TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 73,74,75,76.1843.
Salary reduced.
Act of May 5,
1830, ch. 89,Act of Jan. 3,
1831, ch. 1.
Act of Jan. 18,1839, ch. 3.
Times of hold-ing said courtschanged.
In case of non-attendance ofthe districtjudge, circuitjudge to holdcourt, &c.
Compensation
fixed.
Relative to theapplication ofthe appropria-tion for publicbuildings andgrounds.
Acts inconsist-ent herewithrepealed.
Chap. LXXIII .—An Act to reduce the salary of the surveyor of the port of Cam-den, New Jersey .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled , That the salary ofthe surveyor of the port of Camden, in the State of New Jersey , shallbe fixed at two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, besides the lawfulfees allowed to surveyors.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effectfrom the date of its passage, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistentwith the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1843.
Chap. LXXIV .—An Act to change the limes of holding the circuit and districtcourts for the district of East Tennessee, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit and districtcourts of the United States for the district of East Tennessee, shallhereafter be held on the third Mondays of April and October in eachand every year, instead of the times now prescribed by law, under thesame rules, in the same manner, and under the same regulations nowprescribed for the holding of said courts. .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the non-attend-ance from any cause of the district judge at either of the courts ineither of the districts in the State of Tennessee, required or authorizedto be held by him, the circuit judge whose circuit includes said districtsmay hold the same, and in addition to the jurisdiction now conferred onhim, shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers now con-ferred on said district judge.
Approved, March 3, 1843.
Chap. LXXV. —An Act to fix the compensation of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni-ted States of America in Congress assembled, That the compensationof the Commissioner of Public Buildings shall be two thousand dollarsper annum, and no more.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no portion of the appro-priation for public buildings and grounds, or any improvement or altera-tion of the same, shall be applied to the payment of a clerk or clerks inthe office of said commissioner, or of an architect, unless the same beexpressly provided for in the act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in-consistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same hereby are,repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1843.
Chap. LXXVI .—An Act making appropriations for the payment of navy pen-sions due on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred andforty-three,and on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in