Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-08-24
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT, THURSDAY, AUGUST "a I84S

donation of land as aforesaid; and said agent shall
attend at such other places in said settlements as
the convenience Of such settlers in furnishing their
proofs llay demand, under the instructions of the
General Land Office; and said agen. SHALL within
five months after he shall commence his duties in
said State, transmit all the proofs he may take and
make report Of his opinion as 10 each case To SAID
Commissioner Of the General Land Office, who
shall proceed Forthwith to examine and decide
said cases: Prouided, That if any settler does not
submit his proof TO such agent within four months
alter reasonable notice, by advertisement of the
times and places Of hiS attendance to receive such
ploor SAID settler shall not have the benefit oflhis
act; and all the cases reported as aforesaid shall
be defnilivey decided by the Commissioner of he
General Land Office, within two months after the
report thereof is received at his office; and said
agent shall be allowed the same compensation as
IS allowed by law TO examing agents of The Treas
ury Department
APPROVED July LIST, 2S49.
..' [PuHLIc-No S.
AN ACT supplemental 10 the act passed on the
ninth day Of July, in the year eighteen hundred
and lorly-six, entitled San act TO retrocede the
county Of Alexandria, in the District of Colum-
ba, to the State of Virginia.
BE il enacted By The Senate and House Of Rep.
reSentdtives of the United States of .america in
Congress assembled, That the Supreme Court Of
the United States shall have full power and juris-
dicIlon to hear and determn, and shall proceed
in due course To hear and determine, all causes
which had been removed into said court from the
circuit court of the District Of Columbia, holden
in and for The late county of Alexandria, by writ
of error or appeal at the time when the jursdic-
ton and laws lately existing IN said county had
finally ceased and determined in the manner pro-
n he SOL n
which this is supplemental. and shall deal with
and dispose of the same in the same manner, and
pursuant To the same laws, rules, and regulations
as would have applied 10 and governed the said
huses II the same had been duly heard and de- err
mined IN The said Supreme Court before the said
jurisdiction and laws had ceased and determined
ms aforesaid; and all Judgments, DEGREES, and man
dates, after that time, issuing from the said Su-
preme Court IN any such cause or causes shall he
certified and transmitted by the clerk OF said Su.
pteme Court to such court, or to the Judge OF
Judges of such court IA has been vested, or shall
or may be vested with jurisdiction or authority to
take COgni2anCe of the same, or in any manner to
cary the same into effect, or to act judcialIy
touching the same, by any law of the State Of Vir
gna in such case provided, OF hereafter 10 be en-
acted and provided.
SEC. 2. And be ii futile, enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the circuit court of the Dis
t;ict of Columbia for the county of Washington,
and Of the clerk of said court, and they aud each
of them are hereby authorized and required I"
certify aud transmit eXemphcallOus Of all proceed
ngs, and of all jrdsments d"clers, and orders
rendered or passed, or at any time hereafter 10 he
rendered or passed. in an, action, suit, or proSecu-
ton org inalIy commenced in the said circuit court
holden for the county of Alexandria, and thence
removed into the said circui, court holden for The
county Of Washington, together with all original
documents and other papers filled in the same, to
snch court, judge, judges, or clerk, be now re-
quired or authorized, or as shall or may be reQulr
ed or authorized by any such law of Virginia AS
aforesaid ~ receive or take CugmLance Of the
same, or 10 carry the same into effect, or in any
manner to act judiciaIly or officially touching the
same.
APPROVED July 5, 1918.