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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 86

Chap. LXXXVI.—An Act to authorize the construction of a road from Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be,Appropriation for opening a road. and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the opening and construction of a road in the Territory of Iowa, from Dubuque, on the river Mississippi, to such point in the northern boundary of the State of Missouri as may be best suited for its future extension by that State to the cities of Jefferson and St. Louis, within the same; that the Secretary of War be empowered an directed to cause such road to be constructed by contract or otherwise: Provided, That the said road shall be opened throughout, and so far completedProviso. as to be capable of use, without exceeding in cost the sum hereby appropriated; and in laying down the route thereof respect be paid, so far as the same may be practicable, without greatly increasing the length thereof, to the accommodation of the seats of justice of the several counties in Iowa through which it may pass, and to the best sites for bridges or ferried over the several rivers which the said road must cross.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, empowered to cause a survey of Red Cedar river,Survey of Red Cedar river. within the said Territory, and an estimate to be made, with a view to the improvement of the navigation thereof above the town of Moscow, and the connection of the said navigation with the river Mississippi, by a canal, extending from the vicinity of said town to some suitable point in or near the town of Bloomington; and to defray the expense of said survey and estimate,Appropriation. the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums are hereby appropriated to several objects respectively, which are hereinafter described:
Opening and constructing a road from Burlington, &c.For the opening and construction of a road from Burlington through the counties of Des Moines, Henry and Van Buren, towards the seat of Indian agency on the river Des Moines, five thousand dollars;
Improving the road from Burlington to De Hagues.For the improvement of the road from Burlington, in the Territory of Iowa, to De Hagues, in Illinois, the sum of twenty-five hundred ​dollars, in aid of a like sum contributed towards the same object by the town of Burlington.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 85

Chap. LXXXV.—An Act to amend an act entitled “An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers,” passed April 16, 1818.
Act of April 16, 1818, ch. 64. Construction of act.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the act entitled “An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers,” approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, be, and the same shall be, so construed, as to include the case of the Adjutant General of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1839.
# United States v. Cook (384 U.S. 257)

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United States Supreme Court
384 U.S. 257
United States v. Cook (384 U.S. 257)
Argued: April 19, 1966. --- Decided: May 23, 1966
Jerome Feit, Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Thomas H. Peebles, III, Nashville, Tenn., for appellee, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court.
Mr. Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Coolidge

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14 U.S. 415
United States v. Coolidge
THIS was an indictment in the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts, against the defendants, for forcibly rescuing a prize, which had been captured and taken possession of by two American privateers. The captured vessel was on her way, under the direction of a prize master and crew, to the port of Salem for adjudication. The indictment laid the offence as committed upon the high seas. The question made was, whether the circuit court has jurisdiction over common law offences against the United States? on which the judges of that court were divided in opinion.
The Attorney-General stated that he had given to this case an anxious attention; as much so, he hoped, as his public duty, under whatever view of it, rendered necessary. That he had also examined the opinion of the court, delivered at February term, 1813, in the case of the United States v. Hudson and Goodwin. That considering the point as decided in that case, whether with, or without, argument, on the part of those who had preceded him as the renew sentative of the government in this court, he desired respectfully to state, without saying more, that it was not his intention to argue it now.
STORY, J. I do not take the question to be settled by that case.
JOHNSON, J. I consider it to be settled by the authority of that case.
WASHINGTON, J. Whenever counsel can be found ready to argue it, I shall devest myself of all prejudice arising from that case.
LIVINGSTON, J. I am disposed to hear an argument on the point. This case was brought up for that purpose, but until the question is re-argued, the case of the United States v. Hudson and Goodwin must be taken as law.
March 21st.
JOHNSON, J. delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Coolidge/Opinion of the Court

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Upon the question now before the court a difference of opinion has existed, and still exists, among the members of the court. We should, therefore, have been willing to have heard the question discussed upon solemn argument. But the attorney-general has declined to argue the cause; and no counsel appears for the defendant. Under these circumstances the court would not choose to review their former decision in the case of the United States v. Hudson and Goodwin, or draw it into doubt. They will, therefore, certify an opinion to the circuit court in conformity with that decision.

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 130

Chap. CXXX.—An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose,” passed fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty.
15th sec. of the act of May 15, 1820, ch. 104, extended.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifteenth section of the act of the fifteenth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, to which this is a supplement, shall be so construed as to extend the provisions of said section as well to public open spaces as to public squares or reservations.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 131

Chap. CXXXI.—An Act altering the times of holding the courts in the District of Columbia.
Time of holding the circuit court, for the county of Washington and Alexandria counties, in the District of Columbia, changed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, shall, hereafter, commence and be held, on the first Monday of December, and first Monday of May, in each year, instead of the days now fixed by law; and the circuit court, for the county of Alexandria, in the said district, on the first Monday of November, and the second Monday of April, instead of the days now fixed by law; and that all process whatsoever, now issued, or which may be issued, in the respective counties of Washington and Alexandria, in said district, returnable to the days respectively, now fixed by law, for each of the said counties, shall be returnable, and returned on the days prescribed by this act; and causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, civil and criminal, returnable to, and depending before, the said courts, at the respective times of holding the same, as heretofore established, shall be returned and continued, in the same counties, respectively, in the same manner as if the said causes, recognisances, pleas, and proceedings, had been regularly returned or continued to the said respective times appointed by this act for holding the said courts.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 135

Chap. CXXXV.—An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians.
Appropriation to defray the expenses of a treaty with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of treating with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishing their titles to lands within the limits of the state of Mississippi. The said sum [to] be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Commissioners to be appointed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of negotiating said treaty on the part of the United States, the President shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint commissioners after the adjournment of the present session of Congress, or at an earlier period, if practicable, and to fix their compensation, so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for like services.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 132

Chap. CXXXII.—An Act to fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States in the district of Ohio.
The time of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the district of Ohio, changed, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the United States within and for the district of Ohio, instead of the time now fixed by law, shall hereafter be held on the second Monday of July, and the fourth Monday of December, in each year; and the district court of the United States, in and for said district, shall hereafter be held on the Mondays next succeeding the times herein fixed for holding the circuit court; and all suits and matters of every kind returnable to, or pending in, either of said courts, shall be held to be returnable and continued to the terms of said courts herein provided for.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 136

Chap. CXXXVI.—An Act to regulate the summoning of grand jurors, in the district courts.
The clerks of the district courts are not to summon a grand jury, unless by order of the judge.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of August next, the clerks of the district courts of the United States shall not issue a process to summon, or cause to be returned to ​any session of the said courts, a grand jury, unless by special order of the district judge.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 134

Chap. CXXXIV.—An Act to allow the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, to and from Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route.
Any goods, &c., which lawfully might be transported to or from Philadelphia, &c., by the way of Elkton, &c., shall be entitled to all the benefits, &c., existing in the case of goods, &c., transported by any of the routes above mentioned.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any goods, wares, and merchandise, which lawfully might be transported to or from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Elkton, Bohemia or Frenchtown, and Port Pen, Appoquinimink, New Castle, Christiana Bridge, Newport or Wilmington, or to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Appoquinimink and Sassafras river, shall, and may be, lawfully transported to and from the city of Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages, and shall be subject to all the provisions, regulations, limitations, and restrictions, existing in the case of goods, wares, and merchandise, transported by any of the routes before mentioned.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 137

Chap. CXXXVII.—An Act declaring valid and legalizing certain sales of land in the state of Mississippi.
Lands lying in Monroe county, Mississippi, which have been sold since Oct., 1822, legalized, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sales of lands lying in Monroe county, in the state of Mississippi, which have been sold at the land offices of Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa, since the thirtieth of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, are hereby legalized and declared valid, as though made at the proper land offices; and that patents be issued for them, in the same manner as for other lands soldat the land offices at Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 26

Chap. XXVI.—An Act to repeal the proviso to the second section of an act approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims of the United States against certain banks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The 2d section act 3d March 1837, ch. 35, repealed, &c. That the proviso to the second section of “An act to authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds standing to his debit on the books of the Treasury, to transfer the amount of the debit of banks and individuals indebted for the same, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise and settle said claims,” approved 3d of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, which prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from compromising the claims of the United States against the Alleghany Bank of Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to compromise and settle the claim of the United States against said bank.
Approved, February 16, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 35

Chap. XXXV.—An Act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Imprisonment for debt abolished. Act of Jan. 14, 1841, ch. 2. That no person shall be imprisoned for debt in any State, on process issuing out of a court of the United States, where by the laws of such State, imprisonment for debt has been abolished; and where by the laws of a State, imprisonment for debt shall be allowed, under certain conditions and restrictions, the same conditions and restrictions shall be applicable to the process issuing out of the courts of the United States; and the same proceedings shall be had therein, as are adopted in the courts of such State.
Approved, February 28, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 24

Chap. XXIV.—An Act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole Indians removed from Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation for the Seminoles. That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to provide a suitable location, west of the States of Missouri or Arkansas, for the Seminole Indians who have been or may be removed from Florida; and to provide for their support until they shall be removed to such location; and that, for these purposes, the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 6, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 25

Chap. XXV.—An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations. Revolutionary pensioners under acts other than those of May 15, 1828, ch. 53, June 7, 1832, ch. 126, and July 4, 1836, ch. 362. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, in addition to former appropriations, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine;
For the revolutionary pensioners, under the several acts, other than those of the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; the seventh of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; ​and the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, three hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;
Invalid pensioners. Pensions to widows and orphans under act July 4th, 1836, ch. 362. Pensions to widows under act July 7th, 1838, ch. 189. Half-pay pensions payable through office Third Auditor.For the invalid pensioners, under various laws, three hundred thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-three cents;
For pensions to widows and orphans under the act of the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, four hundred and ninety thousand and eighty-four dollars and fifty-two cents;
For five years’ pensions to widows, per act seventh July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, one million three hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars:
For half-pay pensions, payable through the office of the Third Auditor, ten thousand dollars.
Approved, February 13, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 27

Chap. XXVII.—An Act to amend “An act to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of Mississippi,” approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Act of June 18, 1838, ch. 115. The court of the N. dist. of Mississippi shall have jurisdiction, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the court of the northern district of Mississippi, besides the ordinary jurisdiction of a district court, shall have jurisdiction of all causes, except appeals and writs of error, cognizable by law in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That defendants residing in said northern district shall not be sued in the circuit court held at Jackson, except in the cases and in the mode prescribed by the fourth section of the act to which this is an amendment.
Appeals and writs of error shall be to supreme court U. S.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all appeals and writs of error from the decisions of the said district court, when exercising the powers of a circuit court, shall be directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same limitations and restrictions that they are now allowed by law from the circuit court.
The marshal for the several districts of Mississippi, in addition to the sale days now allowed by law, authorized to sell property on certain other days. Proviso.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Marshal of the several districts in the State of Mississippi, in addition to the several sale days now allowed by law, may be authorized to sell property at the court-house of each county on Monday of each week, and on the first and second ​days of each term of the district court; and that he may, at the written request of the defendant, change the sale of property to the place where the United States court for his district is holden: Provided, in the opinion of the Marshal, the interest of the plaintiff would not be compromitted thereby.
Approved, February 16, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 28

Chap. XXVIII.—An Act making an appropriation for the support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations. That in addition to the unexpended balance of appropriations of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, now subject to the order of the inspectors, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, for the support of the penitentiary for the District of Columbia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and for the payment of claims not settled, as follows: For pay of officers and agents; for repairs to buildings; for purchase of raw materials; for rations, clothing, beds, and bedding for prisoners; for purchase of fuel; for purchase of hospital stores and medicines; for purchase of books and stationery; for purchase of horse food; for allowance to discharged convicts; for pay of the inspectors for the years eighteen hundred and twenty-nine and eighteen hundred and thirty; for compensation to the secretary to the board of inspectors, from the date of his appointment, at two hundred dollars per annum, for keeping the books, records, and papers of the inspectors, as required by law; and for other contingent expenses of the institution, the sum of eight thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars, and forty cents; to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expended under the direction of the board of inspectors.
Approved, February 16, 1839.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 33

Chap. XXXIII.—An Act to prevent the abatement of suits and actions now pending, in which the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, may be a party.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,No suit, &c. now pending, shall abate, &c. That no suit, action, judgment, or decree, now pending and unsatisfied, in which the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, is party, plaintiff or defendant, shall abate, or be discontinued or dismissed by reason of the expiration of the term for which the said bank is chartered, but all such suits, actions, judgments, and decrees shall be allowed to proceed to final judgment, execution, satisfaction, and settlement; and for that purpose it shall be lawful to use the corporate name, style and capacity, notwithstanding the expiration of the term of its incorporation.
Approved, February 28, 1839.