Venue of transitory actions.rule, from regulating the venue of transitory actions, and from changing the same for a good cause to be shown.
All issues now pending, where they shall be tried, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all issues now pending in either of said courts shall be tried at the places above prescribed for holding such court, unless otherwise ordered by said court, in pursuance of the authority given in the last section; and no process issued or proceedings pending in either of said courts shall be avoided or impaired by this change of the time and place of holding such court; but all process, bail bonds, and recognizances, returnable at the next term of either of said courts, shall be returnable and returned to the said court next held according to this act, in the same manner as if so made returnable on the face thereof, and shall have full effect accordingly; and all continuances may be made to conform to the provisions of this act.
Approved, July 7, 1838.
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Chap. CLXXXIII.—An Act ceding to the State of Ohio the interest of the United States in a certain road within that State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Title of the U. S. in a certain road granted to the State of Ohio. That all right or title of the United States, acquired by the treaty of Brownstown, in a certain road from the foot of the rapids of the Miami of the Lake to the western line of the Connecticut western reserve be, and the same is hereby, granted to the State of Ohio.
Approved, July 7, 1838.
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[Obsolete.]
Chap. CLXXXIV.—An Act to authorize the sale of certain bonds belonging to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. Treas. authorized to sell the two bonds held by the U. S. against “the president, directors, and company of the Bank of the U. S.” chartered by Pennsylvania, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell upon the best terms he can command for money in hand in the markets of this or of any foreign country, as upon inquiry he shall find most for the interest of the United States, the two bonds held by the United States against “the president, directors, and company of the Bank of the United States,” chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, which will fall due in the month of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and one thousand eight hundred and forty, being the two last of four several bonds, dated on the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, given to secure the payment of the sum of one million nine hundred and eighty-six thousand, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and four cents each, with interest upon each bond, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six until paid, the said four bonds having been received by the United States as security for the final payment of the stock held by the United States, in the late Bank of the United States, chartered by Congress, and toTo execute assignments. execute under his hand and the seal of his office, to the purchaser or purchasers of the said bonds, suitable and proper assignments to transfer to the said purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their representatives, or assigns, all the right, title and interest of the United States, of, in, and to the money due and to become due upon the bonds sold and assigned in pursuance of this act: Provided,Proviso. That no sale of either of the said bonds shall be made upon terms less favorable to the United States than the par value of the bond sold, at the time of sale, calculated according the rules for estimating the par value of securities upon which interest has run for a time, but which securities have not reached maturity.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all money received upon the