Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-20
FRY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
,..., ot IL third session of the 7Aty0ur Congress

o"-f therein named.
on,cad nv the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress
That all enres6f the public and under the act 70
uate and reduce the price 81 the public anas fourth Of
August eighteen hundred and fifty four made prior 10 INC
passage this act in which the purchaser mas maze e
act and the instructions issued and force and in the
hands of the Register at the time of making SAID entry are
hereby and shs mer sad ac Which
The commissioner of the Land Office ascertain
to have been audulently or evasvey made: Provided
That this act shall not be construed to confirm any OF
said entries which have heretofore been annued and
Gated by said on account OF fraud evasion OF
law or other special cause and provided further That
thing herein contained shall be construed to deprive
any actual settler and cultvator of his right to land
which he resided at the time Of entry by another
under the act to which this act is an amendment.
Approved, March 3, 1857.
Chap Can Act to divide the State of Missouri into two
Judicial Districts.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the State of Missouri is hereby divided into
dcal districts in the following MANNER towt: the coun-
ties of Schuyler Adair, Knox Shelby Monroe Audran'
Montgomery Gasconade Franklin, Washington, Reynolds,
first day of January eighteen hundred and yseven with
all that part of the State lying east of the above
counties shall district to be called the
district of Missouri and court shall be held Tor the
district at the city of Saint Louis in said State All the
remaining part of said State shall another district
to be called the western district of Missouri and court
shall be held for in the city Of Jefferson in said
State.
Sec And be it further enacted That there shall be
two terms of the district court begun and held IN ana or
said western district at the city of jefferson. on the hrst
Mondays Of March and September of each ana mere
said district at the city of ST. Louis on the
third Mondays Of February May and November OF sacn
fourned terms when the business before the court SHALL IN
the opinion of the court, require it; ,
Sec g. And be it further enacted That all suits and 9TH
proceedings of whatever nature now pending
the district of the United States for the present DIS
tct of Missouri shall be tried and disposed OF in the DIS
trct court for said western district the manner as
the same would have been said State had not been
divided Districts and for that purpose the Jurls-
dcon reserved said district court in the said western
district and all process and other proceedings taken or
made to the district court for the pres
ent district of Missouri shall be returnabe at the next
term of said district court in and for said western district
of Missouri.
Sec T. And be it further enacted That upon the appica
ton of any party to any suit now pending in the district
for the present district of Missouri and which would
been the said eastern district this act
had been in force before the of said suit
the district court for said western district may and all
parties consent shall order that the be removed for
further proceedings the district court for the said eastern
and thereupon the clerk of the district court for
said western district shall transmit all the papers in the
with transcript of the order of the removal to the
clerk of the district court of said eastern and all
further shall be had in said court as II the SUIT
had been originally commenced therein.
Sec And be it further enacted That the present Judge
of the district of Missouri be and he is hereby to
hold said district court in and for the western district of
Missouri and shall exercise the jurisdiction and per-
form the duties within said western district he
sc And be- her enacted That na
judgment decree entered in the district court OF
the United States district of Missouri and all other
for the enforcement of any of said court
any pending therein except removed as
herenbeore provided shall be issu from and made
turnabe to the district court for said western district of
Missouri and and be executed by the marshal Of
said western district in any part Of said State.
Sec And be 1t further enacted, That the office OF dis
trct judge of said eastern district of Missouri be- and the
same hereby created and fit person shall be appointed
such district judge who shall exercise the same ursdlc
ton and perform the duties within said eastern dis
tct the district judge Of the present district of Mssou
ri now exercises and performs within his present district
And the district Judge of said district shall be
titled to annual salary of three thousand dollars and
the of the western district the salary provided
Sec And be it further enacted That the present dis
tct attorney for the district of Missouri shall be the dis
trct attorney for the said eastern District the present
d ,a d ie 90 ~ tta sosn ial D e tha d;t o
for the district Of Missouri shall be clerk of the dis
trict court for said western district
Sec And be further enacted That there be appoint
ed district attorney and marshal for said western dis
trc and clerk Of the district said dis
s shall kn9 Be the there
of the United States in and for the present district of Mis-
souri, shall be begun and held at the times and place
all matters pending therein and have the
same original jurisdiction in said State is vested in the
under existing laws and shall also have and exercise the
same appellate jurisdiction the district of the
United States for said eastern and western districts of Mis-
souri, as by existing laws is vested in the several circuit
courts of the United States the district of the
United States in their respective circuits Said circuit
shall be called the circuit court in and for the dis
trcts of Missouri shall be composed of the Justice of
the supreme court assigned to said circuit and the
judges Of the eastern and western districts of Missouri but
absence Of the remainder Said justice of the supreme
conr or in his absence the oldest commission said
Of ss 5s sa
the OF said circuit court the opinion of the presd
ing Judge shall prevail and be the judgment of the said
circuit court but on any peal to said circuit from
of the said district courts the Judge of the district
court from which such appeal taken shall
said circuit court the trial decision of the case so
ried by appeal to said circuit The clerk of the cir
cult court for the district of Missouri shall be and
remain the clerk of the circuit modified by this
act The district attorney and marshal for said eastern dis
trct OF Missouri shall such district attorney and
marshal IN said circuit court but the process of said
eastern and western districts of Missouri and shall be ex
ecuted only by the marshal to whom it is directed or by
DIS duly apP9 Maes deputy, in his district.
Chap CAn Act to amend the Act reducing the Duty on
ama for other Purposes passed July thrtieth,
Be enacted by the Senate and House of
OF the United States of America in Congress assembled
lna the eghth section OF the act approved July thirty
eighteen hundred and forysx, and entitled An act re-
ducg the duty on imports and for other purposes be
Sec And be further enacted That it shall be lawful
or ne owner consgnee or agent of imports which have
Deen actually purchased or procured otherwise by
Pcnas on entry OF the same make such addition in
the entry to the cott value given in the invoice as in
his may raise the same to the market value of
sucn IN the principal markets of the country whence
the importation shall have been made and to add thereto
al costs and charges which, under existing laws would
form part OF the true value the port where the NAV
be entered, upon which the duties should he assessed
And shall be the duty of the collector within whose dis
the same may be imported entered cause the du
liable value OF such imports to be appraised estimated and
sscertained in accorda with the provisions of existing
and if the appraised value thereof shall exceed by
or more the value declared on the enry
there shall be levied collected and paid duty of twenty
per az yaorem on such appraised vaue Provided
inat under no circumstances shall the duty
ing. MISUNDERSTANDING