The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-04-19

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AN ACT establishing a Ci,cai, Cour, wiinio
and Tor the District of Milne.
BE ncsacted byfhe Senale and House
Of Representatives. Of tfe United State
of Amer,ca, in Congress assembled, That,
from and after the passing of this act, the
Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts,,
New-Hampshire, and Maine, shall con-
stitute the First Circuit; and. in addition
to the Circuit Courts now holden in said
circuit, there shall be holden annually two
Circuit Courts within and for said Dis
trict OF Maine, by the Justice of the Su-
preme Court residing in said circuit, and
by the District Judge of Maine, at the
times and places following, viz: One
session of said court shall commence and
be holden at Portland, in said district, OH
the eighth day OF May; and the other at
Wiscasset, in said district. on the eighth
day of October; and when either of said
days Shall happen to be Sunday, the ses-
sion shall commence on the day next fol-
lowing; and when only one of the Judges
hereby directed to hold the said Circuit
Courts shall be able to attend, such Cir
cult Courts may be held by the Judge SO
attending.
q Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacfed.
That all acts and parts Of acts granting
said District Court of Maine the powers
and Jurisdiction of Circuit Court OF the
United States, be and the same are here
by repealed F -
Sec 8. And be il /wtle, enacted,
That the Circuit Courts by this act es-
tabIished in and for the District of Maine,
shall have power to, and may at its first
session. take cognizance of, and proceed
to act upon. hear and decide, all actions,
causes, pleas, processes, matters, and
things, which have originated in said
DlAlrlc, Court, and which would by law.
be cognizable, and be heard and deter
mined. by the Circuit Court to be hol-
den in the District Of Massachusetts,, if
this act had never been made and passed.
Sec.4 And be it nther enacted,
That those causes which have originated
as aforesaid, in SAID District Court, and
have been entered at the Circuit Court
In the District of. Massachusetts,, and are
now pending therein, on error, appeal, or
Otherwise, shall be transferred to the Cir
Cult Court by this ACT established. and
entered ON the docket of. the same at it's
FIRST session, in order that the said Causes
may be heard and decided therein, in the
manner provided by the third section Of
this act.
: Washington, March 80, l82O.-Ap-
proved, JAMES. MONROE.
AN ACT further to su.psad, for . limited
time, INC sale or tovfeisure Of Lands, for
failure IN 20 nple,ins the psymen, thereon.
BE IL fendrfed BY The Senate and House
Of Representatives Of fhe United SAFES
of Ame,ied in Congress assembled That
che operation Of the sixth condition of the
fifth section of the act, entitled "An act
to amend the act, entitled .An act pro.
viding for the sale Of the lands of the u
States north west Of the Ohio, and above
the mouth of Kentucky river" be, and
the same is hereby, suspended until the
thirty-6rst day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-one, in favor
of the purchasers of public lands, at any
Of the land-othccs Of the United States
Provided, That the benefit of this act
shall not be extended to any one purcl,as-
er for greater quantity than six hundred
and forty acres.
Washington, March 80. 1920 -Ap-
proved, JAMES MONROE.