Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-31

purpose of holding district courts il
the same, one to consist of that par
thereof, which by the laws Of the said
state, now forms the district of Wash.
ington and Hamilton. which shall be
called the district of East Tennessee
and one other to consist of all that
part of the state of Tennessee, which
by the laws of the said state now
forms the districts of Winchester,
Nero and Robertson, which shall be
called the district of West Tennes-
see and all the authority, powers and
jurisdiction, vested in the several dis
trict courts of the United States, and
the judges thereof, in those districts
IN which circuit courts are now held,
shall be retained, and may be exer-
cised by the several district courts of
Kentucky, East and West Tennessee,
and Ohio, and the several judges
thereof. And the sessions of the said
district courts shall after the first day
of May next, be as follows in Ken
lucky, at Frankfort, two sessions, to
commence on the FIRST Mondays in
June and December, annually in
East Tennessee, at Knoxville, two
sessions to commence on the third
Monday in April, and second Monday
IN October, annually and at Nash
vile, two sessions, to commence on
the fourth Mondays in May and No
vember, annually and in Ohio, at
Chillicothe, three sessions, to COM
mence on the first Mondays in Fee
bruary, June, and October, annually,
and all actions, causes, pleas, process,
and other proceedings, relative to a.
ny cause, civil or criminal, which
shall have been issued, and shall be
returnable to, or depending in the
said several district courts of the u
nited States acting as district courts,
on the said first day Of May next,
shall be returned and held continued
to the said several district courts, res
pectively, at the times herein before
appointed for holding the same.
Sec. 5. BE it further enacted, That
the supreme court of the United
States, shall hereafter consist of a
chief Justice, and six associate iustic-
es, any law to (the) contrary notwith-
standing. And for this purpose there
shall be appointed sixth associate JUS
tice 10 reside in the 9TH circuit, whose
duty it shall be, until he is othererwise
allotted, to attend the circuit courts OF
the said seventh circuit, and the SUI
preme court Of the United States, and
who shall take the same oath, and be
entitled to the same salary, as are re-
CURED of, and provided for the other
associate justices of the United
States.
NATHL. MACON,
Speaker efMe House Of Representatives
GEO: CLINTON,
Vice President Of the United States ana
President of the Senate.
February "a, 18O7.-APPRovED,
TIL: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making provision for the disposal o
the public lands, situated between
: the United States military trac
and the Connecticut reserve, ant
for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate ant
. House of Representatives of the u
nited States Of America in Congress
Assembled, That for the disposal o
the lands of the United States, situat
ed between the United States militia
| ry tract and the Connecticut reserve
. land office shall be established
. which shall be kept at such place a
, the president of the United State
| may direct and that for the dispo
, sal of the lands of the United State
lying on the Ohio river, between thu
Cincinnati and Vincennes districts,
, land Office shall be established at Jel
| fersonville and for each of the sal,
Offices a register and receiver Of pub
| lie monies shall be appointed, VIII
shall give security in the same man
. ner, in the same sums, and whose com
pensation, emoluments, duties and au
. thority, shall, in every respect, be tn
same, in relation TO the lands whic
, shall be disposed of at their Offices, a
, are or may be provided by law, in re
, lation to the registers and receivers {
public monies in the several office
established for the disposal of I'll