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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 255 — 258. 1868. 227 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any corporation, or any mem- Suits in State ber thereof, orther [other] than a banking corporation, organized under °°{"`*?_"B"i““ a law of the United States, and against which a suit at law or m equity :;;,%,0550,;;:x has been or may be commenced in any court other than a circuit or dis- l>¤ }‘¤¤¤0V¤d *0 trict court of the United States, for any liability or alleged liability of g$,€€,?f§:”;:;_ such corporation, or any member thereof as such member, may have such min reasons. suit removed from the court in which it may be pending, to the proper circuit or district court of the United States, upon tiling a petition therefor, verified by oath, either before or after issue joined, stating they have a defence arising under or by virtue of the Constitution of the United States, or any treaty or law of the United States, and offering good and sufficient surety for entering in such court on the first day of its session, copies of all process, pleadings, dispositions, testimony, and other proceedings in said suit, and doing such other appropriate acts as are required to _ be clone by the act entitled "An act. for the removal of causes in certain s,,5Q&;;;;_1° cases from State courts," approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred 1866, ch. 288. and sixty-six; and it shall be thereupon the duty of the court to accept V°l· xiv- P· 80** the surety and proceed no fnrther in the suit; and the said copies being entered as aforesaid in such court of the United States, the suit shall then proceed in the same manner as if it had been brought there by original process, and all the provisions of said act in this section referred to, respecting any bail, attachment, injunction, or other restraining process, and respecting any bond of indemnity or other obligation given upon the issuing or granting of any attachment, injunction, or other restraining process, shall apply with like force and eflect in all respects to similar matters, process, or things in the suits for the removal of which this act provides. Approved, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLVI. —~—An Act to protect the Rights of actual Settlers upon the public July 27, 1868. Lands of the United States. """""'“"` Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Not over three States of America in Congress assembled, That in no ease shall more than §¤¤¤<>¤¤ QT pubthree sections of public lands of the United States be entered in any one {f,,}:;,?? T0",;?' township by scrip issued to any State under the act approved July second, entered by agrieighteen hundred and sixty-two, for the establishment of an agricultural f;;:;‘;2;,°°l'°g° college therein. 6 wee, cl: mo, Approved, July 27, 18 8. v01. xii. p. nos. CHAP. CCLVII. ——An Act changing the Ports ¢y”Entrg _/rom Pgmouth to Edenton, in July 27, 1868, Nvrt/t Carolina, and Port Royal to Beazybrt, m South brolzna. t; " Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongresa assembled, That the port of entry in Edcuton, N- Q. the Albemarle collection district be removed from Plymouth to Edenton, ?Qdm§g;“,:*;’;f;é 2,. North Carolina, and also that Beaufort, in South Carolina, be created a amy, port of entry in lieu of Port Royal, which is hereby abolished as a port Port Royal, Oi e¤¤‘>*· %Z?l‘Z¥‘°£.{®€‘ ArrR0v1·:1>, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLVIII.-—An Act in Amendment ey" an Act entitled “An Act to establish a July 27, 1868. uni/'arm Qystem ¢g“BanL~riiptqy throughout the United States," approved March Second, 1ae7, ch, ms? eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. ~Vo1, xiv. p. 517. Be [t enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatiztes of the United States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the provisions of _ In proceedings second clause of the thirty-third section of said act shall not apply to the cases of proceedings in bankrup[t.]cy commenced prior to the first day of Jpn, 1, 15459, dis- January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the time during which the  g35S,;;