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mouth, on the first day of May; and at Exeter, on the first day of October, shall hereafter be holden at Portland, on the first day of May; at Wicasset, on the first day of October; at Portsmouth, on the eighth day of May; and at Exeter, on the eighth day of October, in said districts, in each year; and when either of said days shall be Sunday, the session of said court shall commence on the day next following: and all causes, suits, actions, process, pleadings, and proceedings, of every description, existing or depending in the circuit court, in the districts aforesaid, shall be returnable to, and proceeded with, in due form of law, at the times conformable to the alterations herein provided for.

Approved, March 3, 1823.

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March 3, 1823.

Chap. XLII.An Act supplementary to “An act for the better organization of the courts of the United States within the state of New York.”

Act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32.
An appeal to be from the northern district court of New York, to the circuit court in the southern district.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from final decrees or judgments, in the district court of the northern district of the state of New York, there shall be an appeal to the circuit court in the southern district of said state, in the same manner, and upon the same terms, as from other district courts to their respective circuit courts.

Approved, March 3, 1823.

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March 3, 1823.
[Expired.]

Chap. XLIII.An Act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia.

Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 21, concerning the mint, revived for five years.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled “An act concerning the mint,” approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and one, is hereby revived and continued in force and operation for the further term of five years, from the fourth day of March next.

Duty of commissioner of loans to be performed by the collector of Philadelphia.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, during the continuance of the mint at the city of Philadelphia, the duties which were enjoined on the commissioner of loans for the state of Pennsylvania, by the second section of the act, entitled “An act concerning the mint,” passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, shall be performed by the collector of the port of Philadelphia for the time being.

Expense of materials used in refining, and other deductions, to be made from the deposit, and accounted for to treasury of the United States.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any silver, brought to the mint for coinage, shall require refining, the expense of the materials used in the process shall be deducted from the amount of the deposit; and that, when silver so deposited, shall be of a quality superior to that of the legal standard of the silver coins of the United States, a deduction shall be made from the amount, equal to the expense of the copper necessary to reduce it to the said standard; and that all such deductions be regularly accounted for, by the treasurer of the mint, to the treasury of the United States.

Approved, March 3, 1823.

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March 3, 1823.

Chap. XLIV.An Act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the state of Louisiana.[1]

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

  1. District courts of Louisiana.
    An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state, April 8, 1812, ch. 50.