from May24, 1831.
Act of May24, 1828, ch.
108.
Act of Jan. 6,1829, ch. 2.
Act of Jan.13, 1830, ch. 3.
Proviso.
Chap. X .—An Act to alter the times of holding the district courts of the UnitedStates for the districts of Maine and Illinois , and northern district of Alahama.(a')
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the districtcourt of the United States for the northern district of Alabama , whichare now directed by law to be held on the first Mondays of March andOctober in each year, shall hereafter be held on the second Mondays ofApril and October in each year; and that the term of the district courtof the United States for the district of Maine , which is now directed bylaw to be held on the second Tuesday of September in each year, shallhereafter be held on the first Tuesday of September in each year: andall processes which may have issued, or which shall hereafter issue, re-turnable to the next succeeding terms of the said district courts as here-tofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned, to thoseterms to which they are severally changed by this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the district courtof the United States for the district of Illinois , which are now directedby law to be held on the third Mondays of June and November in eachyear, shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays of May and Decemberin each year; and all process which may have issued, or which shall here-after issue, returnable to the next succeeding terms of the said districtcourt as heretofore established, shall be held returnable, and be returned,to those terms to which they are severally changed by this act.
Approved, January 27, 1831.
Chap. XI .—An Act to extend the time for entering certain donation claims to landin the territory of Arkansas .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UniteaStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of theeighth and ninth sections of the act of Congress , approved twenty-fourthday of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled “Anact to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie , and to grant a quantity of land to said state to aid in theconstruction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donationsof land to certain persons in Arkansas territory;” and the provisions ofthe act entitled “ An act restricting the location of certain land claims inthe territory of Arkansas , and for other purposes,” approved sixth Jan-uary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; and, also, the pro-visions of the act, entitled “ An act to extend the time for locating cer-tain donations in Arkansas, ” approved thirteenth January, one thousandeight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby, continued inforce for the period of two years, from the twenty-fourth May, one thou-sand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing in this act,
(a) District court of Maine , vol. ii. pp. 667, 829 ; vol. iii. p. 413. Act ofFebruary 15, 1843, ch. 32.District court of Illinois , vol. iii. p. 237. Act of April 22, 1824, ch. 38. Act ofFebruary 19, 1831,ch. 28. Act of July 9, 1832, ch. 182. Act of March 10, 1838, ch. 33.
District court of Alabama , vol. iii. p. 662. Act of April 17, 1822, ch. 23. Act of March 10, 1824,ch. 28. Act ofMay 22, 1826, ch. 149. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 41. Act of March 31, 1832, ch. 58.An act to re-organize the district courts of the United States in Alabama , February 6,1839, ch. 20. Actof August 4, 1842, ch. 123.