Abatement of Suits and of Process.

85

There shall be no reversal of a judgment
in the Supreme or Circuit Courts for
error in ruling a plea in abatement,
other than a plea to the jurisdiction of
the Court; or such plea to a petition
or bill in equity, in the nature of a de-
murrer; or for any error in fact. Act
of September 24, 1789, sec. 24, Vol. I.
No abatement of any suit in case of the
death of either of the parties, where
the cause of action survives. Execu-
tors or administrators may prosecute
or defend. Act of September 24, 1789,
sec. 31,
I. 90
Writs shall not abate for want of form,
but the Courts may amend imperfec-
tions in the writ, declaration, and plead-
ings, notice of process, judgment, or
course of proceedings; other than
these the party may set down as the
cause of demurrer, on such terms as
the Courts may deem proper. Act of
September 24, 1789, sec. 32,
Notes of the decisions of the courts of
the United States, on proceedings by
executors and administrators, in suits
instituted by the testator or intestate,

I. 91

I. 90
Abduction of free Negroes from the District
of Columbia.

Punishment for taking, by fraud or vio-
lence, any free person of color from
any part of the District of Columbia,
to any other part of the District, or
elsewhere, with design or intention to
detain or cause him to be detained as
a slave,
IV. 450
Academy, Military-See Military Academy.
Access to Persons charged with Crimes.

The counsel of persons charged with
crimes and offences shall always be
allowed,

Accessories to Crimes or Offences.

I. 118

Accessories to murder, felony, piracy,

&c., before the fact, to suffer death, I. 114

Transfer of the funded stock for balances,
to be made with the consent of the
states,
I. 409
Debtor states, assuming to pay balances
found due by them, by building forti.
fications, &c., equal to their debts, to
be discharged,
I. 616
Additional evidence in support of the
claims of Massachusetts and other
states, on the United States, to be re-
ceived, although not conforming to
existing rules,
V. 132
Proceedings for the adjustment of ac-
counts between the United States and
individuals, -

I. 441

Accounts.

Further regulations for the settlement of accounts with receivers of public money,

V. 764

V. 764

II. 535

I. 512 Accounts adjusted at the Treasury, not to be re-opened r,ithout authority of law, Accounts not presented at the Treasury within six years, not to be acted upon by the accounting officers, Acts for the establishment of the Treasury Department amended, and departments organized for the settlement of accounts, The Comptroller of the Treasury to lay before Congress annual statements of the accounts in the Treasury, War, and Navy departments, and of ba. lances due to the United States, Notes of the decisions of the courts of the United States on Treasury statements, transcripts, and documents, I. 513 Settlement of accounts for army supII. 816 plies, An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts, III. 366 Duties of the auditors, comptrollers, and pursers, for the adjustment of accounts in the Navy and War departments,

II. 536

III. 367

III. 592

Accounts relating to Indian affairs to be settled by the second auditor, III. 487 An act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy departments, III. 567 Proceedings against receivers of public money failing to account, Notes of the decisions of the courts of the United States on the provisions of this act which authorize the issuing of process of execution, &c., for ba lances stated to be due the United States, III. 593 No advance of public money to be made unless by the order of the President,

.

The accounts of the United States, public offices and courts to be kept in dollars, or units; dimes, or tenths; cents, or hundredths; and mills, or thousandths, I. 250

III. 366

All accounts of public debtors and public agents to be settled at the Treasury after March 3, 1818, Revolutionary accounts for services in the military or naval departments shall be presented within two years from March 27, 1792, I. 245 Limitation extended to March 1, 1799, I. 580

Accounts of the navy pension fund to be laid before Congress annually,

I. 716, II. 53 Accounts of the navy pension fund to be rendered quarterly by the treasurer of the fund to the accounting officers of the Treasury, II. 293, III. 288, IV. 572 Accounts of the army or navy, and receivers of public money to be rendered distinctly,

II. 535 II. 816

Accounts of army agents, Accounts of manufacturing establishments to be taken, and to be classified under the direction of the Secretary of State,

III. 719

Accounts-see Index to the volume of Private Laws, Vol. VI. 943.

Officers and agents to render quarterly accounts,

III. 723

Prompt proceedings against defaulting

officers,

III. 723

Accounting officers of the Treasury to admit expenditures in certain cases,

III. 770

Differences referred to the Secretary of War, No money appropriated to be paid to persons in arrears to the United States, Act of January 28, 1828,The provision of the act of January 25, 1828, chap. 2, vol. 4, 246, not to apply to pensioners, Accounts of emoluments of the officers of the customs to be rendered by the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, III. 695 District attorneys, clerks, and marshals III. 287 in prize causes, District attorneys, clerks of the Circuit and District Courts to render semi

I. 118

I. 119

The acts of Congress made to expire at the close of the 25th Congress continued to the end of the session to commence on the first Monday of December, 1837 (Obsolete), V. 204

To be authenticated under the seal of the State, I. 122 Notes of decisions of the Courts of the United States on the introduction in evidence of the acts, records, and judiI. 122 cial proceedings of States,

I. 76

The Circuit Courts may be adjourned by one of the judges, or by the marshal, in case of the want of a quorum, I. 76 The District Courts, if the judge do not attend, may be adjourned by the marshal, If the justice of the Supreme Court do not attend, the district judge may adjourn the Circuit Court, The Supreme Court, in case of a contagious disease, may be adjourned by the chief justice, or, in case of his death or absence, by an associate judge, I. 621

I. 76

Notes of cases on the jurisdiction of the District Courts in cases of admiralty seizures,

I. 77

I. 369

II. 291

Appeals in admiralty cases to the Supreme Court,

Circuit Court in cases of admiralty jurisdiction,

II. 244

If the district judge do not attend, the
court may be adjourned by a general
order from him,-
Authority to the Supreme Court to
adjourn from day to day, in case of
the non-attendance of a quorum, ex-
tended,
IV. 332
After a quorum of the court assembles,
authority given to the court to adjourn
from day to day, if less than a quorum
do not subsequently assemble, and
when expedient or proper may ad-
journ without day,

Adjutant-General of the Army.
Adjutant-General of the
Army,

I. 90

Administrators and executors may prosecute and defend suits in the Courts of the United States, when the parties to such suits die before final judgment, if the cause of action survive; and judgment may be rendered for or against executors or administrators, as the case may require, Consuls of the United States in foreign countries shall take possession of the property and effects of citizens of the United States dying abroad, shall collect and pay the debts due by and owing to such persons, and shall remit the balance to the Treasury of the United States, in trust for the legal claimants,

II. 244 District Court to take cognisance of captures made within the waters of the United States, or within a marine league of the shores, III. 449 The District Courts and District Judges in prize causes to examine accounts, and summarily to hear, decide, and decree according to justice, III. 288 The judges in any case depending in the Courts of the United States in a cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction shall have power to order the delivery of any vessel, cargo, or property to the claimants, upon bail or bond under the statute, IV. 503 In matters of contract or torts, the District Courts of the United States shall have the same jurisdiction on the lakes as on the high seas, under the act of September 24, 1789, chap. 20, V. 726 The maritime law, as far as applicable to the case, to be the rule of decision, V. 726

Shall be estimated by the collector and naval officer; and if no naval officer, by the collector, I. 661 Ad valorem duties imposed by the act of April 27, 1816, (obsolete,) III. 310 Ad valorem duties to be estimated on the real cost of the articles at the place of export. Act of March 3, 1817, (obsolete,) III. 310 Actual value of goods, &c., in certain cases to be appraised, estimated, and ascertained by collector and appraiser. Act of July 14, 1832, chap. 227, IV. 591 Proceedings of the appraisers under the act of July 14, 1832, IV. 592 Ad valorem duties, how to be estimated under the act of July 14, 1832, IV. 593 Amount of the market value of goods in the country from whence exported, to be ascertained,

No advance of public money shall be
made in any case whatever; provided`
that it shall be lawful, under the special
direction of the President, to make ne-
cessary advances to disbursing agents;
and the President may direct advances
to be made to persons in the military
and naval service, on distant stations,
III. 723

Affidavits
May be taken by the clerks of the courts
in the case of the absence or disability
of the judge, in cases of survey, İ. 278
Commissioners to be appointed by the
courts to take affidavits,
II. 680

The commissioners under the act of
1812, chap. 25, vol. 2, 679, authorized
to take affidavits on oath, in civil
causes, to be used in the several Dis.
trict Courts of the United States, III. 350

Affirmations.

Affirmations allowed as well as oaths,

I. 263

Agents.
Priority of the United States, in claims
on public agents and debtors,
Notes of cases in the Courts of the United
States, as to the right of the United
States to priority of payment, out of the
effects of public agents and debtors, I. 263
Settlement of accounts with public
agents, receivers of public money,
I. 512. II. 535, 816. III. 366, 487,
567, 689, 695, 723, 770. IV. 246
Revenue officers not paying over money
received by them, to forfeit their com-
missions on such money,
I. 512
Transcripts from the Treasury to be evi-
dence in suits against the agents of
the United States and public debtors, I. 512
Notes of decisions of the Courts of the
United States, on the admission of
Treasury transcripts in evidence in
suits against public agents and debtors,

Rifles to be presented to them, for their
gallant conduct at Plattsburg, IV. 195
Alabama Courts.

A purchaser of land in the Territory of
Alabama competent to hold any office
in the Territory. Act of April 9,
1818,
III. 417
Judicial power of the judges in Alabama
extended to all the counties in the
territory. April 20, 1818, III. 468
Superior Courts to be holden in all the
counties, -
. III. 468
Powers of General Court to extend to all
cases of admiralty jurisdiction, subject
to appeals to the Supreme Court, III. 468
Legislature may regulate the sessions of
the Superior Courts, &c.,
III. 468
Officers to take an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, III. 468
Alabama to be one district, to be called
the Alabama District. Organization
of the district,
Causes in the general territorial Court
to be transferred to the District Court,

III. 564

of Alabama, to be holden on the second
Monday in December, in addition to
the first Monday in May, - IV. 226
Records of the District Court at Cahawba
to be transferred to the District Court
at Mobile,
IV. 226
Causes of a criminal nature to be pro-
ceeded in to a final judgment in that
court,
IV. 227
The District Court for the northern dis-
trict of Alabama to be holden on the
second Mondays in March and October.
January 27, 1831,
IV. 434
The country in the district of Alabama,
occupied by the Cherokees and Chicka-
saws, to be a part of the northern
judicial district of Alabama, - IV. 501
So much of the acts of Congress as vest
the power of Circuit Courts in the
District Courts of Alabama, repealed,
V. 177
Circuit Court to be holden at Huntsville,
in Alabama. Act of March 3,
1837,
V. 177
Cases in the District Courts of Alabama,
which might have been brought in the
Circuit Court, transferred to the Cir-
cuit Courts established by the act of
March 3, 1837, -
V. 178
Reorganization of the District Courts of
Alabama,

Three districts established; northern,
middle, and southern,

Regulation of proceedings and officers
of the courts,

Appeals,

Representation in Congress according to
the sixth census,
Payment for expenses of militia called
into service, and not mustered, in 1837,

The state of Alabama to be paid for
moneys advanced for subsistence of
troops in 1837,
Bills of the Bank of Alabama to be re-
ceived from certain settlers, for land
sold in Alabama,
V. 606
The state of Alabama to receive the notes
in payment of the two per cent. fund,

V. 606

V. 727

Compact between Alabama and Missis
sippi, relating to the five per cent. fund,
and the school reservations,
See Canals-Public Lands-Pre-emp-
tion of Public Lands · Land Dis-
tricts-Roads.

Alabama Territory.

V. 315

V. 315

V. 315, 316

All laws contravening this act repealed,

Alabama, State of.

-

Part of Mississippi Territory, formed into
a territory, to be called the Territory
of Alabama,
III. 371
Laws in force to continue until other-
wise provided, .
III. 372
Organization of courts in the territory,
III. 372, 373
Organization of the legislature, III. 372
A delegate to be sent to Congress, III. 373
Persons in office to continue,
III. 373
Balance in the treasury of Mississippi
to be divided between Mississippi and
Alabama,
III. 373
Persons who purchase a quarter-section
or more of land in Alabama, and have
paid one-fourth of the purchase-money,
competent to hold office in the terri-
tory, (obsolete,)
III. 417
The people of the territory of Alabama
enabled to form a constitution and
state government, for admission into
the Union,
III. 489
Organization of the convention, III. 491
Propositions offered to the convention,
III. 491