United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 45

United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4
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Public Acts of the Eighteenth Congress, First Session, Chapter 45
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April 29, 1824.

Chap. XLV.An Act to alter the times of holding the district court, in the district of Missouri.[1]

The district court for Missouri, to be held on the first Monday in March and September yearly.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court, for the district of Missouri, shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays in March and September, in every year; any thing in any act heretofore passed, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Writs, &c. to be proceeded with as though no alteration had been made.Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That all writs, pleas, suits, recognisances, indictments, and all other proceedings, civil and criminal, shall be heard, tried, and proceeded with, by the said court, at the times fixed in the first section of this act, in the same manner as if no alteration in the times for holding said court had taken place.

Approved, April 29, 1824.


  1. The acts relating to the district court of Missouri, are:
    An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein, March 16, 1822, ch. 12, sec. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
    An act to alter the time of holding the district court in the district of Missouri, April 29, 1824, ch. 45.
    An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,” March 3, 1837, ch. 34.
    An act to amend the act of the third of March, 1837, entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States, and for other purposes,’” March 3, 1839, ch. 81.