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to attend the fall term of said court at Jackson, and hold the same; and when he does so, then he may dispense with his attendance at the fall term of the court at Knoxville, in the district of East Tennessee; or when said judge holds the term at Knoxville, then he may dispense with holding the corresponding fall term at Jackson. And said circuit judge may elect which court he will hold, at discretion, in the exercise of which he shall be governed by the nature and importance of the business: Provided, Said circuit judge may attend at Knoxville and Jackson at any of their fall terms; And provided also, That in the absence of said circuit judge at any term of either of said courts, the district judge shall hold the same, and may exercise all the powers and jurisdiction conferred on the circuit court when held by the circuit judge.

. And be it further enacted, That appeals shall lie from the district court at Jackson, to the circuit court, in the same manner that they lie from the district court to the circuit court at Nashville.

. And be it further enacted, That the fall terms of the district and circuit courts at Jackson, shall in future be held on the second Monday of October in each year; that the fall terms of the district and circuit courts of Kentucky be in future held on the third Monday of November in each year; and that the fall terms of the circuit and district courts at Knoxville, be held on the first Monday of November, in each year.

, April 14, 1842.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entries of the following described tracts of land permitted to be made by the register and receiver at Ouachita, in the land district north of Red river, in the State of Louisiana, to wit: Lot number five, of section thirty-eight, and lots numbers one, two, five, and six, of section forty-five, and lots numbers three and four, of section forty-five, and lots numbers three, four, and five, of section forty-six, and lots numbers two, three, six, seven, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen, of section forty-eight, all said lots being in township number thirteen, of range number twelve east, in the said land district north of Red river, in the State of Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed and declared to be good and valid; and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases of good and valid entries, and certificates of purchase, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

, April 14, 1842.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Robert L. Stevens for the construction of a war-steamer, shot and shell proof, to be built principally of iron, upon the plan of the said Stevens: Provided, The whole cost, including the hull, armament, engines, boilers, and equipment in all respects complete for service, shall not exceed the average cost of the steamers Missouri and Mississippi.

. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, towards carrying this law into effect.

, April 14, 1842.