[THATthe next term of the Supreme Court of the United States, and also the term thereof, by law appointed to be held on the first Monday of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, shall continue for the despatch of business, until the first Monday of July next after the commencement of the said terms respectively, unless the business of the said court shall be sooner disposed of; and, in order to enable the judges to give their undivided attention to the business of the said court, they shall not be obliged to attend any circuit courts which shall be held during the said two terms of the Supreme Court; but the said judges, if, in their judgment the public interest or their own convenience shall render it proper, may adjourn over during each of the said two terms from the last saturday in March, to any day not later than the first Monday of May thereafter.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no writ of error or appeal shall lie to or be taken from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of

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Columbia, unless the matter in dispute exclusive of costs shall exceed the value of two thousand dollars.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the second section of the act approved the seventeenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, entitled “An act concerning the Supreme Court of the United States,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and immediately after its passage].