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trial at bar, and which had been removed from any of the counties included within the limits of the territory of Illinois aforesaid, shall, in all things concerning the same, be proceeded on, and judgments and decrees rendered thereon, in the same manner as if the said Indiana territory had remained undivided.

Arrearages of taxes on land in the Illinois territory still to be paid.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent the collection of taxes, which may on the first day of March next, be due to the Indiana territory on lands lying in the said territory of Illinois.

Kaskaskia to be the seat of government.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That until it shall be otherwise ordered by the legislature of the said Illinois territory, Kaskaskia on the Mississippi river, shall be the seat of government for the said Illinois territory.

Approved, February 3, 1809.

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Feb. 4, 1809.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XIV.An Act supplementary to the act, intituled “An act to amend the act, intituled An act establishing Circuit Courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the District Courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.”

Act of March 23, 1804, ch. 31.
Act of Feb. 24, 1807, ch. 16.
Act of March 22, 1808, ch. 38.
Process, how to be issued.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all actions or suits that were pending in the circuit courts of the United States for the district of Tennessee, established by an act, intituled “An act establishing circuit courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio,” in which any judgment or decree was rendered, or any sentence passed previous to the passage of the act, intituled “An act to amend the act, intituled An act establishing circuit courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio,” the clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the district of East Tennessee be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue executions,To whom directed. and all other process necessary for carrying the same into complete effect, in the same manner as if the said last act had not passed; which executions and other process shall be directed to the marshal of either of the districts of East or West Tennessee, in which the party against whom the same shall issue may reside, or his property may be found, who shall execute and return the same, in like manner he would have done if the act to which this is a supplement had not passed, and shall receive the same fees as are by law allowed for similar services in other cases.

Sessions of the Kentucky district courts.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next session of the district court of the United States, for the district of Kentucky, shall be holden on the second Monday in May next, and that the session of the said court heretofore holden on the first Monday in June, annually, shall thereafter be holden annually, on the second Monday in May.

Writs, &c. &c. to be continued over, &c. &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all writs and process, which shall have been issued, or may hereafter issue, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, which have been continued to the said district court on the first Monday in June next, from the last December term, shall be returned and held continued to the said second Monday in May next.

Approved, February 4, 1809.

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Feb. 10, 1809.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XV.An Act making appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expense of deepening and extending to the river Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of com-