United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 32
May 19, 1794
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅡ.—An Act further to authorize the Adjournment of Circuit Courts.
Act of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20.
When circuit court may be adjourned by district judge or marshal.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a circuit court in any district, when it shall happen that no justice of the supreme court attends within four days after the time appointed by law for the commencement of the session, may be adjourned to the next stated term by the judge of the district, or in case of his absence also, by the marshal of the district.
Approved, May 19, 1794.