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And the Secretary thereof shall submit to Congress, on or before the first of February next, a general report of all proceedings in the premises.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, to carry this act into effect, the sum of twelve thousand dollars be appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, May 5, 1832.

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May 19, 1832.

Chap. LXXVII.An Act for altering the time of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana.[1]

Court to be held on last Monday in May and November.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana shall be hereafter holden on the last Mondays of May and November, in each year, instead of the first Mondays of said months, as is now required by law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, now pending in, or returnable to, said court, shall be proceeded in by said court in the same manner as if no alteration of the times for holding said court had taken place.

Approved, May 19, 1832.

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May 19, 1832.

Chap. LXXIX.An Act for giving effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Colombia.[2]

Colombian vessels coming direct, &c. to pay same duties, &c. as American vessels.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That vessels of the Republic of Colombia, and their cargoes, whether of foreign or domestic produce or manufacture, which shall come direct from the ports of that nation to the United States, shall pay no greater duties on importation, anchorage, tonnage, or any other kind, than are now, or hereafter may be, levied on the vessels of the United States.

President to remove restriction, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the restriction of coming direct form a port in Colombia, contained in the preceding section, shall be taken off, as soon as the President shall receive satisfactory evidence, that a like restriction is taken off, from vessels of the United States in the ports of the Republic of Colombia, and shall make known the same by his proclamation declaring the fact.

President authorized to suspend operation of this act.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the President of the United States shall at any time receive satisfactory information that the privileges allowed or which may be allowed to American vessels and their cargoes in the ports of Colombia, corresponding with those extended, or to be extended by this act, to Colombian vessels and their cargoes in the ports of the United States, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby au-

  1. Acts relating to the courts of the United States in the territory and state of Indiana.
    An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. March 30, 1802, ch. 13, sec. 15.
    An act for the regulation of the courts of justice of Indiana, February 24, 1815, ch. 54.
    An act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act regulating and defining the duties of the judges of the territory of Illinois, and for vesting in the courts of Indiana a jurisdiction in chancery cases arising in the said territory.” April 29, 1816, ch. 154.
    An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Indiana, March 3, 1817, ch. 100.
    An act respecting the jurisdiction of certain district courts, February 19, 1831, ch. 28.
    An act for altering the time of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana, May 19, 1832, ch. 77.
    An act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,” March 3, 1837, ch. 34, sec. 3, 4.
    An act to change the time of holding the circuit and district courts in the seventh circuit, March 10, 1838, ch. 33.
  2. Acts relating to discriminating duties, vol. iv. p. 2.