Chapter XCIX. regulating the Time of holding the Sessions of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States in the Eastern District of Louisiana
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Chap. XCIX.— An Act regulating the Time of holding the Sessions of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States in the Eastern District of Louisiana. July 20, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, When district court to be held at New Orleans. That there shall hereafter be annually only three stated sessions of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which shall be held at New Orleans on the third Mondays of November, February, and May: *Provided*, That the judge of said court shall be, and he is hereby, authorizedProviso. to adjourn any stated session to any time or times previous to the next stated session of said District Court, whenever he may deem it expedient.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Fall Term of the CircuitFall term of circuit court to be held on first Monday of November. Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, shall hereafter be held on the first Monday of November in each year instead of the third Monday of December, as heretofore provided by law. Approved, July 20, 1854.