United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 180
Chap. CLXXX.—An Act to amend the act entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.’”
Act of March 3, 1837, ch. 34.
Act of March 3, 1839, ch. 81.
Act of June 17, 1844, ch. 96.
What districts shall compose the 4th,
5th, and
6th circuits.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourth circuit shall be composed of the districts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia;
The fifth circuit shall be composed of the districts of Alabama and Louisiana;
The sixth circuit shall be composed of the districts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Times of holding circuit courts in Virginia, andThe circuit courts in the district of Virginia shall be holden at Richmond on the first Monday in May and on the fourth Monday in November.
N. Carolina.The circuit courts in the district of North Carolina shall be holden on the fourth Monday of May and second Monday in December.
Act to take effect 1st February next.
Justices of the Supreme Court to allot the districts.
Process, &c. when returnable.This act shall not take effect until the first day of February next, before which time the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, or a majority of them, shall allot the several districts among the Justices of the said court.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the time of holding any court, by this act has been changed, all processes, proceedings, and causes shall be returned and held to be continued to the said courts, at the times herein provided for their meeting, respectively.
Approved, August 16, 1842.