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632 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 143, 144. 1855. from the judgments, orders, or decrees of the district courts to the circuit courts of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the judge appointed under Circuit jud this act shall, from time to time, 01* at any time when in his opinion the may sit in df: business of his own court will permit, and that of the courts of the md ¤<>¤*¤i in northern and southern districts of California shall require, form part gf;

 land and preside over, the said district courts when either of them is engaged

iu the discharge of the appellate jurisdiction vested in it over the decisions of the board of commissioners for the settlement of private land claims in the State of California, under the act of Congress entitled "A11 act to ascertain and settle the private lend claims in the State of mh °h· “· Ca1ifomia," passed March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and by another act entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth of 1852 0h_ 108. June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and for other purposes," passed ’ thirty-first of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two ; and it shall be the duty of the clerks of the respective district courts of California to give thirty days’ written notice to the judge of the court organized under this act, of the time and place of the sitting of such district court for the discharge of such appellate jurisdiction; and in case the judge of such district court shall fail, from sickness or other casualty, to attend at such time and place, the judge of the court organized under this act, is hereby authorized to hold said court, and proceed with the business of the court, in acsordanee with the provisions prescribed for the regulation of said district court in the act of Congress hereinbefore referred to; and all API>¤¤l¤ i¤¤¤<>h appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decisions ggS£;_t° B“W°m° of said district court, whether held by the last-mentioned judge, or by him in conjunction with the district judge, or by the district judge alone, shall be taken in the manner prescribed by the act of Congress passed 1651, ch. 41. on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An pct to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of Caliornia." - _ Sec. 7. And be it urther enacted, That the selerof the `ud e suny (Mudge appointed under this ag shall be four thousand five >hundred dlhllais per annum, to commence from the date of his appointment. Gonmoting nets Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws '°P°·“1°‘l· militating against this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Armzovmn, March 2, 1855. Merch 2, 1855- Cum-. CXLIII.—An Act changing theT17mes of holding the United States Chart: in """"""""’*"" CYITICSSec. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited 'fGYMZ §1ft¤;¤‘; States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the times heregguitgniu lr2s_ tofore fixed by law, the circuit and district courts of the United States masse. for the several districts in Tennessee shall hereafter be held as follows z {gig gb At Jackson, on the third Mondays in March and September; at Knox- 1843; ch; 74: ville, on the second Mondays in April and October; and at Nashville, on the first Mondays in May and November. And all writs, pleas, suits, recognizances, indictments, or other proceedings, civil or criminal, issued, commenced, or pending in either of seid courts, shell be returnable to, be entered, and have day in court, and be heard and tried according to the times of holding said courts as herein provided. .Ar1·B.0vm>, March 2, 1855. March 2i 1855- Oxn. QXLIV.-—An Act to amend “An Act to eemgy imo Lfyeet a Treaty between

 the United States and Great B·r£tain,"• signed on the fifth June, eighteen hundred and
  • ji_/ty;/bur, cmd approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ji_/ly;/bur.

Be it emcwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United