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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 46, 47, 49, 50. 1863. 657 proceeding, any person shall be sentenced, or shall have been sentenced heretofore, to two kinds of punishment, the one pecuniary and the other corporal, the President shall have full discretionary power to pardon or remit, in whole or in part, either one of the two kinds, without in any manner impairing the legal validity of the other kind, or of any portion * of either kind, not pardoned or remitted. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all criminal cases in which Kms 941% Pelithere has been or shall be a judgment or sentence against any person, as f';;i';?,“;?,y 6;;;,: a fine or penalty, whether alone or along with any other kind of punish- tion. ment, the same shall be deemed a judgment debt, and (unless pardoned or remitted by the President) may be collected on execution in the common form of law. Approved, February 20, 1863. CHAP. XLVII. -- An Act I0 change the Times of holding the Circuit and District Courts Feb. 20, 1863. of the Zhzited States jor the District of Indiana. "’j“_`-_` Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, instead of the times now Qrerms ofpirfixed by law, the circuit and district courts of the United States for the sgi2t3ds1gé?;;? district of Indiana shall be held on the first Tuesdays of May and November. And all recognizances, indictments, or other proceedings, civil and criminal, now pending in either of said courts, shall be entered and have day in court, and be heard and tried, according to the times of holding such courts as herein provided. Approved, February 20, 1863. CHAP. XLIX. —An Act to change the Times of holding the Circuit and District Courts Feb. 21, 1863. of the United States in the several Districts in the Seventh Circuit. """*""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, instead of the times now Terms pt circuit fixed by law, the circuit and district courts of the United States for the ?:‘g}:;‘:"°t°°‘“°’ several districts in the States composing the seventh judicial circuit shall ' hereafter be held as follows : -- O/zio.—·At Cleveland, for the northern district of Ohio, on the first Tuesdays in the months of January, May, and September in each year. At Cincinnati, for the southern district of Ohio, on the first Tuesdays in the months of February, April, and October in each year. Mehigan. —-- At Detroit, for the district of Michigan, on the first Tues- Michigandays in June, November, and March in each year. And all recognizances, Pr9vi¤i<>¤ for indictments, or other proceedings, civil and criminal, now pending in either P““d‘“€·' p"°°°”‘ of said courts, shall be entered and have day in court, and be heard and P°$‘» P- 661- tried, according to the times of holding said courts as herein provided. Armzovrzn, February 21, 1863. CHAP. I..—An Act to allow the United States to prosecute Appeals and W:·its of Error Feb. 21, 1863. without giving Security. I"`-";"` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any writ of The United error, appeal, or other process in law, admiralty, or equity shall issue §$‘;°;‘;g£"§;;‘ from or be brought up to the Supreme Court of the United States, either wmmgt Sw],·5iy’ by the United States or by direction of any Department of the Govern- far ¢<>¤*S· ment thereof, no bond, obligation, or security shall be required from the United States, or from any party acting under the direction aforesaid, by any judge or clerk of court, either to prosecute said suit or to answer in damages or costs. In case of an adverse decision, such costs as by law are taxable against the United States shall be paid out of the contingent Costs, how paid. VOL. XII. PUB.-83