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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, shall be annually holden in the city of New Orleans, on the second Monday of December, instead of the third Monday of November, as now prescribed by law.

. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, processes, and other proceedings, which now are pending in said district court, or which are, or may hereafter be, commenced for or returnable to, the said district court, on the third Monday of November, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district court, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed.

, March 3, 1825.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, when the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that John Johnson, of Indiana, did enter, at the Brookville land office, in said state, the east half of the north-east quarter of section thirty-five, and the west half of the north-west quarter of section thirty-six, in township seventeen, north, in range four, east, by mistake, instead of the east half of the south-east quarter, and the west half of the south-west quarter of the same sections, it shall be lawful for a patent to be issued to the said John Johnson for the two last-mentioned half quarters, so intended to be entered, on his relinquishing to the United States his interest in, and surrendering the patent issued for, the two first-mentioned half quarters, in such manner as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed to ascertain claims and titles to land in East Florida, be, and they are hereby, authorized to continue their session until the first Monday of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, under the same laws, ordinances, and regulations, heretofore established for their government.

. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled “,” as renders void all claims to land in said territory, not filed on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and it shall be lawful for claims to be filed before the board of commissioners in East Florida, any time prior to the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.

. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed two additional clerks to the board of commissioners of East Florida, to each of whom shall be allowed the sum of seven hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly by the treasury of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners appointed for the examination of claims in East Florida, be allowed at