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212 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 13. 1848. tory of Iowa, and not hitherto removed as aforesaid by writ of error or a cal. Thatactextend· PISr;c. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and singular the pro- °g *° °,‘:°?,f"?": visions of the said act to which this is a supplement, so far as may ba,

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i¤¤¤ miss- be pending in the supreme or other superior court of and for any Terri. tory of the United States which may hereafter be admitted as a State into the Union at the time of its admission, and to all cases in which judgments or decrees shall have been rendered in such supreme or superior court at the time of such admission, and not previously removed b writ of error or a peal. Certain cases YSec. 3. And be ill) further enacted, That all cases, together with all §j;‘;l;'€,,:“,£; process, records, orders, judgments, decrees, and proceedings of fedb,,r,,,,,he,· adm,. eral character or jurisdiction, and not legally transferred to the State ¤i°¤¤°*h¤ U¤l°¤i courts of the State of Iowa, pending prior to and at the time of the ad-

 mission of the said State of Iowa into the Union, in the district or

the United States supreme courts of the said Territory of Iowa, are hereby transferred to f°’ I°“'°· the district court of the United States for the district of Iowa; and it shall be the duty of the respective clerks of the said courts of the said Territory of Iowa, or their successors in office, with whom the records and proceedings of said cases may be found, upon application by any person or persons interested therein, to make and certify a full and complete copy of the records thereof, and transmit the same, together with all the original process, pleadings, and other papers filed in such case or cases, and which may be removed without mutilating the records of said courts, to the clerk of the said District Court of the United States; and when the said records, papers, and proceedings shall be thus certified to the said last-mentioned court, its jurisdiction shall be deemed as full and complete as that of the court, in which the said case originated, had been prior to the said admission of the State of Iowa, or as if the said case had been originally instituted in said District Court of the United States. Approved, February 22, 1848. Feb, 9,5;, jg4g_ CHAP. XIII.—An Act to provide additional Quarters near to New Orleans, for ·-——————-- gpited Sizzler: Soldiers and Volunteers, returned from or going to the Seat of ar m moo. Pm of an Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the pm nation in United {States of America m Congress assembled, That, from the uper ian, eh, 35, propriation of five hundred thousand dollars " for providing for the poblfgvlgsigpgljrild comfort of discharged soldiers who may be landed at New Orleans, of ,,,,,5,,,, mi,,,,,,, other places within the United States, so disabled by disease, or by for soldiers at wounds received in the service, as to be unable to proceed to their N'"' 0’1““· homes, and for forwarding destitute soldiers to their homes," containsd in an act making appropriations for the support of the army and of volunteers for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and for other purposes, approved second March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to apply a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, to the erection, at or near the United States barracks, below New Orleans, of a wooden hospital, commensurate with the probable wants of the service; also of temporary quarters for the accommodation of United States troops and volunteers during their proper detention at that post, when going to or returning from Mexico; and for the purchase of additional ground, if any shall be necessary to execute advantageously the objects herein specified. Avrnovnn, February 22, 1848.