in the same manner as from decrees and judgments rendered in the districts within which a circuit court is provided by this act.
Actions, suits, &c. (originally cognizable in a circuit court,) now pending in, &c., certain district courts.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, prosecutions, causes, pleas, process, and other proceedings, relative to any cause, civil or criminal, (which might have been brought, and could have been, originally, cognizable in a circuit court,) now pending in, or returnable to, the several district courts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Michigan, the eastern district of Louisiana, the district of Alabama, the northern district of New York, the western district of Pennsylvania, and western district of Virginia, acting as circuit courts on the first day of April next, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, respectively transferred, returnable, and continued to, the several circuit courts constituted by this act, to be holden within the said districts respectively; and shall be heard, tried and determined therein, in the same manner as if originally brought, entered, prosecuted, or had, in such circuit courts.Said circuit courts to be governed by same law, &c., as apply to the other circuit courts; and clerks to perform same duties, &c.
Allotment of their chief justice, &c. And the said circuit courts shall be governed by the same laws and regulations as apply to the other circuit courts of the United States; and the clerks of the said courts, respectively, shall perform the same duties, and shall be entitled to receive the same fees and emoluments, which are by law established for the clerks of the other circuit courts of the United States. The allotment of their chief justice and the associate justices of the said Supreme Court to the several circuits shall be made as heretofore.
Acts, &c., repealed.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts and provisions inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXV.—An Act to authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds standing to his debit on the books of the Treasury, to transfer the amount of the debit of banks and individuals indebted for the same, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise and settle said claims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The account of the Treasurer to be credited with the amount of the unavailable funds. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of the unavailable funds, whether charged to John Campbell, or his predecessors, and to transfer the amount to the debit of the banks and individuals, respectively, that may be indebted for the same.
Secretary of Treasury authorized to settle claims of U. S. of the above description.
Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to compromise and finally settle the claims of the United States, of the above description, against said banks and individuals who have proved insolvent, or failed to make punctual payments, on such terms and conditions as he may deem most conducive to the interests of the United States: Provided, That this act shall not authorize any compromise of the debt due from the Alleghany Bank of Pennsylvania.1839, ch. 26.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXVI.—An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, and Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Acts, &c., required to be done by the surveyor under the act to which this is an amendment shall be done by a board of commissioners, to be appointed by the President, &c.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all acts and duties required to be done and performed by the Surveyor for the Territory of Wisconsin, under the act to which this is an amendment, shall be done
