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THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST ^second^ SESSION.
H. R. 290.
^N^o 751^(No. Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 2, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Meade, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill:
A BILL

To change the times for holding the district courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, and for other purposes.

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sentatives, of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That instead of the times now prescribed by
law for holding the district courts of the United States in
the western district of Virginia, the same shall hereafter
commence and be held as follows, to wit: At Clarksburg,
on the twenty-fifth days of March and August; at Wheel-
ing, on the eighth days of April and September; at Charles-
ton, on the eighteenth days of April and September; at
Wythe court-house, on the twenty-eighth days of April
and September; and at Staunton, on the twenty-fifth day
of June, and twentieth day of November in every year.

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3 And when those days or either of them fall on Sunday,
the court shall be held on the next succeeding Monday.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions,
suits, recognizances, process and proceedings whatever,
pending, or which may be pending in said courts respec-
tively, or returnable thereto, shall have day thereon, and
be heard, tried, proceeded with, and decided, in like
manner as if the times of holding said sessions had not
been hereby altered.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, ^(^That instead of
the sum now allowed by law, as compensation to the
judge of said court for his services, his salary for such
services shall hereafter be at the rate of ^two thousand^twenty-five hun-
dred dollars per annum, payable as the salaries of other
judges of the United States are now paid.^)^
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act
shall commence, and be in force from and after the first
day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine1

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HR 751.
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M^r Meade from the Committee on the Judiciary Reported the following bill
A Bill (see within)

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⋄Vinton to recommit with instructions to inquire into the expediency of adopting reporting the following provision:⋄

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^ Be it ^further^ enacted,^

That where the salary now allowed by law to any district Judge of the United States is less than two thousand dollars the same shall be raised to the sum of two thousand from and after the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine and the committee be also instructed to make the same inquiry as to

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the times now prescribed by law for holding the district courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, the same shall hereafter commence and be held as follows, to wit: At Clarksburg, on the twenty-fifth days of March and August; at Wheel- ing, on the eighth days of April and September; at Charles- ton, on the eighteenth days of April and September; at Wythe court-house, on the twenty-eighth days of April and September; and at Staunton, on the twenty-fifth day of June, and twentieth day of November in every year.
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13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3	And when those days or either of them fall on Sunday, the court shall be held on the next succeeding Monday. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, recognizances, process and proceedings whatever, pending, or which may be pending in said courts respec- tively, or returnable thereto, shall have day thereon, and be heard, tried, proceeded with, and decided, in like manner as if the times of holding said sessions had not been hereby altered. Sec 3. And be it further enacted, ^(^That instead of the sum now allowed by law, as compensation to the judge of said court for his services, his salary for such services shall hereafter be at the rate of ^two thousand^twenty-five hun- dred dollars per annum, payable as the salaries of other judges of the United States are now paid.^)^ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence, and be in force from and after the first day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine1