in and for the district of Pamptico, on every first Monday of April, fourth Monday of June and first Monday of December; and at Wilmington in and for the district of Cape Fear, on every second Monday of April, first Monday of July and second Monday of December.
Continuance of causes in the district courts of N. Carolina and New Jersey.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, writs, process, pleadings and other proceedings commenced, instituted, depending or existing in the district courts of the district of New Jersey and North Carolina, at the time of the passing of this act, shall be continued in the manner following, that is to say: all such commenced, instituted, depending, or existing in the district court of the district of New Jersey, to the next district court to be holden in the district of East Jersey; and all such commenced, instituted, depending or existing in the district court of the district of North Carolina, shall be continued to the next district court to be holden in the district of Pamptico.
Place of holding the circuit court in Kentucky.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, shall be holden at Frankfort, within and for said district, on the days already established by law, instead of at Beardstown, any thing in any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Chief judge of Columbia to be the judge of the Potomac district.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the chief judge of the district of Columbia, shall hold the district courts of the United States in and for the district of Potomac, and shall have, exercise and perform, within the said district of Potomac, all the powers and duties now possessed, exercised and performed by the district judges of the United States within their respective districts.
Approved, March 3, 1801.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXIII.—An Act to amend the act, intituled “An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of Slaves, within the United States,” and to repeal the act, intituled “An act to enlarge the powers of the surveyors of the revenue.”
Act of July 11, 1798, ch. 70.
Surveyors of the revenue to make certain returns to the supervisors and inspectors of the revenue.
1798, ch. 75.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each surveyor of the revenue who has been or shall be appointed under the act, intituled “An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States,” after completing the lists of the sums payable, for every dwelling-house and slave within the district to which such surveyor does or shall belong, and delivering the same to the collector of the revenue, and after taking receipts for such lists from the collector, in the manner provided by the act, intituled “An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States,” shall transmit to the supervisor of the district, or to the inspector of survey, in any district comprehending more than one survey of inspection, to which such surveyor does or may belong, the receipts given by the collector for such lists, together with all the records of the lists, valuations and enumerations, which he has received or shall receive, or which doth or shall exist in his office under authority of the act first mentioned; and it shall be the duty of such supervisor or inspector to receive such receipts, records and papers, and safely to preserve the same.
1798, ch. 70.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, intituled “An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves,” as makes it the duty of the surveyors of the revenue to record the transfers of lands or dwelling-houses, included in the said valuations, and to view and apportion the value of such land or dwelling-houses as shall be divided by sale or partition, and to value and asses new dwelling-houses and lands which are exempted, but which shall cease to be exempted from taxation by the laws of the state, where the same shall be situated, and to cancel or reduce the valuation of dwelling-houses
