Chapter XXVIII. *to continue in force, for a limited time, an act intituled “An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses.”* April 22, 1800. *Be it enacted by the Senate and
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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *to continue in force, for a limited time, an act intituled “An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses.”* April 22, 1800. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Act of Jan. 23, 1798, ch. 8. That an act passed on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, intituled “An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses,” shall be and continue in force for the term of four years, and no longer.
Approved, April 22, 1800.