Chapter CXXIX. to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina
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Chap. CXXIX.— An Act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina. May 20, 1826. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Act of Feb. 4, 1807, ch. 5.Act of March 9, 1808, ch. 29.Act of May 20, 1812, ch. 17.Time of holding the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina, changed. That the district courts of the United States for the 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 Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April and October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Thursday next after the third Monday of April and October; and at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the fourth Monday of April and October. Sec. 2. All suits, &c., &c., to be proceeded with, as if no change had taken place. *And be it further enacted, *That all suits, actions, writs, process, and other proceedings, commenced or to commence, or which shall be now pending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina, as heretofore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed.
Approved, May 20, 1826.