Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
Broadside, 8-1/2” x 13”, “Congress of the United States .. Being Held at the City of New York, on the Fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.” Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, stab holes along left edge, near fine. This is the first extension of the law that regulated procedures in the United States Supreme Court and in lesser federal courts. The U.S. Constitution provided for the creation of the Supreme Court, but did not include provisions for the establishment of any other judicial system. This was addressed by the Judiciary Act of 1789, passed on Sept. 24 of that year, one of the first acts of the first Congress. On Sept. 29, 1789 the Congress passed a law making rules for judicial procedure in those courts, especially governing the issuance of "writes and processes" and the rates of fees. The present act extends the provisions of that law until the end of the next session of Congress. A very rare printing - only the second copy located.
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