Chapter XIII. to provide for holding the Courts of the United States in the State of Alabama
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Chap. XIII.— An Act to provide for holding the Courts of the United States in the State of Alabama.Jan. 25, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That in case of sickness orCircuit judge to hold district courts when district judge sick or disabled. other disability of the district judge of the district courts of the United States in the State of Alabama, it shall be lawful for the justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for the fifth judicial circuit upon notice thereof from the judge or marshal of the said district courts, to hold any of said district courts at the regular term thereof, or at such special terms as he may appoint for that purpose.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That at any special sessions of thePower at special sessions same as at regular term. circuit court of the United States in said State, which shall be convened by the presiding judge of the said court, it shall be lawful for the court to entertain jurisdiction and transact business in the same manner, and with the same force and effect as at a regular term of said court. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall continue in force untilAct to continue till March 4, 1861. the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and no longer.
Approved, January 25, 1859.