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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · July 1, 1836 · Chapter CCXXXIII

Chapter CCXXXIII. *explanatory of an act entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined, planes.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Construction of the act of July 14, 1

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Chap. CCXXXIII.— An Act *explanatory of an act entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined, planes.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Construction of the act of July 14, 1832, ch. 250. That the act of the fourteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined planes,” shall not be so construed as to include spikes, pins, or chains, as railroad iron. 62TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 235. 1836. Sec. 2. District court. *And be it further enacted,* That the said State shall be one district, and be called the District of Michigan; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat Act of June 15, 1836, ch. 99.Act of June 23, 1836, ch. 121.Act of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20.of government of the said State, two sessions of the said district court annually on the first Mondays in May and October; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district under an act entitled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States.
” He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the said court at the place of holding the same, and shall receive, for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is by law entitled for similar services. Sec. 3. Salary to be paid the judge. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district court, the annual compensation of fifteen hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury of the United States.
Sec. 4. Attorney. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be appointed in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid annually by the United States, two hundred dollars, as a full compensation for all extra services; the said payment to be made quarter-yearly at the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 5. Marshal. *And be it further enacted,* That a marshal shall be appointed for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees as are prescribed and allowed to marshals in other districts, and shall, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a Proviso.compensation for all extra services: *Provided, however,* That this act shall not take effect until the State of Michigan shall be admitted into the Union, according to the provisions of the act entitled “An act to 1836, ch. 99.establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union on certain conditions.
” Approved, July 1, 1836. Chapter CCXXXIV: to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Michigan. 5 Stat. 61 1836-07-01 Chapter CCXXXIV 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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*explanatory of an act entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined, planes.* July 1, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Construction of the act of July 14, 1
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