274 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 141, 143. 1848. lands subject to districts in said State, in the same manner that said warrants are now P""‘° °“"’{,,.‘“ authorized to be located in the Augusta land district. ‘*‘°-S“*‘°°‘ " A A x5 me sissippi. PPROVED, Uglls , . Aug. 7,184-8.. Czar. CXLI.—-An Act};0 hauthvvj? fhehsegeldry of lhe Treasury to ligm;4 -—————-— an ze, an waz er urpose:. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Yachts used as United States v America in Con ress assembled, That the Seerem g Y §;’““‘; 'f;’°fj of the Treasury is hereby authorized to cause yachts used and em. cerised pn terms ployed exclusively as pleasure vessels, and designed as models of naval gmt yd! N0'; architecture, and now entitled to be enrolled as American vessels, ro
PERF;:?;, be licensed on terms which vyill authorize them to proceed from port
in the Umned to port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom- §f;;ffnc€W"h°“* house. Such license shall be in such form as the Secretary of the ' A' · ·`d d Such vessels so enrolled and 1),0,,,0, Such Treasury may prescribe. Prom e , I vessels ns: m be licensed shall not be allowed to transport merchandise or carry passen- “ll°"’°d *° "““S' ers for a · And rovidcd further That the owner ofanv such vessel port merchan- g P .yP . ’ . . ~ * dim before taking out such license, shall give a bond, in such form and for Owners orsqch such amount as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, condivessels *° E“'° tional that the said vessel shall not engage in any unlawful trade, nor bonds' in any way violate the revenue laws of the United States, and shall comply with the laws in all other respects. b Snell; vessels ifi Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all such vessels shall, in all ,§s;;cQ§°§0l°,°f,6 respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the United States, laws or the Um· and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the md 5**** provisions of this act. srmu use sig- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all such licensed yachts “‘*l“> &°‘ shall use a signal of the form, size, and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, and the owners thereof shall at all times permit the naval architects in the employ of the United States to examine and copy the models of said yachts. A1-rnovm:•, August 7, 1848. Crm?. CXLIII. —An Act to change the Place of holding the District Court of the Aug. 7, 1848. United States for the Middle District of ..·2la.bama, andfzr other Purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represerzfatives of the m§’“‘£:,;3l€;;; gnzged States of America in Congress assemlbled, 'Ilhat the Staten0f rh_m,_l.,d,c,ardrS. _ a ama shall be, and the same is hereby, divided imo three districts m¤*¤- _ in manner following, to wit: .S°“*l‘°"“ dw The counties of Mobile, Washington, Baldwin Sumpter, Clarke, trrct. . . ’ Marengo, Green, Pickens, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, shall compose one district, to be called the southern district, and a court shall be held for the said district, as heretofore, at Mobile. Middle district- The counties of Montgomery, Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Talladega, Randolph, Macon, Russell, Barbour, Pike, Henry, Dale, COH`ec, Covington, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Bibb, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa, shall hereafter compose one district, to be. called the mid- . dle district, and a. court shall be held for the said district at Montgomm1;°¤’*h°*¤ dw- ery. And the residue of the counties of said State shall hereafter ° compose the northern district of Alabama, and a court shall be held for the same as heretofore at H t `ll . Digjgxozittgji _Sec. 2. rind be it furtlier enaiigsrlldiat the next term of the Dis- ,},8 middle di, trict Court for the said middle district, and every term thereafter, shall grae: eohuedhere- be held at Montgomery; and the clerk and marshal of said middle M:n,g0m';ry_ "t dxstrlct are hereby required, forthwith, to remove all the books, Mid papers, almd records, belonging to their respective offices from Tuscaoosa to ontgomery.
