TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.IL Ch. 33,34,46. 1838.
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For half-pay pensions, payable through the office of the Third Audi-tor, five thousand dollars.
Approved, March 10, 1838.
For half-paypensions paya-ble through off.Third Auditor.
Chap. XXXIII.— An Act to change the times of holding the circuit and districtcourts of the United States in the seventh circuit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled , That the circuitand district courts of the United States shall be held in the district ofIndiana , at the seat of Government in said State, on the third Mondaysof May and November; at the seat of Government in the district ofIllinois , on the first Mondays of June and December; in the districtof Michigan , at the seat of Government in said State, on the thirdMonday in June and the first Monday in November; and in the districtof Ohio , at the seat of Government in said State, on the first Mondayof July, and the third Monday in December, and all recognizancesentered into, and all mesne and final process, which have been issued,or which shall hereafter be issued, shall be returnable in the respectivedistricts to the first term, as above established: And it shall be the dutyof the circuit judge, to attend one circuit court in each year, in thedistricts of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan , and should any question oflaw be raised, in any case, in the absence of the circuit judge, thedistrict judge may, at his discretion, adjourn the cause to the succeedingterm of the circuit court.
Approved, March 10, 1838.
Times of hold-ing the circuitand districtcourts U. S. inthe districts ofIndiana, Illinois ,and Michigan .
Act of March3, 1837, ch. 31.
All recogni-zances, &c.,shall be return-able to the firstterm as aboveestablished.
Circuit judgeshall attend onecircuit courtevery year.
On a questionof law, &c., thedist. judge mayadjourn thecause.
Chap. XXXIY .—An Act to continue in force an act therein mentioned, relating tothe port of Baltimore .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passedthe seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred,entitled “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of theStates of Maryland and Georgia, ” and which, by subsequent acts, hasbeen revived and continued in force until the third day of March, onethousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same, so far as itrelates to the act of Maryland , is hereby revived and continued in forceuntil the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. Provided , That nothing herein contained shall authorize thedemand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam, employedin the transportation of passengers.
Approved, March 19, 1838.
The act passed17th March,1800, chap. 15,so far as relatesto the act ofMaryland , con-tinued to 3dMarch, 1843.
Provisa
Chap. XLVI.— An Act to restore circuit jurisdiction to the district courts of thewestern district of Virginia , (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled , That so much of the thirdsection of the act entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States, ’ ” approvedMarch third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, as repeals all formeracts, or parts of acts, conferring circuit court jurisdiction on certaindistrict courts therein named, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, sofar as relates to the courts of the western district of Virginia ; and thatthe district courts of said district exercise the same jurisdiction withwhich they were invested previous to the passage of said act.
So much of 3dsection act 3dMarch, 1837,ch. 34, as re-peals all actsconferring cir-cuit court juris-diction on cer-tain districtcourts, repeal-ed, &c.
Act of March3, 1839, ch. 81.
(a) See notes of the acts relating to the District Courts of Virginia, vol. 3, 478.