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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.237,233,239. 1832.
Statute I.
July 14, 1832.
Third sectionof May 15, 1828,ch. 53, not toembrace invalidpensioners, &c.
Chap. CCXXXVII .—An Act to amend, the act, entitled “An act for the relief ofcertain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the third section of theact, entitled “ An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and sol-diers of the army of the revolution,” approved the fifteenth day of May,one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be construed toembrace invalid pensioners; and that the pension of invalid soldiersshall not be deducted from the amount receivable by them under thesaid act.
Approved, July 14,1832.
Statute I.
July 14, 1832.
Act of March3, 1831, ch. 76,repealed.
Office of sur-veyor disconti-nued.
Chap. CCXXXYIII .—An Act repealing a part of the fifth section of an act, en-titled “ An act to establish ports of delivery at Port Pontchartrain and Delaware city, and for other purposes.”
Be it. enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the fifth sec-tion of an act, entitled “An act to establish ports of delivery at PortPontchartrain and Delaware city, and for other purposes,” approved Marchsecond, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, as provides for theappointment of a surveyor to reside at Prospect, in the district of Belfast ,in the state of Maine, be, and the [same] is hereby repealed.Approved, July 14, 1832.
Statute I.July 14, 1832.
Court of ap-peals to be com-posed of judgesof the superiorcourts.
Majority toconstitute a quo-rum, &c.
Writs of errorand appeals au-thorized to betaken and prose-cuted from thehighest court oflaw or equity,&c., in the samemanner, &c.
Act of Sept.24, 1789,ch.20.
Chap. CCXXXIX .—An Act to amend the several acts for the establishment of aterritorial government in Florida , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the court of appeals inthe territory of Florida , established in virtue of the fourth section of theact of the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, to which this act is an amendment, shall be composed of the judgesof the superior courts in said territory respectively, a majority of whomshall be necessary to be present to constitute a quorum to hear and de-cide causes; but any two of the said judges shall be sufficient to makeany interlocutory order, or to grant any writ authorized by any of theacts to which this is an amendment.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions and regulationscontained in the twenty-fifth section of the act of the twenty-fourth ofSeptember, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “ Anact to establish the judicial courts of the United States, ” in regard towrits of error and appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States ,from a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of lawor equity of a state, shall be applicable to writs of error and appealsto the Supreme Court of the United States from the highest court oflaw or equity in said territory, having jurisdiction of the subject matter,in the same manner as writs of error and appeals are authorized now tobe taken and prosecuted under the aforesaid twenty-fifth section of theact of the twenty-fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred andeighty-nine, from any court in any state; and writs of error and appeals,in°virtue of the said tw'enty-fifth section, are hereby authorized to betaken and prosecuted from the highest court of law or equity havingjurisdiction of the subject matter in the said territory.