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 54 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch. 100, 102, 103. 1866. May 26, 1866. CHAP. O. - An Ad to aurlmiu the of an additional Assistant Secrempy ""‘"""""` o avy. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ihe United lixggggsgx States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the Unitof mc Navy_ ed States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an additional Assistant Panties and Secretary of the Navy, who shall ggrfortm the same gsties ang receive ” *“Y‘ the same salary as is by law low to e present istant ecretary of t.he·Na.v . OEM to iw Sec. 2. find be it further enacted, That the cdlce hereby created shall f" mx m°°th°‘ cease by limitation in six months from the approval of this act. Arz·1z0vm>, May 26, 1866. Ma 30, 1868. CHA]?. CII.—An Act to Section tw —t}1rec o Cha seven mine 0 the Aus of the Third Smiom Thw-Sm: Gongés, my to v°l' m' P' 7M` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United B°P¢¤l- States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-three of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the ovemment. for the year endinv June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixtyé-four, and for the year ending zlhe thirtieth J uri, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby remizivglvfazgti igzztledi SA}nd hereafter passports shall be issued only to citizens of the wm ‘ nite ta. es. A1>1>n0vn1>, May 30, 1866. June 1, 1866. CHAP. CHI.-An Ad to de_/ine more clear)? the Jurisdiction and Powers of the Supnzme Coun afthe District of O' umbia, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wm; of at- States of America in Congress assembled, That writs of attachment and g°gg‘?;E;f§°gy garnishments shall be issued by the clerk of the supreme court of the cmk of gu, District, without any authority or warrant from any judge or justice, {fig? Court ¤f whenever the plaintiti, his agent or attorney, shall Hle in the clerk’s ofagdssfgg-';;:,¤_ fice, whether at the commencement or during the pendency of the suit, t;&;§;¤.,:¤? gw. an a.fl·iday·it, supported by_the testimony of one er more witnesses, showcogts sgdydgh mg the grounds upon vuhxch he bases his affidavtt, and also setting forth ,9,; that the plaintiff has a Just right to recover against the defendant what he claims in the declaration, and also stating either, first, that the defendant is a non-resident of the District; or, second, that the defendant evades the service of ordinary process by concealing himself or by withdrawing from the District temporarily; or, third, that he has removed or is about to remove some of his property from the District, so as to defeat just demands against him; and shall also file his (the plaintiffs) undertaking, with ghfficxent suiregy or suretiiesiltohbe approved by the clerk, to make go cost an amages w ic the de endant ma sustain b reason may be of the wrongful suing out of the attachment: Pravidgz', however,yThat if guushed upon the defendant, his agcnt or attorney, shall file an aH:ldavit traversing the cggstssuggigligig said andavxt, theeourt shall determine whether the facts set forth in said audmubuing p aint: Us ailidavxt are true, and that there was Just ground for issuing by me Coun said wut or warrant of attachment; and nf the court shall deem the facts de not sustain the aflidavit, he shall quash the writ of attachment or gar- M1;);; when to mshment-: and this issue may be tried by a judge at chambers on three Attached pm? days nouce. And the .thing_attached shall not be discharged from the grgyhign gg be custody of the officer seizing it until the defendant shall deliver, either to loss dcf§udu‘;';· the cilicer or to the clerk, to be filed in the cause, his undertaking, with gi,-B, ,mty,&°_ sufficient surety or sureties, to satisfy and pay the final judgment of the Jud mnt if cogrt against hun; and-m case the defendant be found liable to the plainfor pI5mm, tl s claim, in whole or in part, the ilnal Judgment shall be that the plain-