United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 6
Chap. VI.—An Act to alter the time of holding the district court in the district of Mississippi.[1]
The regular terms to be holden only on the 1st Monday in January and July.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court, in the district of Mississippi, heretofore holden on the first Mondays in May and December, shall hereafter hold its regular terms only on the first Monday in January and July; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Writs, process, &c., to be returned accordingly.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every writ, process, subpœna, or recognisance, returnable, according to law, or the tenor thereof, to either of the aforesaid terms, holden on the first Mondays in May and December, shall be returnable to the next succeeding term of said court, to be holden on the first Monday in January and July.
Approved, January 11, 1821.
- ↑ The acts relating to the district courts in Mississippi are: An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Mississippi, April 3, 1818, ch. 29. An act to alter the time of holding the district court in the state of Mississippi, Jan. 11, 1821, ch. 6. An act to charge the time of holding the court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, and the circuit court of the United States in the district of Ohio, May 5, 1830, ch. 89. An act to change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, March 3, 1835, ch. 35 An act to reorganize the district courts of the United States, in the state of Mississippi, June 18, 1838, ch. 115.