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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4
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Public Acts of the Twentieth Congress, First Session, Chapter 16
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March 10, 1828.

Chap. XVI.An Act to alter the time of holding district courts of the United States of North Carolina.[1]

District courts for the North Carolina district, after the passing of this act, to be held, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district courts of the United States for the district of North Carolina shall, after the passing of this act, commence and be holden on the following days: at Edenton, in, and for, the district of Albemarle, on the third Monday of April and October; at Newbern, in, and for, the district of Pamptico, on the fourth Monday of April and October; and at Wilmington, in, and for, the district of Cape Fear, or Clarendon, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of April and October, in each and every year.

All suits to be proceeded with, in the same manner as if no change had taken place.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, process, and other proceedings, commenced, or to commence, or which shall now be pending, in any of the said district courts, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with, in the said district courts, in the same manner as if the time for holding thereof had not been changed.

Approved, March 10, 1828.