March 14, 1848.
Chap. XVIII. — An Act to make Attachments which are made under Process issuing from the courts of
the United States conform to the Laws regulating such attachments in the courts of
the States.
Attachments under mesne process issuing from the courts of the
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United States, to be dissolved in the same manner as those under process from the
respective State courts.
Proviso saving the priority of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That whenever, upon process instituted in any of the courts of the United States,
property
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shall hereafter be attached to satisfy such judgment as may be recovered by the plaintiff
in such process, and any contingency occurs by which, according to the laws of a State,
such attachment would be dissolved upon like process pending in, or returnable to,
the State courts, then such attachment or attachments made upon process issuing from,
or pending in, the courts of the United States within such State shall be dissolved,
the intent and meaning of this act being to place such attachments in the courts of
the States and the United States upon the same footing: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall interfere with any existing or future law giving
priority in payments of debts to the United States.
Approved, March 14, 1848.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 213-14