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shall be allowed to proceed to final judgment, execution, satisfactionand settlement, as if the said two years had not expired.
Approved, March 2, 1838.
Spring termof the CircuitCourt to com-mence on 18thMay, and thefall term on 18thNovember, ineach year.
Terms of Dist.Court to com-mence on 12thMay and 12thNovember, ineach year.
Proviso.
All proceed-ings, &c., to bedeemed return-able on the dayshereinbeforeprescribed, forholding saidCourts .
Chap. XV.— In Act to change the time of holding the terms of the Circuit Courtof the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, and of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia , directed by law to beheld in the city cf Richmond , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, the springterm of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern districtof Virginia shall commence on the eighteenth day of May, and the fallterm on the eighteenth of November, in each year, instead of thetwenty-second of May and the twenty-second of November, as is nowprovided by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms of the districtcourt of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia , which arenow directed by law to commence on the fifteenth day of May and thefifteenth [day] of November, in each year, shall hereafter commence onthe twelfth day of May and the twelfth day of November, in each year :Provided, nevertheless, That, whenever the day on which the terms ofeither of the said circuit or district court, as herein provided for, shallhappen to be Sunday, then the term of said court shall commence onthe following day.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all proceedings and processdepending in or issuing out of either of the said courts, which are ormay be made returnable to any other time appointed for holding thesame than that above specified, shall be deemed legally returnable onthe days hereinbefore prescribed, and not otherwise. . And all suits andother proceedings in either of the said courts which stand continued toany other time than that above specified, shall be deemed continued tothe time prescribed by this act, and no other.
Approved, March 2, 1838.
Act of April20, 1818, ch. 88.
Collectors,&c.required to seizeany vessel, &c.which may beprovided for anymilitary expedi-tion against anyforeign Prince,&.c. contermin-ous and at peacewith the U. S.
Chap. XXXI .—Jin Jlct supplementary to an act entitled ‘■‘•An act in addition tothe act for the punishment cf certain crimes against the United States , and torepeal the acts therein mentionedapproved twentieth of April, eighteen hundredand eighteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the several col-lectors, naval officers, surveyors, inspectors of customs, the marshals,and deputy marshals of the United States , and every other officer whomay be specially empowered for the purpose by the President of theUnited States , shall be, and they are hereby respectively authorized andrequired to seize and detain any vessel or any arms or munitions of warwhich may be provided or prepared for any military expedition or enter-prise against the territory or dominions of any foreign Prince or State,or of any colony, district or people conterminous with the United States ,and with whom they are at peace, contrary to the sixth section of theact passed on the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen,entitled “An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certaincrimes against the United States , and to repeal the acts therein men-tioned,” and retain possession of the same until the decision of thePresident be had thereon, or until the same shall be released as herein-after directed.