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TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.42,43. 1840.
Proviso.
Appropriationfor expenses.
Acts, &c. con-flicting withthis, repealed.
Statute I.
to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction ofthe Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby required to adopt plansfor the said offices, and the vaults and safes connected therewith, and tocause the same to be constructed and prepared for use with as littledelay as shall be consistent with the public interests, and the convenientlocation and security of the buildings to be erected : Provided, however,That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall find upon inquiry and exa-mination, that suitable rooms for the use of the receiver-general atCharleston can be obtained in the custom-house now owned by theUnited States at that place, and that secure vaults and safes can be con-structed in that building for the safekeeping of the public money, thenhe shall cause such rooms to be prepared and fitted up, and such vaultsand safes to be constructed in the custom-house at Charleston , and noindependent office shall be there erected.
Sec. 27. And he it further enacted, That, for the payment of theexpenses authorized by this act, other than those herein before providedfor, a sufficient sum of money be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-priated.
Sec. 2S. And he it further enacted, That all acts or parts of actswhich come in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the sameare hereby, repealed.
Approved, July 4, 1840.
July 4, 1840.
Act of Jan. 18,1839, ch. 3.
Act of June 18,1838, ch. 118.
Two terms tobe held annual-
ly-
Rule days.
7th sec. act of18th Jan. 1839,ch. 3, repealed.
An additionalterm of the cir-cuit court to beheld in Knox-ville .
The judge mayadjourn a causeto next term.
Statute I.July 4, 1840.
Adjournmentof the court.
Chap. XLII .—An Act to amend an act approved the eighteenth of January eigh-teen hundred and, thirty-nine, entitled u An act to amend an act entitled i An actto require ike judge of the district of East and West Tennessee to hold a courtat Jackson in said State,' approved June the eighteenth, eighteen hundred andthirty-eight," and for other purposes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That from and afterthe first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and forty, there shall betwo terms of said court held annually by the district judge at Jackson,on the second Monday in December next, and the second Monday inJune then following; and the rule days of said court for the return ofprocess and filing of pleadings shall be held on the second Monday ofSeptember and March, in each and every year.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That the seventh section ofthe act which this is intended to amend, be, and the same is hereby,repealed.
Sec. 3. And he it. further enacted, That an additional term of thecircuit court of the United States shall be holden in Knoxville , in EastTennessee, on the third Monday in April in each and every year, whichsaid term shall be held by the district judge; and should any difficultpoint of law arise, at said April term, in any cause or matter of contro-versy in said court, the said district judge may, at his discretion, adjournthe same over to the next term.
Approved, July 4, 1840.
Chap. XLIII .—An Act in addition to the acts respecting the judicial system of the
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That, whenever it shall sohappen that neither of the judges of a circuit court of the United States shall attend at the commencement of a session of the said court, or at