of Indiana, by this act. of a majority of the freeholders, notwith- SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Government nothing in this act contained shall be conhow affected strued so as in any manner to affect the go. vernment now in force in the Indiana territo ry, further than to prohibit the exercise thereof within the Illinois territory, from and after the aforesaid first day of March next. posed of. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That &c. how dis- all suits, proceess and proceedings, which, on the first day of March next, shall be pending in the court of any county which shall be included within the said territory of Illinois, and also all suits, process and proceedings, which, on the said first day of March next, shall be pending in the general court of the Indiana territory, in consequence of any writ of removal, or order for trial at bar, and which had been removed from any of the counties included within the limits of the territory of Illinois aforesaid, shall, in all things concerning the same, be proceeded on, and judgments and decrees rendered thereon, in the same manner as if the said Indiana territory had remained undivided. 1 taxes on land SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so Arrearages of construed as to prevent the collection of in the Illinois taxes which may, on the first day of March territory still to be paid. next, be due to the Indiana territory on lands lying in the said territory of Illinois. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That Kaskaskia to until it shall be otherwise ordered by the be the seat of govern. legislature of the said Illinois territory, ment, Kaskaskia on the Mississippi river shall be the seat of government for the said Illinois territory. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate, pro tempore, February 3, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXXXI. An ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to amend the act, entitled An act establishing circuit courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in all actions or suits that were pending in the circuit courts of the United States for the district of Tennessee, established by an act entitled "An act establishing circuit courts, Ee Process, how to be issued. rected. and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio," in which any judgment or decree was rendered, or a y sentence passed previous to the passage of the act, entitled An act to amend the act, entitled "An act establishing circuit courts, and abricging the jurisdiction of the district courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio," the clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the district of East Tennessee be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue executions, and all other proTo whom di- cess necessary for carrying the same inte complete effect, in the same manner as if the said last mentioned act had not passed; which executions and other process shall be directed to the marshal of either of the districts of East or West Tennessee, in which the party against whom the same shall issue may reside, or his property may be found, who shall execute and return the same, in like manner he would have done if the act to which this is a supplement had not passed, and shall receive the same fees as are by law allowed fcr similar services in other cases. Sessions of courts. SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Kentuc- the next session of the district court of the ky district United States, for the district of Kentucky, shall be holden on the second Monday in May next, and that the session of the said court heretofore holden on the first Monday in June, annually, shall thereafter be holden annually, on the second Monday in May. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all writs and process, which shall have been issued, or may hereafter issue, and all recog &c. to be nizances returnable, and all suits and other Writs, &c. proceedings of what nature or kind soever, continued which have been continued to the said dis- over, &c. &c. trict court on the first Monday in June next, from the last December term, shall be returned and held continued to the said second Monday in May next, J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate pro tempore. February 4, 1809. APPROVED, TH⚫ JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXXXII. An ACT making appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the sea port towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expense of deepening and extending to the river Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet. Appropria BE it enacted by the Senate and House of rondelet, to monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Canal of Ca- the President of the United States be, and be made un he is hereby authorised to cause the canal of der the di- Carondelet, leading from lake Ponchartrain, President. by way of the Bayou St. John, to the city of rection of the New-Orleans, to be extended to the river Mississippi, and made sufficiently deep throughout to admit an easy and safe passage to gun-boats, it, upon survey thereof, he shall be convinced that the same is practicable, and will conduce to the more effectual defence of said city; and that for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof, there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of Appropria twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. tion. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, pro tempore. February 10, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER LXXXIII. AN ACT to revive and continue for a further time, the authority of the commissioners of Kaskaskia. E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers heretofore vested in the register and receiver of public monies for the district of |