Chapter CCLXI. *regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes.* July 2, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Territorial Legislature of 12th Feb. 1836 approved
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Chap. CCLXI.— An Act *regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes.* July 2, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Territorial Legislature of 12th Feb. 1836 approved. That an act entitled “An act to alter and change the terms of the superior court for the middle district of Florida,” passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of said Territory, and approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, be, and the same is hereby, approved, so far as it does not interfere with the terms of the court directed to be holden in the county of Franklin, which has been annexed to the said middle district.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That if, in any prosecution forTrials may be removed from the southern to the eastern or middle district. piracy, or any other criminal offence against the laws of the United States, or of the Territory of Florida, it shall be found impracticable 70TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 262. 1836.to obtain a sufficient number of jurors for the trial of any person or persons charged with said criminal offences in the southern judicial district of Florida, it shall be lawful for the judge to send said person or persons, with the indictment and other papers, to the eastern or middle district for trial, and to take recognizances from the witnesses to appear in the said eastern or middle district, in the same manner as he is empowered by law to do, in the district of which he is the judge.
Sec. 3. Acts relating to Appalachicola and to Franklin county, annulled. *And be it further enacted,* That an act to amend the act entitled “An act incorporating the town of Appalachicola,” approved twelfth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and “An act to change the county seat of the county of Franklin,” passed January fourteenth, and approved January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, be, and the same are hereby, annulled. Sec. 4. Act respecting a superior court, annulled. *And be it further enacted,* That so much of the act of the Legislative Council as directs a superior court for the southern judicial district at Indian Key be, and the same is hereby, annulled.
Approved, July 2, 1836. Chapter CCLXII: for laying off the towns of Fort Martison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and far other purposes. 5 Stat. 70 1836-07-02 Chapter CCLXII 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 2025-11-29 24 2 public
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Chapter CCLXI
*regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes.* July 2, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of Territorial Legislature of 12th Feb. 1836 approved
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