Or increasing the force of any foreign ship or vessel of war in the ports of the United States, - 381
Notes on decisions on illegal outfit of vessels in the ports of the United States, 381
Authentication. Acts of the legislatures of the States, records, and judicial proceedings of the States, when authenticated, shall have the same faith and credit in the courts of the United States as they have in the courts of the State from whence the records are taken.- Records and judicial proceedings of the courts of the States shall be authenticated by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court, if there be a seal, and the cer- tificate of the judge, chief justice, or pre- siding magistrate that the attestation is in due form, - 122
Copies of records of the Court of Appeals previous to the adoption of the Constitution, may be authenticated by the clerk of the Supreme Court with whom the records shall be deposited, Baggage and tools of trade.
Personal baggage, &c., exempted from duty, 661 Bail in Civil Cases. 334 Clerks of the District and Circuit Courts may, in the absence or disability of the judges of the courts, take recognisances of bail de bene esse, in cases depending in the said courts, - 276 Bail to be discharged if the defendant arrested on any suit brought against him in any court of the United States, shall be arrested and committed to jail in any other district of the United States, - 727 Proceedings to obtain the discharge of the bail in the first suit, - 727 An exoneratur to be entered upon a return of the marshal of the commitment of the defendant in another district - 727 In suits for duties or pecuniary penalties, de- fendants may be held to special bail, 676 in Criminal Cases.
A meet person learned in the law shall be appointed Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the United Bail States shall be concerned, to give advice and opinions on questions of law when re- quired by the President, or requested by any of the heads of department touching any matters that may concern their depart- ments, 92 alary and compensation of the attorney- general, - 72
Bail for appearance in criminal causes, where bail is allowed, may be taken by any judge of the United States, chancellor, judge of a superior State court, or chief or first judge of any Court of Common Pleas or mayor of a city or commissioners appointed by the Circuit Court of Maine and Kentucky, 334
No State shall issue bills of credit, Constitu- tion of the United States, sect. 10, - 15
Actions on foreign bills of exchange by as- signee,
To be given up for dissection, Books, Maps, and Charts,
Bail in Criminal Cases. On all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except when the punishment may be death; in which cases it shall not be ad- mitted, but by the Supreme or Circuit Court, or by a justice of the Supreme Court, or a judge of the District Court, Body of Convicts, who shall exercise their discretion there- in, - 91 When a justice of the Supreme or District Court shall not be present to take bail, in a case of commitment by a supreme or dis- trict judge, for an offence not punished with death, the bail may be entered before the supreme or superior judge of the court of such State,
Copyright by act of May, 31, 1790, (repealed,)
Notes of decisions on the law of copyright, 124
Decrees in equity, and judgments at law, on bonds, with penalties, shall be given for the sum due thereon, according to equity; or if either party request it, the damages may be assessed by a jury, for Duties,
Shall be put in suit immediately on their be- coming due, and judgment shall be rendered at the first term, unless an affidavit be made, in the presence of the district attorney, that there has been an error in the liquidation of the duties, 676
Such bonds entitled to a priority of satisfac- tion in case of insolvency of the obligor, 676 Surety, paying bond to have the priority of the United States, in case of the insolvency of the principal, - 676 Meaning of insolvency,
Act supplementary to the act incorporating Bonds of Officers,
the Bank of the United States, Notes of decisions on the act incorporating the Bank of the United States, -
Of officers of the customs, Of judges, Bullion
353 Capias ad Satisfaciendum.
Buoys at New London and Providence River,
Goat Island, Nassau Island, buoys in or near the harbour of Nantucket,
Buoys on rocks off New London and Provi- dence,
Imported for breed,
Beer, Ale, and Porter.
On judgments in any case whatsoever, the plaintiff may at his option issue a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum in the first in- stance, and may pursue the same until a tender be made of the debt in gold or sil- ver, 94
No benefit of clergy shall be allowed upon conviction of any crime punished with death, Bills of Attainder
Not to be passed, Constitution of the United
Notes of the acts providing for the enumera- tion of the inhabitants of the United States,
May grant new trials, administer oaths, and punish for contempts, 83 The facts on which the decree of the Circuit Court is given must appear on the record, 83 Judgments and decrees of the Circuit Court re-examinable in the Supreme Court, 84 When a judgment or decree of the District Court shall be revised in the Circuit Court, the Circuit Court shall give such judgment or decree as should have been rendered in the District Court, 85 The Circuit Courts may be adjourned from day to day by one of the judges present, and if no one of the judges be present, adjourned by the marshal,- Special sessions of the Circuit Courts may be
held at any other time than that fixed for the regular sessions, in criminal cases, 75 Special sessions of the Circuit Court may be adjourned to any time or times previous to the meeting of the court, - 334 Organization of the Circuit Courts in the dis- tricts of the United States, Sessions of the Circuit Courts.
The Circuit Court has original cognisance, concurrent with the courts of the United States, of all suits of a civil nature at com- mon law and in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds 500 dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States are plaintiffs or parties, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between the citizens of a State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State; and concurrent jurisdiction with the District Courts of crimes cognisable in that court, 78 The Circuit Court shall have original cogni- sance of all crimes cognisable under the laws of the United States, except where the laws of the United States provide other- wise, Limitation of jurisdiction in cases of assigned choses in action,
79 Suits instituted in the State courts between aliens and citizens may be removed to the Circuit Courts, 79
When judges of the District Court have been concerned as counsel of either party, the cause may be forthwith certified to the Cir- cuit Court, 278, 279 The assignees of a debenture may institute actions against the assignor in the Circuit Court, when the debenture is unpaid by the collector, - Appellate jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts from the District Court, in causes of admi- ralty and maritime jurisdiction, - 83 Writs of errors from the District to the Circuit
Courts, 84 Power of the Circuit Courts to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and other writs specially provided by statutes, or necessary for the exercise of their jurisdiction, 81i
Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, -
Citation on Writs of Error. A citation to issue with a writ of error, and to be left with the adverse party twenty days before the meeting of the Circuit Court, and thirty days before the meeting of the Supreme Court, - 84 Every judge signing a citation on a writ of error shall take good and sufficient security that the plaintiff shall prosecute the writ of error, and answer all costs and damages, 85 The security on a writ of error which shall not be a supersedeas, shall be for costs only, - 404 Citizenship. See Naturalization. Clerks of Courts.
Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives. Compensation of the Officers of the Government. Oaths and affirmations,
Clerks in the Departments of the Government.
Appointments and salaries,
Coasting Trade.
Salary of the President of the United States, 72, 318 To have the use of the furniture and other effects belonging to the United States in the possession of the President,
Act of Sept. 1789, (obsolete,)
Sept. 21, 1789, (obsolete,)
Salaries of the heads of Departments, 67, 730 Note of the acts relating to the salaries of the heads of Departments,
Chief-Justice and justices of the Supreme
Notes of the acts, &c., relating to salaries of the Chief-Justice and justices of the Supreme Court,
Additional compensation to the judges of the District Courts of Rhode Island and Dela- ware,
District Judge of Tennessee,
Judges of the Western Territory, - Postmaster-General and assistants, 235, 358,
Foreign Ministers and Charges des Affaires, 128, 129 Attorney-General of the United States, 72, 497, 730
Act of July 4, 1789, (obsolete,)
March 2, 1790, (obsolete,)
May 2, 1792, (obsolete,)
June 4, 1794, (obsolete,) March 3, 1797, (obsolete,) March 2, 1799,
Collectors of the Customs.
Act of March 2, 1799, sect. 20, 21, 54, 67, 68, 101, Columbia, District of.
District or territory of ten miles square, on the Potomac, to be located as the permanent seat of the Government of the United States. Act of July 6, 1790,
President to appoint commissioners for locat- ing the same, who may accept grants of lands,
In December, 1800, the seat of the Government to be removed to the district accepted by this act, Commerce, Congress to regulate. Constitution of the United States, -
13 Concealment of Crimes and Offences. Misprision of treason and felonies,
To be appointed, to take an oath or affirma- tion, and give bond with security, (obso- Concealment, 142
Or buying of smuggled goods,
114 Consuls to receive protests of captains of American ships, - 257 Copies of consular acts evidence as originals in the courts of the United States, 256 Jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in actions against foreign consuls, Duties of consuls under the act of March 2, 1799, sect. 81, relative to drawback on ex- ported goods, - 690
Constitution of the United States, article 1, 10 Representation and direct taxes to be appor-
tioned according to respective numbers. Constitution United States, art 1, sect. 2, 10 Congress shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, article 1, 10 Contested elections of members of the House
of Representatives, evidence in, - - 537 Oaths and affirmations of members of Con- gress, 24 Oaths and affirmations to be administered to the officers of Congress, and by the chair- men of select committees, - 554 Power of Congress. Constitution of the United States, article 1, sect. 8. 12 Congress to assemble once a year. Constitu- tion of the United States, art. 1, sect. 4, 11 Place of holding sessions of Congress to be altered by the President in case of sick- ness, Sessions of Congress to be once in every year, on the first Monday in every December. Constitution of the United States, article 1, sect. 4,
Special sessions of Congress,
First Monday in January, 1790, First Monday in October, 1791, First Monday in November, 1792, First Monday in November, 1794, First Monday in November, 1797, Representation in Congress, under the tution of the United States, Representation according to the first cen- 253
Representatives in Congress.
the United States,
Copies of records in the Department of State, 69
- 370 Copyright of Books. - 507 Act of June 4, 1790, (repealed,) Consti- Notes of decisions on the copyright acts, 124 10 Correspondence.
Penalty on citizens of the United States hold- ing correspondence with a foreign govern- ment with a purpose of influencing the go- vernment in relation to controversies with the United States, - - 613 Corruption of Blood.
No conviction for offences shall work corrup- tion of blood or forfeiture of estate, - 117
Act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, 254 Notes of decisions of the courts of the United States as to the powers and duties of con- suls, 254 Consuls and vice-consuls to take charge of the estates of persons dying within their con- sulates, Duties as to stranded vessels, and merchandise on board of such vessels, A salary to be allowed to consuls on the coast of Barbary, 256 Provision for mariners left in foreign ports to be made by consuls, - 256
The parties in suits in the courts of the United States may manage their own causes per- sonally, or have the aid of counsel, or attor neys-at-law, - 92 Every person indicted for violating a passport or safe-conduct, striking or assaulting a pub-
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