United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 31
Chap. XXXI.—An Act to alter the time for holding the District Courts of the United States for the Virginia district.[1]
Act of March 23, 1804, ch. 31.
Time of the sessions of the court altered in the Virginia district.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the time heretofore prescribed by law for the sessions of the District Court of the United States for the Virginia district, the said court shall hereafter commence its sessions on the following days in each year, that is to say; on the twelfth day of April, and on the fifteenth day of October, in the city of Richmond, and on the first day of May, and on the first day of November, in the borough of Norfolk.
This change not to affect the pleadings.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said court, at its sessions to be commenced by virtue of this act, on the twelfth day of April next, in the city of Richmond, and on the first day of May next, in Norfolk, shall have the same right, power, and jurisdiction over all actions, suits, process, notices, pleadings and recognisances, and of all other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, civil or criminal, as the said court might or could possess and lawfully exercise, if the sessions of the said court, instead of being commenced on the said twelfth day of April next, and the said first day of May next, should have been commenced on the days heretofore prescribed.
Process returnable according to the change.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing this act, all actions, suit, process, notices, pleadings and recognisances, and all other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, civil or criminal, returnable to or having day in the said court during the session thereof, shall be returnable to and have day in the sessions of the said court as prescribed by this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if at any time the day prescribed by this act for commencing a session of the said court shall be a Sunday, the said court shall commence and hold its sessions on the following day.
Approved, March 24, 1814.
- ↑ See notes to the Act of February 4, 1819, ch. 12.