United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 149
Chap. CXLIX.—An Act to fix the times and places of holding the district courts of the United Stats, in the districts of Alabama.[1]
The times of holding the district courts in the district of Alabama changed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district courts in the districts of Alabama shall hereafter be holden at the times and places, and in the manner herein provided for, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; that is to say: At Huntsville, in and for the northern district of Alabama, on the first Monday of March, and the first Monday of October; at Mobile, in and for the southern district, on the first Monday in May, and on the second Monday in October, in each year:Proviso. Provided, That, for the final disposition of causes commenced in, and pending in the district court, now held at Cahawba, in said southern district, there shall be a court held at said place, at the times now fixed by law, and after judgment in said cases, final process thereon may be issued from, and made returnable to, the said court, to be held at Mobile, in which court all further proceedings thereon shall be had.
All causes, &c., to remain and be proceeded with as before.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all causes and proceedings, of every description, commenced or depending in either of said courts, shall be continued and returnable to said courts, to be held according to the provisions of this act, and proceeded with in due form of law.
Approved, May 22, 1826.
- ↑ See notes to the act of April 21, 1820, ch. 47, for a list of the acts passed relating to the district court of Alabama.