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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · June 26, 1856 · Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLVIII. *changing the time of holding the District Court of the United States at Wytheville, in the Western District of Virginia.* June 26, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That instead of the times nowCourts for western

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Chap. XLVIII.— An Act *changing the time of holding the District Court of the United States at Wytheville, in the Western District of Virginia.* June 26, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That instead of the times nowCourts for western district of Virginia.1819, ch. 12.1835, ch. 36.1836, ch. 232. prescribed by law for holding the courts of the United States in the Western District of Virginia, the said courts shall hereafter be held annually at Clarksburg, on the twenty-fourth days of March and August; at Wheeling on the sixth days of April and September; at Charleston on the nineteenth days of April and September; at Staunton on the first days of May and October; and at Wythe Court-house on the fourth Mondays of May and October; and that all suits, actions, and proceedings of whatever kind now depending in or returnable to said courts respectively shall be taken to be continued or returnable to the terms herein established.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the term of the circuit courtCircuit court. of the United States shall be holden annually at Lewisburg, in the said western district of Virginia, commencing, as now, on the first Monday of August. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof. Approved, June 26, 1856. Chapter L: to change the times of holding the United States Courts in Tennessee. 11 Stat. 23 1856-07-08 Chapter L Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*changing the time of holding the District Court of the United States at Wytheville, in the Western District of Virginia.* June 26, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That instead of the times nowCourts for western
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