United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 31
Chap. XXXI.—An Act to alter the times of holding courts in the western district of Virginia, and for other purposes.[1]
Courts to be held annually hereafter at the times and places designated.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, instead of the times now prescribed by law for holding courts in the western district of Virginia, the said courts shall be held annually on the first Mondays of April and September, at Wythe Courthouse; and at Lewisburg, on the Fridays succeeding the first Mondays of April and September; and at Clarksburg, on the fourth Mondays of May and October; to which days, respectively, all process returnable to the first days of the next succeeding term shall be held returnable, and returned accordingly.
If the judge fails to attend on the first day the court to stand adjourned, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the judge shall not attend on the first day of any court, such court shall stand adjourned from day to day for three days, if the same cause continue; after which time, if the judge still fail to attend, the court shall stand adjourned until the first day of the next term.
Approved, April 26, 1822.
- ↑ See notes to the Feb. 4, 1819, ch. 12.