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March 4, 1808.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XXVIII.An Act to allow the importation of old copper, saltpetre and sulphur, free of duty.

Old copper may be imported free from duty after March 31, 1808.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of March next, no duty shall be demanded or collected on the importation of old copper, which term shall apply only to such copper manufactures as have been worn out or otherwise so damaged as to be unfit for any other purpose than that of supplying a raw material, to be manufactured anew.Persons to determine if the article imported is within the provision of this act. And it shall be lawful for the collector of the port or district in which such old copper shall arrive, should any doubt arise whether such importation comes within the intent and meaning of this act, to appoint one person, and the owner, importer, or consignee, to appoint another, who shall ascertain whether the copper imported comes under the denomination of old copper, as above described; and the proceedings in this instance shall be conducted in the like manner and form as the proceedings are directed to be had by the fifty-second section of the act passed the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine,1799, ch. 22, sec. 52. regulating the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, in cases of incomplete entry, or of damage sustained by goods, wares and merchandise during the voyage.

Saltpetre and sulphur may also be imported free from duties.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said thirty-first day of March next, no duty shall be demanded or collected on the importation of saltpetre or sulphur.

Approved, March 4, 1808.

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March 9, 1808.

Chap. XXIX.An Act in further addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”

Act of April 29, 1802, ch. 31.
Of what judges the circuit court of the second circuit shall be composed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the United States, in the second circuit, shall consist of the justice of the supreme court residing within said circuit, and the district judge of the district in which such court may be holden.

December term of circuit court for Georgia district to be held at Milledgeville.
Act of Feb. 4, 1807, ch. 5.
Terms of the district court of N. Carolina changed.
Act of Jan. 23, 1812, ch. 17.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That within the district of Georgia, the circuit court to be holden in the month of December, annually, shall hereafter be holden at Milledgeville, instead of Louisville.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That instead of the times heretofore established by law for holding the fall terms of the district court for the district of North Carolina, the same be commenced and holden in future on the following days, that is to say: at Wilmington, in and for the district of Cape Fear, on the third Monday of October; at Newbern, in and for the district of Pamptico, on the Friday next after the third Monday of October, and at Edenton, in and for the district of Albemarle, on the first Tuesday which shall follow the Friday next after the third Monday of October, annually. And that all actions, suits, writs, process, pleadings, and other proceedings commenced, or to be commenced, or which shall be now pending in any of the district courts of the district of North Carolina,Causes, &c. continued over, accordingly. for the terms aforesaid, shall be continued over and have day according to the alterations hereby made and established, any thing in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 9, 1808.

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March 10, 1808.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XXX.An Act for extending the terms of credit on revenue bonds in certain cases, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the payment of all bonds