District Courts of Tennessee, January 18, 1839, 313 District Courts in Alabama, February 6, 1839,
315 District Court of Mississippi, February 16, 1839, 317 Jurisdiction may be entertained of suits in which some of the parties may be found in the State in which the suit shall be brought, and where other expedients are not found. Judgment not to prejudice parties not found, February 28, 1839, 321
An act for altering the time of holding the District Court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania at Wil- liamsport, May 8, 1840, 380 District Court of Tennessee, July 4, 1840, 392
Adjournment of the Circuit Courts, July 4, 1840, 392
Special Sessions of the Circuit Courts, 393 Liens of judgments and decrees in the Cir- cuit and District Courts of the United States, 393 Jurors in the courts of the United States, July 20, 1840, 394 The District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania, to hold a special session, 470 Commissioners to be appointed to select jurors for the courts in Pennsylvania, March 19, 1842, 471 Appeals from the District Court of Jackson, Tennessee, to the Circuit Court, April 14, 1842, 472 Fall terms of the District Court at Jackson and Knoxville, 472 Circuit and District Courts in East and West Tennessee, and Ohio, 488 The act of May 19, 1828, chap. 68, relating to process, made applicable to States since ad- mitted into the Union, August 1, 1842, 499 Appeals to lie to the Supreme Court from the District Court of the northern district of Alabama, at Huntsville, August 4, 1842, 504
Assignment of the Judges in the Territory of Iowa, to the districts to which the Judges were assigned by the laws of Iowa, Au- gust 11, 1842, 505 Appointment of a deputy by the Clerk of the District Court of the northern district of New York, August 11, 1842, 506 Establishment of the fourth, fifth, and sixth circuits, August 16, 1842, 507 The Justices of the Supreme Court to allot the several districts among the justices of the court,
Commissioners to be appointed by the Circuit Courts to take bail and to exercise the powers of justices of the peace in certain cases, August 23, 1842, 516
District Courts to have concurrent jurisdic- tion with the Circuit Courts in all offences not capital, 517 Punishment prescribed by the 16th section of the act of April 30, 1790, chap. 9, changed,
The District Court of Western Virginia to hold an annual term at Wheeling, August 26, 1842, 534 An act to provide further remedial justice in the courts of the United States, August 29, 1842,
539 The Justices of the Supreme Court empower- ed to grant writs of habeas corpus when subjects of foreign states are in custody under process of the courts of the United States, or of any of the courts of the State, August 29, 1842, 539 If the prisoner shall be entitled to be dis charged, he shall be discharged forthwith, 539 Until final judgment, and after discharge, pro- ceedings against him in the State Courts to be null and void, - - 540 The District Court of Western Virginia shall hold a term at Charleston, in Kenawha, in- stead of Lewisburg, in Greenbriar county, 547
Additional appropriations for the expenses of the judiciary, August 31, 1842, - 576 An act establishing a District Court at Wheel- ing, January 20, 1843, 597 Change of the place of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the district of Maine, 600 The time of holding the Circuit Court in the district of Connecticut altered, February 24, 1843, 601 The time of holding the Circuit and District Courts in East Tennessee changed, March 3, 1843, 610 Establishment of a Circuit Court at Williams- port, in the western district of Pennsylva- nia, March 3, 1843, 628 The time of holding the District Courts at Clarksburg and Wheeling, in Western Vir- ginia, changed, - 652 The Circuit Court of Arkansas to sit on the second Monday in April in each year, 652 A Circuit and District Court in Ohio, 652 District Courts of Eastern Virginia, Circuit Courts of Alabama,
Appeals to lic to the Supreme Court from the Circuit Court in any case arising under the revenue laws, May 31, 1844, Alteration of the time of holding the District Court in the district of New Jersey, 660 The Courts of Arkansas to have jurisdiction over certain Indian country, June, 17, 1844, 680 The business of the District Court for the western district of Louisiana, transferred to the District Court for the eastern district, and to be there disposed of, and one term of the Court to be held annually for the business of the western district, February 13, 1845, 722
Admiralty jurisdiction given to the District Courts of the United States upon the lakes, February 26, 1845,
726 The Circuit Court of the eastern district of Louisiana, to transact the business of the Circuit Court for the western district, Feb- ruary 26, 1845, 726 The times of holding the Circuit Courts in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the southern district of Ala. bama and Louisiana, March 1, 1845, 730 District Judges of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Their salaries to be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, 789 Application of the laws of the United States to Florida, March 3, 1845, 788 Florida to compose one district, and one dis- trict judge to be appointed, 788 Jurisdiction the same as given to the District Judge of Kentucky by the act of Septem- ber 24, 1789, ch. 20, 788 District Attorney, Clerk and Marshal to be appointed,
Annual and extra sessions of the District Court,
Compensation of the Judge,
District Court in Iowa, March 3, 1845, 789 Laws of the U. States applicable to Iowa, 789 Jurisdiction of the District Court,
Compensation of the Judge, Marshal and District Attorney,
Division of Green Bay land district in Mi- chigan, June 15, 1836, 48 Register and Receiver to be appointed, 48 Certain lands ceded by the Fox and Sac In- dians attached to the Wisconsin land dis- trict, 49 An act to annex a certain tract of land to the Coosa land district, and for other purposes, 397 July 20, 1840, Land acquired from the Cherokee Indians by treaty of 1835, added to the land districts of Huntsville and Coosa, March 4, 1842, 470 Land Office for the Coosa district to be re- moved to Lebanon in the county of De Kalb, March 4, 1842,
A resolution to authorize the Attorney-Gene- ral to contract for copies of a proposed edi tion of the laws of the United States, March 3, 1845, - 798 Library of Congress.
Appropriation for printing the catalogue of the library, 462
Copies of the catalogue of the library of Con- gress to be distributed to the colleges and universities in the United States that have not already received them, January 20, 1843, 648 Light-Houses, &c.
An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys and dolphins, for the year 1837, March 3, 1837, 181 Appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and mak- ing surveys, for the year 1838, July 7, 1838,
Lottery Tickets in the District of Columbia. An act to suppress the vending of lottery tickets in the district of Columbia, August 31, 1842, 578 Louisiana.
Circuit Court of Louisiana, March 3, 1839, 337
Representatives in Congress according to the 491 sixth census, Certain papers relating to titles to lands in Louisiana to be returned to the General 649 Land Office, Time of holding the Circuit Court in Louisi- 722
An act to repeal an act for the better organi- zation of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana, Feb- ruary 13, 1845, Actions pending in the District Court of the
Representatives in Congress according to the sixth census,
A navy yard established at Memphis in the State of Tennessee, June 15, 1844, - 665 The third section of the joint resolution re- lating to the examination by the Attorney- General of sites for fortifications and im- provements by the United States, suspended in the case of the national depôt at Mem- phis, February 13, 1845, - 796 Merchandise recovered from Shipwreck.
Merchandise recovered from shipwreck which has been sunk in any of the harbors of the United States, may be entered free of duty, March 3, 1843, - 609
Michigan Land Claims.
The Mayor of Detroit authorized to adjust 541 claims, August 29, 1842,
Appropriations for certain sites for marine hospitals, August 29, 1842, Appropriation for a marine hospital at Key West, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, June 15, 1844, 670
Appropriations for the Military Academy for the year 1836, July 3, 1836, Appropriations for the Military Academy for the year 1837, March 2, 1837, Appropriations for the Military Academy for the year 1838, July 7, 1838, An act to provide for the Military Academy for the year 1840, July 20, 1840, Appropriations for the Military Academy for the year 1841, March 3, 1841, Appropriations for the Military Academy, 508 Appropriations for the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1845, April 12, 1844, 655
The State of Maine to be paid for the militia in the service of the State, June 13, 1842, 490
Appropriation to pay the State of Louisiana
for the expenses incurred in raising a regi ment of volunteer militia, August 29, 1842, 542 Payment of the militia of Florida called into service in 1839 and 1840, August 23, 1842, 522
Payment of the Florida militia, August 31, 1842, 578 The claims for supplies to the Florida militia to be settled on principles of equity and justice, March 3, 1843, 628 Resolution relative to settlements for supplies furnished to the militia of the United States under act of 1842, chap. 192, April 30, 1844,
See Volunteers and Militia.
Mint of the United States.
An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States, January 18, 1837,
Organization of the mint,
Regulations of the standard and weight of coins, Deposites and assay of bullion and coinage,
Officers of the branch mint at New Orleans, Charlotte and Dahlonega, and their sala- ries, February 13, 1837, The duties of melter and refiner transferred from the assayer to the coiner in the branch mints at Dahlonega, in Georgia, and Char- lotte, in North Carolina, Feb. 27, 1843, 602 The oath required by the third section of the act of March 3, 1835, chap. 37, may be taken before any Judge of the Supreme Court, or of any court of record, in the State where the officer taking the same is situ- ated, April 2, 1844, -
Mississippi divided into two districts, June 18, 1838, 247
Northern and southern districts-sessions of the courts, 247
District Courts of the United States in the State of Mississippi, 247 District Court of Mississippi, February 16, 1839, 317 Representatives in Congress according to the sixth census,
491 An act in relation to the two per cent. fund in the State of Mississippi, March 1, 1843, 603
navy, Re-enlistment, Appropriations for the naval service of the United States for the year 1837, March 3, 1837, 155 The titles of "Masters Commandant" changed to "Commanders," and "Sailing-Masters" to "Masters" in the navy, March 3, 1837, 163 The President authorized to cause the public armed vessels to cruise on the coast for the relief of distressed navigators, December 22, 1837, 208
The Secretary of the Navy authorized to pur- chase certain lands for the navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 3, 1839,
329 Note of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Harris v. 329 Elliott, (10 Peters, 25,) Appropriations for the naval service for the year 1839, March 3, 1839, Appropriations for the purchase of naval ord- nance and ordnance stores, September 11, 1841, 461 The Secretary of the navy authorized to con- tract with R. L. Stevens for a war steamer, 472 April 14, 1842, Appropriations for the navy for the year 1842, August 4, 1842,
An act to regulate the pay of pursers and other officers in the navy, August 26, 1842,
Regulations for the purchase of stores, Advance of money, or any commodity to officers, unlawful,
Pay of boatswains and gunners, Officers performing duty of a higher grade by order of the Secretary of the Navy or the commander of a fleet, squadron or ship, to receive the pay of such grade, of which he performs the duty, Appropriation for building a depôt of charts and instruments of the navy, August 31, 1842, 576 Professors of mathematics in the navy entitled to mess with the lieutenants, and to receive rations as received by lieutenants of the ship, August 31, 1842, An act to regulate the pay of engineers in the navy, August 31, 1842,
An act to reorganize the navy department of the United States, August 31, 1842, 579 Chiefs of bureaus to be appointed, Duties of chiefs of bureaus, Papers of the navy commissioners to be dis- tributed among the chiefs of bureaus, 580 Certain reservations to be made of lands in the south-eastern district of Louisiana of live oak timber for the navy, March 3, 611 1843, Right of pre-emption to said lands to be ad- mitted, Appropriations for the navy from January 1, 1843, to June 30, 1843, and for the fiscal year from July 1, 1843, to July 1, 1844, March 3, 1843, 615 The President of the United States authorized to direct the transfer of certain appropria- tions in the naval service under certain circumstances, 651 Appropriation for the increase of the navy, 656 April 22, 1844, Appropriations for arrearages and expenses beyond former appropriations, June 15, 1844,
Appropriations for the navy for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1845, June 17, 1844, 699 Seamen in the service of the United States to be detained after the period of their enlist- ment until the arrival of the vessel in which they shall be so detained, and until dis- charged by the Secretary of the Navy; the detention not to exceed thirty days after the arrival of the vessel in a port of the 725 United States, February 20, 1845, The provisions of the act of 1844, chap. 107, as to the pay of officers performing the duties of higher grades, not to apply to officers on foreign stations until after re- ceipt of information of the passage of the 729 act, February 26, 1845, The commanding officer of any vessel, squad- ron or fleet of the navy, when on the high seas, or in a port where there is no resi- dent consul of the United States, authorized to exercise all the powers of consul in re- lation to mariners of the United States, 725 Appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June 30, 1846, March 3, 1845, 790 Pension Fund.
Half pay allowed to widows and children of officers, seamen and marines, March 3, 180 1837, Pensions to commence from the time of the 180 officer, &c., being disabled, Appropriations for navy pensions for the fiscal 667 year, ending June 30, 1845, Appropriations for the payment of navy pen- sions for the year ending June 30, 1846, March 1, 1845, - 730 The pensions heretofore granted to widows continued for five years, March 3, 1845, 731
Representatives in Congress according to the - 491 sixth census, New Jersey.
Representatives in Congress according to the 491 sixth census, The places of holding the District Court of New Jersey altered, June 4, 1834, - 660 New Madrid Locations of Lands.
The titles to be perfected to lands south of the Arkansas river, held under New Madrid locations, and pre-emption rights under the act of February 17, 1815, chap. 45, March 603 1, 1843, - Owners of warrants on the lands in which the locations have been made and sold, may 603 enter other lands, Settlers south of the Arkansas entitled to the benefits of the act of February 17, 1815, 603 chap. 45,
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