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 THlR'l`°IETH CUNGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 144, 145, 147. 1848. 275 Sec. 3. And be it further cnartcd, That all causes at law or in _Allc:ru|ev»end- Chancery, pending in the said District Courts at Mobile and Huntsville,  tzgurgllig or in the Circuit Court of the United States at Mobile, in which the Mob;;,, and defendant or defendants reside in the middle district (as hereby estab- Urwtsvme *¤ lished) at the time of serving process, shall be transferred for trial to };?,§£,¤E.};i,ded?,; the District Court for the said middledistrict, and be proceeded in, ure middle disheard, adjudged, and determined in the same manner as though origi- nally commenced or prosecuted in the said court; and it shall be the com ym·mdd,s. duty of the clerks of the said courts at Huntsville and Mobile safely to mmtransmit to the clerk of the District Court at Montgomery the original papers in all cases hereby ordered to be transferred, together with a transcript of all orders and other proceedings had thereon. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws Conflictinglaws contravening or opposed to the provisions of this act, be, and the same '°l’°"l°d· are hereby, repealed. Aiwnovsn, August 7, 1848. Cnar. CXLIV.——.9n Act to anno: the Town of Essex, in the State of Massachu- A,,g_ 7, 1g4g_ sctts, to the Collection District of Gloucester. ———-———- Be it mmrted by the Senate and IIm1sc of Representatives ry the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the town of ’1‘<>»»-noflissex, Essex, in the State of Massachusetts, now included in the collection £_f°5lS·» c5‘,'“"t’€g‘l district of Newburyport, shall hereafter be included in, and form a part distygg Oy iiigun ol, the collection district of Gloucester. <>€S¤¢r- Ar>1>nov¤n, August 7, 1848. Cru?. CXLV.—.9n .9ct to anne: that Part of the Stale af Indiana bordering on Lake Mz}:/ziga.n ta the Chicago Collection District. Aug' 7’ 18g:' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asscmbkd, That from and after Thatpartof the the thirtieth day of September next, all that part of the State of Indiana 5;;*;* Pl I”d’“’F‘ . . . . . . erm¤onLaltc bordering on Lake Michigan, and heretofore included in the Detroit Mmm;;, ,,,,,8, collection district, be, and the same is hereby, annexed to, and made ertm nie colleca part ol; the collection district of Chicago, in the State of Illinois. g°f,?c,§f"‘" °f Arvrtovsn, August 7, 1848. CHAP. CXLVII. — An Hctfor the Relief aftlmse Prezmptian Claimants upon the Aug 7, 1g4g_ Miami Lands in Indiana, who, by their Services in the Mezimn War, are cnn- ——-Q-—— tlcd in Bounty Land. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That those persons p,,m,,,,[,,,,, who are entitled to bounty land warrants for one hundred and sixty c1¤i¤¤¤p¤¤_ ¤p¤n · _· · - · - the Mramr lands acres m urtue of their own services during the present war with Mex- in Indian, Emp ico, and who may likewise be entitled to the right of preemption upon ded to bounty the Miami lands in Indiana, under the act of the third of August, eigh- {;"€1E‘w';‘:r>;u‘;;’P:,>; teen hundred and forty-six, shall have the privilege of applying their P,,;me,,;_ warrants in payment or part payment for the tract to which they may 1846, ch. 77. establish their right of preemption ; said warrant to be estimated, when received as aforesaid, at the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each acre therein contained: Provided, That in no case shall the proviso, government be required to refund any excess of the estimated amount of said warrants, over and above the price of the tract claimed to be entered; and should the tract claimed to be entered as aforesaid exceed, at the rate fixed by law, the said sum, then and in such case the balance of the purchase money of said tract shall be paid in cash. A1-rnovsn, August 7, 1848.