lxx RULES OF PRACTICE FOR THE COURTS OF EQUITY. XCII. These rules shall take effect, and be of force, in all the Circuit Courts of the United States, from and after the first day of August next; but they may be previously adopted by any Circuit Court in its discretion; and when and as soon as these Rules shall so take effect, and be of force, the Rules of Practice for the Circuit Courts in Equity Suits, promulgated and prescribed by this Court in March, 1822, shall henceforth cease, and be of no farther force or effect. And the clerk of this court is directed to have these Rules printed, and to transmit a printed copy thereof, duly certified, to the clerks of the several courts of the United States, and to each of the judges thereof. I, WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, do hereby certify that the foregoing ninety-two Rules have been ordered, by the said Supreme Court, to be the "Rules of Practice in suits in Equity in the Circuit Courts.' Promulgated by the said Supreme Court, on this second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. Per Curiam: Teste: WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. HON. ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice. HON. HENRY BALDWIN, Associate Justice. HUGH S. LEGARÉ, Esq., Attorney-General. WILLIAM THOMAS CARROLL, Esq., Clerk. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, Esq., Reporter. ALEXANDER HUNTER, Esq., Marshal. (a) Mr. Justice STORY and Mr. Justice McKINLEY were prevented attending Court by indisposition; and Mr. Justice THOMPSON being compelled to leave Washington on the 6th of February, did not hear any arguments after that day. Ixxi ORDER OF COURT. ORDERED by the Court, that in obedience to the act of Congress approved August 16th, 1842, the following allotment of circuits is made among the Justices of the said Court. For the fourth circuit, ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice. January 25th, 1843. lxxii |