Former act revived and continued in force.“An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,” passed on the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for and during the space of six years from the passage of this act, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
Agents for paying invalid pensions to give bonds, &c. &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the agents for the payment of invalid pensioners of the United States, shall in future be required to give bond with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Secretary for the department of War, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties confided to them respectively.
Approved, April 25, 1812.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXX.—An Act authorizing the departure of ships and vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, in certain cases.
Vessels chartered by government, permitted to depart.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any ship or vessel which heretofore has been, or which hereafter may be chartered and laden on account of the government of the United States, shall be permitted to depart from the ports and harbors of the United States, and the territories thereof, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, April 27, 1812.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXXI.—An Act authorizing the appointment of an additional Judge of the District Court, for the district of New York.
Act of April 9, 1814, ch. 49.
Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 94.
District court to consist of two judges.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court in the New York district shall consist of two judges, to wit, of the present judge of said district so long as he shall continue in office, and such other district judge or judges, as may from time to time be appointed, who shall reside in said district, and severally exercise like powers, as may be exercised by the present judge of said district, and receive the same compensation whereto he is entitled.
Senior judge’s opinion to be the judgment of the court.
One judge may constitute the court, either, in the absence of the other, to assist in forming the circuit court.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the senior judge of the district, when present, shall preside in said district court, and whenever the judges shall differ in opinion in any cause, the order or judgment of court in every such case, shall be made and rendered in conformity with the opinion of the presiding judge. And the said court may be held, and the business thereof proceeded with, by one judge in the absence of the other. And the senior judge of the district for the time being, is hereby designated, and is to be deemed the district judge, who, together with one of the justices of the supreme court, is to compose the circuit court of the United States in said district; but in the absence of said senior judge from said court, his place may be supplied by the other judge of the district.
An act to amend the act entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army,” July 14, 1832, chap. 237.
Resolution in relation to the execution of an act supplemental to an act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the revolution, July 14, 1832.An act to amend an act entitled, “An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army,” February 19, 1833, chap. 31.Resolution in relation to the execution of the act supplemental to the act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the revolution, March 2, 1833.An act granting half pay to widows or orphans when their husbands or fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes, July 4, 1836, chap. 362.An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, July 7, 1838, chap. 189.An act to amend the act of July 18, 1836 and 1838, allowing pensions to certain widows, August 23, 1842, chap. 191.An act to continue the pensions to certain widows, June 17, 1844, chap. 102.