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for the purchase, under the direction of the President of the United States, or ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and other quartermaster’s stores for the use of the army of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase, under the direction of the President of the United States, of saltpetre and sulphur, for making the same into powder, and for ordnance and small arms for the use of the navy of the United States.

, January 14, 1812.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the time heretofore established by law for the sessions of the district courts of the United States, in the North Carolina district, the said courts shall hereafter commence and be holden on the following days in each year, that is to say: At Edenton in and for the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April, and third Monday of October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the first Monday after the third Monday of April, and third Monday of October; at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the second Monday after the third Monday of April, and third Monday of October, any thing contained in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. And all actions, suits, process, pleadings, recognizances, and all other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, civil or criminal, commenced or to be commenced, and made returnable to any of the said courts, in the month of February next, shall be continued respectively, and shall be returned to, and have day in the term of said courts next to be holden by virtue of this act, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, with the same effect and power, they would have had if this alteration had not been made.

. And be it further enacted, That if the judge of the district courts aforesaid should fail to attend on the first day of the term of any of the said courts, respectively, it shall and may be lawful for the marshal of the district, and he is hereby authorized to adjourn the said court or courts, until the next succeeding day, and if the said judge does not attend before the expiration of the second day of the term of the said court or courts, respectively, it shall and may be lawful for the marshal aforesaid to adjourn the said court or courts to the term next in course, any thing in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

, January 23, 1812.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act passed on the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, entituled “,” as is contained in the first section of the said act, and which was revived and continued in force for the time therein mentioned, by an act, entituled “,” passed on the twelfth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ten, be, and the same is hereby