United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 41
Chap. XLI.—An Act authorizing a special term of the Court of Appeals, for the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes.[1]
Special term on the first Monday in May.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a special term of the court of appeals, for the Territory of Florida, shall be holden at Tallahasse, the seat of Government of said Territory, on the first Monday in May next, and all appeals, writs of error, motions, and suits, depending or returnable to the last January term, shall be heard and decided at the special term herein appointed, in the same manner as they might have been, under the existing laws if the January term had been holden according to law.
Special terms may be appointed.Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when, by the death, sickness, or inability to attend, of any of the judges, or any other cause, the regular terms of said court shall not be holden, it shall and may be lawful for the judges thereof to appoint a special term.
County of Franklin to be added to the middle judicial district.Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county of Franklin, in the Territory of Florida, shall be added to, and form a part of the middle judicial district of said Territory, and it shall be the duty of the judge of said middle district to hold two regular terms of the superior court, at the town of Apalachicola, commencing on the second Mondays of April and November, and special terms at such other periods, as may be required by business, and not interfere with the business of said court in other counties.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That there shall only be one term of the superior court holden for the counties of Madison and Hamilton, in each year.
Approved, February 25, 1836.