United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 36
Chap. XXXVI.—An Act to change the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the state of Ohio, and one of the terms of the circuit court in Kentucky.[1]
Sessions of the circuit court for the Ohio district, and the district court.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the United States, within and for the district of Ohio, instead of the time now fixed by law, shall be held on the second Monday of July next; and thereafter on the first Mondays of January and June in each year; and the district court of the United States, in and for said district, shall hereafter be held on the Mondays next succeeding the times herein fixed for holding the circuit court.
The next fall term of the circuit court for the Kentucky district, to be held on the second Monday in October.
Proviso.
All recognisances, &c. to be proceeded in, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the next fall term of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, be commenced and held on the second Monday in October next, in lieu of the first Monday in November: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to extend to, or embrace, any other or future term of the said circuit court, than the next November term, as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all recognisances, process, suits, and proceedings, of every kind, whether of a civil or criminal nature, commenced or pending in either of said courts, shall be returned to, proceeded in, and determined at, the terms herein provided for, in the same manner as if the time of holding said courts had not been changed.
Approved, April 22, 1824.