Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-04-11
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second Session Of the Forty.
-.. r Second Congress. E sa 30
IPUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.l

ed by pledge of United States bonds, and
to provide for the circulation and redemp-
ton thereof" approved June third, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House o.
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States Of
ABaerica an Congress assembled That sec
ton thirty-one ofsaid act be amended by
striking out the word " Ieavenworth /"
when it occurs in said section.
Approved, March 1, 1872. s-
GENERAL NATURE-No. 10.
AN ACT extending the time for the
completion of the Green Bay and Stur-
geon Bay and Lake Michigan ship ca
nal. in the State of Wisconsin.
BE it enacted on the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
An7erica IN Congress assembled That the
time for the completion of the Green Bay
and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan
ship Canal be, and the same is hereby, ex-
tended to the tenth day of April, ammo
Domoni eighteen hundred and seventy
four. E-.
Approved, March /, 1872. ,...-
GENERAL NATURE-No. 4.
AN ACT to change the times for holding
circuit and district courts of the United
States for the western district of Virgin
ia. -f rst .sH
Be it enacted Gy the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States Of
america IN Congress assembled, That, in
stead of the times now fixed by law, the
circuit and district courts of the United
states for the western district of Virginia
shall hereafter be held as follows: At Dan
willie, on the Tuesday after the fourth Mon
dav of February and August; at Lynch
burg. on the Tuesday after the third Mon
dav of March and September; at Harri-
sonburg, on the Tuesday after the second
Monday of April and October; and at
Abingdon on the Tuesday after the fourth
Monday of May and October. And all re-
cognizances, indictments, or other proceed
ings, civil or criminal, now pending in Ell
Their of said courts, shall be entered and
have day in court, and be heard and tried
according to the times of holding said
court as herein provided. ..s.H
Approved, February !, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. >.
AN ACT for the appointment of Repre-
sentatives to Congress among the sever
al States according to the ninth census.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
Represe7ltdtircs of the United States of
ABlerica IN Congress assembled, That
from and after the third day of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the
House of Representatives shall be compos-
ed of two hundred and thirty-three mem
bers, to be appointed among the several
States in accordance with the provisions
Of this act that is to say: To the State of
Maine, five; to the State of New Hamp-
shire, two TO the State Vermont two; to
the State of Massachusetts,, eleven to the
State RhCde Island, twOi to the State of
Connecticut, four; to the State of New
York, thirty-two; to the State of New
jersey, seven; to the State of Pennsylya-
MIA, twenty-six, to the State of Delaware,
one to the State of Maryland, six to the
State of Virginia, nine; to the State of
North Carolina, eight; to the State of
South Carolina, five to the State of Geor-
gia, nine; to the State of Alabama, seven
to the State of Mississippi, six; to the
State of Louisiana, five; to the State Of
Ohio, twenty; to the State of Kentucky,
ten; to the State of Tennessee, nine; to
the State of Indiana, twelve; to the State
of Illinois, nineteen; to the State of Mis-
souri,, thirteen to the State of Arkansas,
four; to the State of Michigan, nine; to
the State of Florida, one; to the State of
Texas, six; to the State of Iowa, nine to
the State of Wisconsin, eight; to the
State of California, four; to the State Min
nesota, three; to the State of Oregon, one;
to the State of Kansas, three; to the State
of West Virginia. three; to the State of
Nevada one: to the State of Nebraska,
one: Provided, That if aftersuch appoint
ment shall have been made, any new State
shall be admitted into the Union, the Rep
resentative or Representatives of such new
State shall be additional to the number Of
two hundred and eighty-three herein linn
tied. lii -s
SEC. .. That in each State entitled un-
der this law to more than one Representa-
tive, the number to which said States may
be entitled in the FOrty-third, and each
subsequent Congress, shall be elected by
districts composed of contiguous territory,
and containing as nearly as practicable an
equal number of inhabitants, and equal in
number to the number of Representatives
to which said States may be entitled in
Congress, no one district electing more
than one Representative Provided, That
i'm the election of Representatives to the
Forty-third Congress in any State which
by this law is given an increased number
Of representatives, the additional Repre-
sentative or Representatives allowed to
such State may be elected by the State at
large, and the other Representatives to
which the State is entitled by the districts
as now prescribed by law in said State, I'M
lass the legislature of such State shall 9TH |
erwise provide before the time fixed by |
law for the election of Representatives
therein. t ~ a3
SEC. 3. That the Tuesday next after the I
first Monday in November, in the year
eighteen hundred and seventy-siX, is here
by fixed and established as the day. in
each of the States and Territories of the
United States, for the election of Repre-