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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Feb. 4, 1807 · Chapter V

Chapter V. *to alter the time of holding the circuit and district courts in the district of North Carolina.* Feb. 4, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That instead of the times Sessions of the circuit court changed.heretofore

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Chap. V.— An Act *to alter the time of holding the circuit and district courts in the district of North Carolina.* Feb. 4, 1807. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That instead of the times Sessions of the circuit court changed.heretofore established by law, for the sessions of the circuit court for the district of North Carolina, the said courts shall hereafter commence and be holden on the twelfth day of May, and the twelfth day of November, in each year, any thing contained in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
And all actions, suits, process, pleadings, and other proceedings Actions, suite, process, &c. to have day, and made returnable accordingly.of what nature or kind soever, civil or criminal, commenced or to commence in the said court, and all recognizances returnable to the said court, on the twentieth day of June next, shall be continued, re turned to, and have day, in the session to be holden by this act, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon as heretofore, and shall have all the effect, power, and virtue, as if the alteration had never been made: *Provided nevertheless,* that when the twelfth day of May, or the twelfth Proviso.day of November shall happen on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be the first juridical day of the term.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the district courts of the United States for the Sessions of the district court also changed.district of North Carolina, shall, after the passing of this act, commence and be holden on the following days, instead of the times heretofore established by law, that is to say; at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the first Mondays in February, June and October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Friday next after the first Mondays in February, June, and October; and at Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the first 1808, ch. 29, acc. 3.Tuesday which shall follow the Friday next after the first Mondays in February, June and October.
And that all actions, suits, writs, process, Actions, suite, &c. made returnable and to have day, accordingly.pleadings or other proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now depending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina, shall be continued over, and have day in the next district court to be holden in the several districts as hereby established, any thing in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, February 4, 1807.
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