Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CXLIX.—An Act to fix the times and places of holding the district courts of the United Stats, in the districts of Alabama.[1]
The times of holding the district courts in the district of Alabama changed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district courts in the districts of Alabama shall hereafter be holden at the times and places, and in the manner herein provided for, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; that is to say: At Huntsville, in and for the northern district of Alabama, on the first Monday of March, and the first Monday of October; at Mobile, in and for the southern district, on the first Monday in May, and on the second Monday in October, in each year:Proviso. Provided, That, for the final disposition of causes commenced in, and pending in the district court, now held at Cahawba, in said southern district, there shall be a court held at said place, at the times now fixed by law, and after judgment in said cases, final process thereon may be issued from, and made returnable to, the said court, to be held at Mobile, in which court all further proceedings thereon shall be had.
All causes, &c., to remain and be proceeded with as before.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all causes and proceedings, of every description, commenced or depending in either of said courts, shall be continued and returnable to said courts, to be held according to the provisions of this act, and proceeded with in due form of law.
Approved, May 22, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CL.—An Act allowing appeals and writs of error from the decisions in the district court in the northern district of New York, in certain cases.
Appeals and writs of error from the decisions of the district court for the northern district of New York.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That appeals and writs of error shall lie from decisions in the district court for the northern district of New York, when exercising the powers of a circuit court; and from decisions which may be made by the circuit court for the southern district of said state, in causes heretofore removed to said circuit court, from the said district court sitting as a circuit court, to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner as from circuit courts.
Approved, May 22, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLI.—An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of New York.
Accounting officers of the treasury to settle the claim of New York against the United States, for moneys expended by her.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the state of New York, against the United States, for interest upon loans on moneys borrowed, and actually expended by her, for the use and benefit of the United States, during the late war with Great Britain.
Rules applicable to, and governing the case.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in ascertaining the amount of interest, as aforesaid, due to the state of New York, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to, and governing the case, to wit: First, that interest shall not be computed on any sum which New York has not expended for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to New York, by the United States; Second, that no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest: Third, that when the principal, or any- ↑ See notes to the act of April 21, 1820, ch. 47, for a list of the acts passed relating to the district court of Alabama.
