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“,” passed on the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for and during the space of six years from the passage of this act, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.

. And be it further enacted, That the agents for the payment of invalid pensioners of the United States, shall in future be required to give bond with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary for the department of War, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them respectively.

, April 25, 1812.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any ship or vessel which heretofore has been, or which hereafter may be chartered and laden on account of the government of the United States, shall be permitted to depart from the ports and harbors of the United States, and the territories thereof, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.

, April 27, 1812.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court in the New York district shall consist of two judges, to wit, of the present judge of said district so long as he shall continue in office, and such other district judge or judges, as may from time to time be appointed, who shall reside in said district, and severally exercise like powers, as may be exercised by the present judge of said district, and receive the same compensation whereto he is entitled.

. And be it further enacted, That the senior judge of the district, when present, shall preside in said district court, and whenever the judges shall differ in opinion in any cause, the order or judgment of court in every such case, shall be made and rendered in conformity with the opinion of the presiding judge. And the said court may be held, and the business thereof proceeded with, by one judge in the absence of the other. And the senior judge of the district for the time being, is hereby designated, and is to be deemed the district judge, who, together with one of the justices of the supreme court, is to compose the circuit court of the United States in said district; but in the absence of said senior judge from said court, his place may be supplied by the other judge of the district.

. And be it further enacted,