TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 7,8,20. 1842.
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trict Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania be, and he is hereby,authorized to hold a special session of the said court at a time to be byhim designated, in lieu of the regular session which was appointed bylaw to be begun and held on the third Monday of February, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty-two, but was prevented by a vacancy inthe office of district judge; and the marshal, clerk, and all other officersof the said court are hereby enjoined and required to make all needfularrangements for carrying into effect the provisions of this act.
Approved, March 19, 1842.
Chap. VII. — An Act supplementary to an act entitled “ An act to amend the actapproved May thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred, entitled An act to amendan act entitled an act to establish the judicial courts of the United States .”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the judges ofthe courts of the United States in the State of Pennsylvania be, andthey hereby are, authorized to appoint, when they deem it necessary,one or more commissioners in the different cities and counties, or anyof them, of the districts in which their courts are held, who shall havepower, by virtue of such appointment, to select from the taxable citizensresiding within the limits of the said counties and cities, a number (tobe designated from time to time by the said judges) of sober, judicious,and intelligent persons, to serve as jurors in the said courts; and thecommissioners so appointed shall return the names by them selected tothe marshal of the proper district; whereupon, the said courts shall, bydue appointments, rules and regulations, conform the further designa-tion and the empannelling of juries in substance to the laws and usageswhich may be in force in such State.
Approved, March 19, 1842.
Chap. VIII. —An Act to authorize the Governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the eighthsection of the act entitled “ An act to appropriate the proceeds of thesales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emptions,” approved Septem-ber fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, as provides that the selec-tions of the grants of land made to the several States, therein mentioned,for the purposes of internal improvement, shall be made, respectively,in such manner as the Legislatures thereof shall direct, is so far modi-fied as to authorize the Governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri to cause the selections to be made for those States with-out the necessity of convening the Legislatures thereof for that purpose.
Approved, March 19, 1842.
Chap. XX.— An Act to amend the several acts establishing a district court of theUnited States at Jackson, in the District of West Tennessee, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the districtcourt of the United States at Jackson, in the District of West Tennes-see, shall in future be attached to, and form a part of, the eighth judi-cial circuit of the United States , with all the powers and jurisdictionof the circuit court held at Nashville, in the middle district of Tennes-see. And it shall be the duty of the associate justice of the SupremeCourt of the United States assigned to hold the court for the eighth cir-
Special sessionauthorized.
Act of May 13,1800, ch. 61.
Act of March3, 1841, ch. 38.
Commission'rsto select personsto serve as ju-rors.
Names of thoseselected to bereturned to themarshals.
The 8th sec.of act 4th Sept.1841, ch. 16.modified.
Dist. Court atJackson attach-ed to the 8th ju-dicial circuit.
Its powers andjurisdiction.
Associate jus-tice of supremecourt for saidcircuit, to holdfall term.