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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch..40, 41. 1823. 773 rciturn of surveysl on oth? warrants, and that the surveys shall be return. l; in the genera land 0 icc: _Pr0vzded, That no locations, as aforesaid, P¤¤'i=¤· in virtue of this or the preceding sectionof this act, shall be made on tracts of lends for which patents had previously lreen issued, or which had been previously surveyed ; and any patent, which may nevertheless be obtained for land located contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be V considered null and void. Sec. 3. And be it furthermacted, That no holder of any warrant which Holders or has been, or may be, _10c3i6d, shall be permitted to withdraw or remove "¤"*{¤*S M! the same, and locate it on any other land, except in cases of eviction, in ff;:‘?f;g’0'°` consequence of a legal judgment first obtained, or unless it be found to u` interfere with a prior location and survey; nor shall any lands heretofore sold by the United States, within the boundaries of said reservation, be subject to location by the holder of any such unlocutcd warrant. Approved, March 1, 1823. Sururn II. Can. XL.-An Act granting to the state of Alabama the right of pre-cmption March 3, 1823. to ccrtam quarter sections if land. `_"”—"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tim United M¤b¤m¤ 91- Smtes of America, in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the L‘;."‘;d°_’;hn‘; 25m state of Alabama, at the minimum price for which public lands of the of imag nil- n United States are sold, the right of pre-emption to one quarter section of seats of justice. land, in, or near, the centre of each of the counties of Marengo, Perry, and Decatur, of the state aforesaid, in trust for said counties, respectively, for the establishment of seats of justice therein : Provided, That the pro. p,,,,;,,, ceeds of the sale of each of said quarter sections shall be appropriated for the purpose of erecting public buildings in the county for which it is located, after deducting therefrom the amount originally paid for the same: And provided furzher, That the seat of justice for said counties, respect- Pr<>vi¤¤· ively, shall be fixed and continued on the lands so located and selected. Approved, March 3, 1823. Scurnrn II. ` Cmiv. XLI.-An, Act altering the time of haldhg the circuit court in the districts March 3, 1823. gf Maine (a) and New ampshire. (b) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Dg¤ ¤F imid- Smtes of America, in Congress assembled, That the terms of the circuit $$,,1: court, which are now directed by law to be holden annually in the district court of M,;,,, of Maine, at Portland, on the eighth day of May; and at Wiscasset, on =¤::§N¤1:vHnmpthe eighth day of October: and in the district of New Hampshire,atPort.s- “ ° " “‘$°°‘

(a) Circuit court.: in Maine: _ _ An net for altering the times and places of holding the circuit courts therein mentioned, and for other purposes, Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 32, sec. 1. An pct to repenlcertain acts respecting the organization of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes, March 8, 1802, ch. 8. An act establishing a circuit court within and for the district of Maine, March 30, 1820, ch. 25. (b) Circuit courts in New Hampshire.- _ An not providing compensation for the officers of the judicial courts of the United States, and for jurors and witnesses, and for other purposes, March 3, 1191, ch._22, see. 2. _ An act altering the time of holding the circuit courts in certain districts of the United States, and for other purposes, April 3, 1792, ch. 21, sec.2. _ _ _ Au act to alter the times and places of holding the circuit courts in the eastern district and in North Carolina., and for other purposes, March 2, 1793, ch. 23. An act concerning the circuit courts of the United States,-March 3, 1797, ch. 27.4 An act for altering the times and places of holding the circuit counts therein mentioned, and for other purposes, Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 32, SGC. 1. _ _ An act to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the courts of the United States, and for th u ores March 8 XSO2 ch. 8. 0 fi gc; H10 alter the tiuies of liolding the circigt czgrt in the first district, March 26, 1812, ch. 45. T