pending in the district courts, at Mobile and Cahawba, to be adjourned, &c. to the times appointed by this act, &c. All cases pending in said courts, in which the defendant or defendants resided in the northern district at the time of serving the process, to be transferred to the court for the northern district, &c. All suits hereafter to be brought, not of said district courts at Mobile and Cahawba shall be adjourned and continued from the times heretofore prescribed by law for holding said courts respectively, to the times appointed by this act and all recognisances and process of every description, made returnable to the former terms of holding said courts, respectively, shall be returned to the terms herein established, and be as valid as if the time of holding the same had not been changed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all causes at law or in chancery, pending in the said district courts at Mobile and Cahawba, in which the defendant or defendants resided in the northern district, at the time of serving the process, shall be transferred to the district court for the said northern district, established by this act, and be proceeded in, adjudged, and determined, in the same manner as if originally commenced in said court; and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the said district courts at Mobile and Cahawba, to transmit by some safe conveyance, to the clerk of the district court for the northern district, the original papers in all such causes, together with a transcript of all proceedings had therein. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all suits hereafter to be brought, in either of the courts aforesaid, not of a local nature, shall be brought a local nature, only in the district where the defendant shall reside; but if there be more than one defendant, and some of them reside in the northern, and some in the southern district, the plaintiff may sue in either, and send a duplicate writ to the other, on which he shall endorse that it is part of a suit brought in the district from which it is sent; and the said writs, when executed and returned, shall constitute one suit, and be proceeded in accordingly. to be brought only in the district where the defendant shall reside, &c. A clerk of the district court for the northern district to be pointed. ap The district SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the judge of said courts shall appoint a clerk of the district court of the northern district, who shall reside and keep his office, and the records and documents appertaining thereto, at the place of holding said court: be entitled to the same fees allowed by law to the clerks of the southern district, and be subject to the same liabilities and penalties. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the district attorney heretoattorney for the fore appointed for the district of Alabama, shall be the district attorney for the southern district of Alabama; and there shall be a district attorney appointed for the northern district of Alabama, who shall hold his appointment for the same term, be subject to the same duties, and receive the same salary, fees, and emoluments allowed to the district attorney of the southern district of Alabama. district of Alabama to be attorney for the southern, and one to be appointed for the northern district. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, should the judge fail to atAdjournment tend at the time and place of holding any of the courts herein mentioned, before the close of the third day of the term, the business thereof shall stand adjourned to the next term. in case of the non-attendance of the judge. STATUTE I. APPROVED, March 10, 1824. March 16, 1824. CHAP. XXIX.—An Act to define the boundary line between the Edwardsville and The country lying between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, &c. to be attached to, &c. the land district of Ed wardsville, &c. Springfield land districts, in the state of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all that tract of country lying between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, and south of the base line of the military surveys, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the land district, the office of which is located at Edwardsville; and all that tract of country lying between the said rivers, and north of the said base line, be, and the same is hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the land district, the office of which is established at Springfield, in the county of Sangamo. APPROVED, March 16, 1824.. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXX.—An Act to change the terms of the district court of the United March 24, 1824. States for the Kentucky district. (a) pas Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after the sage of this act, the sessions of the district court of the United States, in and for the Kentucky district, shall commence and be holden on the first Monday of May and of November, in each year, instead of the terms now appointed by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all motions, process, pleas, and suits, returnable to the term of said court, heretofore appointed to be holden in April next, shall stand adjourned and continued over to the May term, next appointed by this act, and shall be as effectual in law as if the said April term had not been abolished. APPROVED, March 24, 1824. Act of March 1, 1823, ch. 23. The sessions of the district court of Kentucky, to be held on the first Mondays of May and November. Motions, &c. to stand ad journed. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXXI.-An Act to authorize the employing of certain assistants in the March 24, 1824. general land office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ in the general land office, for a term not exceeding twelve months, one assistant draughtsman and two colourers, for the purpose of completing the maps directed to be made by a resolution of the Senate of the United States, passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twentythree. APPROVED, March 24, 1824. One draughtsman and two colourers to be appointed in the general land office for one year. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXXII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of government for April 2, 1824. the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; that is to say: For compensation to the Senators and members of the House of Representatives, their officers, and attendants, including the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars, appropriated by an act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, passed the nineteenth day of January last, four hundred and fifty-three thousand eight hundred and seventytwo dollars. For expenses of fuel, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, sixty thousand seven hundred dollars. For expenses of the library of Congress, including the salary of the librarian, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five thousand dollars. act For compensation to the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State, per of the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. (a) See notes to act of March 1, 1823, ch. 23. [Obsolete.] Sums appropriated for the service of the year 1824. Congress and their officers. 1823, ch. 3. Contingent expenses of Congress. Library, and librarian to Congress. President. Vice Presi dent. Messengers. Contingent expenses. Secretary of the Treasury. Clerks. For compensation to the messengers in said department, including the messenger in the patent office, one thousand four hundred dollars. For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, including the expenses of printing the laws, and for extra copying of papers, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, six thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the 1818, ch. 87. Treasury, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, ten thousand dollars. Additional clerk. For compensation to an additional clerk, as allowed per act of appro1818, ch. 87. priation of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars. For compensation to the first comptroller of the treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the first comptroller, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars. For compensation to the second comptroller of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the second comptroller, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars. For compensation to the first auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the first auditor, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars. For compensation to the second auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the second auditor, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars. For compensation to the third auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the third auditor, twenty-three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars, in full of allowances. For compensation to the fourth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the fourth auditor, per act of twentieth [of] April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of allowances. For an additional clerk in said office, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the fifth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the fifth auditor, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, ten thousand five hundred dollars. 1818, ch. 87. Clerks to com For two clerks to complete the duties of the commissioner of the revenue, transferred to the office of the fifth auditor, two thousand missioner of refive hundred and fifty dollars. For one clerk on the business of the agent of the treasury, transferred to the office of the fifth auditor, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of all allowances. For compensation to the treasurer of the United States, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the treasurer, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to an additional clerk, and also for an assistant to the chief clerk, as allowed since the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, one thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of allowances. For compensation to the commissioner of the general land office, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of said commissioner, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to such persons as may be employed to bring up the business in said office, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars, in full of all allowances. For compensation to the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the register, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twentytwo thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the messenger, including the allowance for stamping ships' registers, eight hundred dollars. For compensation to the assistant messenger in said office, three hundred and fifty dollars, in full of allowances. For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the sinking fund, two hundred and fifty dollars. For allowance to the person employed in transmitting passports and sea-letters, for expense of translating foreign languages in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury; for stationery, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses, in the Treasury Department, and the several offices therein, including the expenses of stating and printing the public accounts for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For allowance to the superintendent and four watchmen, employed for the security of the State and Treasury buildings, for the repairs of engines, hose and buckets, one thousand and nine hundred dollars. For compensation to the Secretary of War, six thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of War, twenty-two thousand and six hundred dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars, in full of allowances. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the paymaster general, three thousand one hundred dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of allowances. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary general of purchases, two thousand eight hundred dollars. B venue. Clerk on business of agent of the treasury. Messenger. Treasurer. Messenger. Adjutant general's clerks. Clerks of the ordnance. Clerks of com For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of all allowances. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the adjutant general, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the ordnance office, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary genemissary general ral of subsistence, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. of subsistence. Clerks of chief engineer. Surgeon general's clerk. Contingent expenses of War Department. Secretary of the Navy. Clerks. 1818, ch. 87. Messengers. Contingent expenses. Commissioners Secretary of of navy board. board. Clerks. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the clerk in the office of the surgeon general, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For the contingent expenses of the War Department, seven thousand dollars. For compensation to the Secretary of the Navy, six thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, eight thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars, in full of all allowances. For the contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Navy, two thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the commissioners of the navy board, ten thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the navy board, two thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissioners 1818, ch. 87. of the navy board, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Other clerks, &c. Messenger. Contingent expenses. Superintendent and watch men of war and navy buildings. Postmaster General. Assistant P. M. general. 1818, ch. 87. Two clerks, For compensation to three clerks, and a draftsman, as allowed by the acts of appropriation since the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, four thousand dollars. For compensation to the messenger in said office, seven hundred dollars, in full of all allowances. For the contingent expenses of said office, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For allowance to the superintendent, and four watchmen, employed for the security of the war and navy buildings, and for the incidental and contingent expenses, including oil, fuel, candles, and labour, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the Postmaster General, four thousand dollars. For compensation to the two assistant postmasters general, five thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the General Post-office, per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars. For compensation to two clerks, as allowed per act of appropriation as allowed per of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, one thousand six hun act of 1823. 1823, ch. 31. Messengers. dred dollars. For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand and fifty dollars, in full of all allowances. For the contingent expenses of said office, four thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of the surveyor general, two thousand one hundred dollars. For compensation to the surveyor south of Tennessee, two thousand dollars. For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand seven hundred dollars. |