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For half-pay pensions, payable through the office of the Third Auditor, five thousand dollars.

, March 10, 1838.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit and district courts of the United States shall be held in the district of Indiana, at the seat of Government in said State, on the third Monday of May and November; at the seat of Government in the district of Illinois, on the first Mondays of June and December; in the district of Michigan, at the seat of Government in said State, on the third Monday in June and the first Monday in November; and in the district of Ohio, at the seat of Government in said State, on the first Monday of July, and the third Monday in December, and all recognizances entered into, and all mesne and final process, which have been issued, or which shall hereafter be issued, shall be returnable in the respective districts to the first term, as above established: And it shall be the duty of the circuit judge, to attend one circuit court in each year, in the districts of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and should any question of law be raised, in any case, in the absence of the circuit judge, the district judge may, at his discretion, adjourn the cause to the succeeding term of the circuit court.

, March 10, 1838.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled “,” and which, by subsequent acts, has been revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same, so far as it relates to the act of Maryland, is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers.

, March 19, 1838.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the third section of the act entitled “,’” approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, as repeals all former acts, or parts of acts, conferring circuit court jurisdiction on certain district courts therein named, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as relates to the courts of the western district of Virginia; and that the district courts of said district exercise the same jurisdiction with which they were invested previous to the passage of said act.