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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 4,5,13. 1845.
Certain suitsor actions ex-cepted.
Feb. 7, 1845.
Act of March3, 1837, ch. 51.
Act confirmed.
Proviso.
Further pro-viso.
Act of March3, 1823, ch. 44,repealed.
One term tobe heldannuallyfor the businessof the westerndistrict.
ed the seventeenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four,or in this act, shall be so construed as to extend to any suit or actionbrought by the corporate authorities of either of the cities of the saidDistrict to recover a penalty imposed by any ordinance or by law of suchcorporation for an infraction of its by-laws and ordinances.
Approved, February 4, 1845.
Chap. IV.- in Act confirming and assenting to an act of the Legislature of Vir-
ginia ., entitled “ An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeakeand Ohio Canal Company .”
Tie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of theLegislature of Virginia, entitled “An act further to amend the act in-corporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, ” which waspassed on the twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand eighthundred and forty-four, be, and the same is hereby, ratified, confirmed,and assented to: Provided, That this assent and confirmation shall notbe so construed as to bind the United States beyond their interest in thestock in said company, nor as either affirming or denying the validityof the rights or liens of the State of Maryland referred to in the thirdsection of the said act of Virginia : Provided, also, That nothing hereincontained shall be held or construed to impair the rights of any indi-vidual or corporation derived from the original act of incorporation ofthe said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company .
Approved, February 7, 1845.
Chap. V. — An Ad to repeal “ An act for the better organization of the districtcourt of the United States within the Slate of Louisiana ,” and for other pur-poses. ( a )
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cf theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled“An act for the better organization of the district court of the UnitedStates within the State of Louisiana, ” approved on the third of March,one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, be, and the same is here-by, repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all criminal actions or civilsuits which have arisen in the district court of the United States for thewestern district of the State of Louisiana , and which are now pendingtherein, together with all process, writs, recognizances, and records, be-longing thereto, shall be transferred to New Orleans , and there disposedof by the district court of the United States for the eastern district ofLouisiana , as suits are disposed of originating in the eastern district ofsaid State.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district court of theUnited States for the State of Louisiana shall hold one term of saidcourt in each and every year, in the city of New Orleans , which shallcommence on the first Monday of January, and continue unless thebusiness shall be disposed of, for the trial of all criminal actions andcivil suits which have arisen, or which may hereafter arise, within thepresent limits of the said western district of the State of Louisiana .Approved, February 13, 1845.