Chapter XL. *in addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”* March 3, 1803. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the circuit court of theAct of 1802, ch. 31
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Chap. XL.— An Act *in addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”* March 3, 1803. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the circuit court of theAct of 1802, ch. 31. Act of March 9, 1808, ch. 29.The circuit court shall consist of the justice of the supreme court residing in the circuit, and the district judge where the court sits.In the third circuit it shall consist of the senior associate justice, &c.Appeals from final judgments when the value in dispute exceeds fifty dollars from the district court to the circuit court.Appeals from the circuit court to the supreme court where the matter in dispute exceeds 2000 dollars.Proceedings to be transmitted to the supreme court.No new evidence to be received in the supreme court, except in admiralty and prize causes.19th and 22d sections of the act of24th Sept. 1789, ch. 20, so far as affected by this act, repealed. second circuit shall consist of the justice of the supreme court residing within the third circuit, and the district judge of the district where such court shall be holden.
In the third circuit, the said circuit court shall consist of the senior associate justice of the supreme court residing within the fifth circuit, and the district judge of the district where such court shall be holden. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from all final judgments or decrees in any of the district courts of the United States, an appeal, where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum or value of fifty dollars, shall be allowed to the circuit court next to be holden in the district where such final judgment or judgments, decree or decrees, may be rendered : and the circuit court or courts are hereby authorized and required to receive, hear and determine such appeal ; and that from all final judgments or decrees rendered or to be rendered in any circuit court, or in any district court acting as a circuit court, in any cases of equity, of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, and of prize or no prize, an appeal where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum or value of two thousand dollars, shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, and that upon such appeal, a transcript of the libel, bill, answer, depositions, and all other proceedings of what kind soever in the cause, shall be transmitted to the said supreme court; and that no new evidence shall be received in the said court, on the hearing of such appeal, except in admiralty and prize causes, and that such appeals shall be subject to the same rules, regulations and restrictions as are prescribed in law in case of writs of error; and that the said supreme court shall be, and hereby is authorized and required to receive, hear and determine such appeals.
And that so much of the nineteenth and twenty-second sections of the act of Congress, intituled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,” passed on the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, as comes within the purview of this act, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1803. 8 8 1 1803 ACTS OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventeenth day of October, 1803, and ended on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1804.* Thomas Jefferson, President;
Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate ; John Brown, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 31st of October to the 19th of December, 1803, and from the 26th of January to the 25th of February, 1804; Jesse Franklin, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 14th of March, 1804; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE I. Chapter I: to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the thirtieth of April last and for the temporary government thereof.
Chapter I 2 Stat. 245 1803-10-31 Charles C. Little and James Brown 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 8 1 2 public Chapter I.— An Act *to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the thirtieth of April last and for the temporary government thereof.* Oct. 31, 1803. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of theLouisiana to be taken possession of by the President of the U.
States.Authority of the U. States in Louisiana established.Act of March 3, 1803, ch. 32. Appropriations.All the military, civil and judicial powers exercised by the officers of the existing government to be exercised as the President may direct for the protection of the inhabitants.Act of March 26, 1804, ch. 38. Act of February 15, 1811, ch. 14. Act of April 8, 1812, ch. 50. United States be, and he is hereby authorized to take possession of, and occupy the territory ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the thirtieth day of April last, between the two nations ; and that he may for that purpose, and in order to maintain in the said territories the authority of the United States, employ any part of the army and navy of the United States, and of the force authorized by an act passed the third day of March last, intituled “An act directing a detachment from the militia of the United States, and for erecting certain arsenals,” which he may deem necessary : and so much of the sum appropriated by the said act as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying this act into effect ; to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That until the expiration of the present session of Congress, unless provision for the temporary government of the said territories be sooner made by Congress, all the military, civil and judicial powers, exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same, shall be vested in such person and persons, and shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion.
Approved, October 31, 1803.
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*in addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”* March 3, 1803. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the circuit court of theAct of 1802, ch. 31
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