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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · Dec. 15, 1862 · Chapter I

Chapter I. authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana

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Chap. I.— An Act authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.Dec. 15, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That a special session of theSpecial session of the United States District Court to be held in Indiana. United States District Court for the district of Indiana shall be holden, at the usual place of holding said court, on the first Monday in February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and to continue in session so long as the business thereof may require.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all suits and proceedings of aProcess pending and returnable. civil or criminal nature now pending in or returnable to said court shall be proceeded in, heard, tried, and determined by said court at said special session in the same manner as at a regular term of said court. Approved, December 15, 1862.
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