on loan the domestic debt of the United States,” passed the nineteenth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, be, and they are hereby continued in force, until the thirty-first day of December next, and no longer: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be construed to extend to any evidence of public debt, which may be barred by any act of limitation.
Approved, March 3. 1797.
Statute Ⅱ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅥ.—An Act to revive and continue the act, passed the thirtieth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, intituled “An act to regulate the compensation of Clerks.”
Act continued.
Ante, p. 486.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, intituled “An act to regulate the compensation of clerks,” passed the thirtieth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, be and the same is hereby revived and continued until the first day of January next.
Additional allowance to clerks, sergeant-at-arms and doorkeepers.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be allowed and paid to each of the principal and engrossing clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, in addition to the sums allowed them by law, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six: And also, that the further sum of one hundred dollars to each of the principal and engrossing clerks employed by the Secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, be allowed and paid, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; also, the like sum to the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, and to each of the doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers of the two Houses of Congress, in addition to the sums heretofore allowed by law.
Approved, March 3, 1797.
Statute Ⅱ.
Chap. ⅩⅩⅦ.—An Act concerning the Circuit Courts of the United States.
Times of holding the circuit courts.
Act of April 29, 1802, ch. 23.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of the present session of Congress, the times and places of holding the several circuit courts of the United States, in the present and each succeeding year, shall be as follows, to wit:
New York.In the state of New York, at the city of New York, on the first days of April and September.
Connecticut.In Connecticut, at New Haven, on the thirteenth day of April, and at Hartford on the seventeenth day of September.
Vermont.In Vermont, at Windsor, on the first day of May, and at Rutland, on the third day of October.
New Hampshire.In New Hampshire, at Portsmouth, on the nineteenth day of May, and at Exeter, on the second day of November.
Massachusetts.In Massachusetts, at Boston, on the first day of June, and twentieth day of October.
Rhode Island.In Rhode Island, at Newport, on the fifteenth day of June, and at Providence on the fifteenth day of November.
New Jersey.In New Jersey, at Trenton, on the first days of April and October.
Pennsylvania.In Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, on the eleventh days of April and October.
Delaware.In Delaware, at New Castle, on the twenty-seventh day of June, and at Dover, on the twenty-seventh day of October.
Maryland.In Maryland, at Annapolis, on the seventh day of May, and at Baltimore, on the seventh day of November.
Virginia.In Virginia, at Richmond, on the twenty-second days of May and November.