Chapter 790. To change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit
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CHAP. 790.— An Act To change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit. May 14, 1902. [[Public, No. 115](/us/pl/57/115).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* United States courts. Terms of courts first circuit, changed. [R.S., sec. 658, p. 121, 122](/us/rs/s658/p121/122), amended. That the regular terms of the circuit courts within thé first circuit hereinafter named, which commence after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and three, shall be held at the places now provided by law. hut instead of the times at which the same now commence they shall be changed to commence as follows:
In the district of Maine the April term shall be changed from theMaine. twenty-third day of April to commence on the third Tuesday of April, and the September term from the twenty-third day of September to commence on the third Tuesday of September. In the district of New Hampshire the May term shall be changedNew Hampshire. from the eighth day of May to commence on the first Tuesday of May, and the October term from the eighth day of October to commence on the second Tuesday of December.
In the district of Massachusetts the May term shall be changed fromMassachusetts. the fifteenth day of May to commence on the hist Tuesday of February, and the October term from the fifteenth day of October to commence on the third Tuesday of October. In the district of Rhode Island the June term shall be changed fromRhode Island. the fifteenth day of June to commence on the fourth Tuesday of May. Approved, May 14, 1902.