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 214 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 19, 22. 1848. United States, to snail hereafter be attached to satisfy such judgment. as may be recovbe <1i¤¤<>1v¤d in ered by the plainfift in such process, and any contingency occurs by ge i221E8ms3g;: which, according to the laws Qf 8. Shité, S110h Hifachment would be dis. process from the solved upon like process pending ID, 0I' 1’€%\11‘¤3b]€ t0, the State egm·gs’ ` or pendingdin, the courts oaf the United fitlates vviignn such State shall be dissolve the intent an meaning o IS ac eing to ace such attachmentsdn the courts of the States and the United State? upon the Proviso saving same footing: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall interfere 3¤1<3¤;3¤§gtgg uw v¥thU:my gxgsting or future law giving priority m payments of debts to ' the United States. Amuzovnn, March 14, 1848. Much 14,, I34g_ Gunn. XIX.-An dot concerning the Courts of the United States in and far -——-—-——-—— the District of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives d` the The come or United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Circuit and
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be held at beanie continue to be held in the city of Detroit on the third Monday of June g;¤**[%“`}i’dM°¤é and the second Monday of October in every year, any provision in SQZOQIQ mgngy any act of Congress, heretofore passed, to the contrary notwithstandin Octobexyannu- ing; and that all writs, pleas, suits, recognizances, indictments, and au}" all other proceedings, civil and criminal, shall be heard, tried, and proceeded with by the said courts in the same manner and at the same place as heretofore. Ammovmn, March 14, 1848. March 21, 1848. CHAP. XXII.-—An Act for the Reliqfof the Heirs of John Paul Jonas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Adjustment of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounts of $g1;;j%*£:‘;a3f the late Commodore John Paul Jones with the United States be re- _;0,,eS_ ferred to the Secretary of the Treasury, to adjust and pay, out of any money or stock of the United States in the treasury not otherwise ape propriated, upon the principles of justice and equity, according to acts in similar cases and applicable thereto. Prize r¤¤n¤y§<> Sec. 2. And be itfurtlwr enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- Qzirffgd :1; B25 ury is hereby instructed to pay to the legal representatives of the said men land omcers John Paul Jones, and the omcers, seamen, and marines of the squading hk °°m‘ ron under his command, being citizens of the United States, or their ' representatives, out of any moneys or stock of the United States in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, their respective proportions of the value, as estimated by Benjamin Franklin, of three prizes captured by the squadron under the command of the said Jones, and delivered up to Great Britain by Denmark, in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine ; to be apportioned on the basis of the distribution of a settlement made with the captors for prizes captured gy thei said squadron, and received from the court of France, and con rme by Con ress in seventeen Deduetionfrsm hundred and eighty-seven ; deducting, however, fgom the share of £°£;%$C“P* Captain Peter Landais the sum received by him or his legal represent- ' atives under au act of Congress, approved the twenty-eighth of March, 1806, eh. 18. eighteen hundred and six: Provided, That, in ascertaining the amount bBNoaigrz:1»e;t _¢o due the heirs of said Paul Jones, if any, no interest shall be allowed on 0 EIN $f,,;;°‘”‘ "°“‘ Suiiiiiidglép, nrmh 21, 1848.