Chapter XL. concerning Bail in Civil Causes in the District of Columbia
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Chap. XL.— An Act concerning Bail in Civil Causes in the District of Columbia. Feb. 3, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, No person to be held to bail in the District in any nation at law or equity founded on debt or contract. That from and after the passage of this act, no person shall be held to bail in the District of Columbia, in any action of debt, assumpsit, or other action founded on or arising out of any contract or agreement, or in any suit or proceeding in equity brought or prosecuted for enforcing the payment of any debt, or of any154THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess, II. Ch. 41, 58. 1853. Those now held to be discharged on filing a common appearance.sum or sums of money due or claimed to be due by reason of any contract or agreement; and any person now held to bail or imprisoned, for want of bail, in any such action, suit, or proceeding, shall, on application to the Circuit Court of said District in term time, or to any judge thereof in vacation, be discharged on filing a common appearance. Approved, February 3, 1853.