March 9, 1848.
Chap. XVII. — An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act in Amendment of the Acts respecting the Judicial
System of the United States."
A temporary clerk may be appointed for the Circuit Court by the district judge, when
a vacancy occurs in vacation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That in case of a vacancy in the office of the clerk of any Circuit Court of the United
States in vacation, the judge of the District Court in the district within which such
vacancy occurs may appoint a clerk, who shall hold said office until the end of the
next term of the Circuit Court for said district, unless the office is sooner filled
by an appointment according to existing laws.
Approved, March 9, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 213