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. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 56-58. 1872. 41 the records of tlfc circuit and district courts of the northern district of mmtbre certain Illinois, destroyed by Exc on the nintzh of October, eighteen hundred and 1°S*;§9°’d’;g seventy-one, under the act of Merch third, eighteen hundred and seventy- gg3i0g2x21m:; ,0110, entitled "An act relating to records of the courts of the United notice 1:0 be St:ates," the notice required by said act may be served upon any ;1011-resi- ;‘3';’)‘;0g?t;; dent of said district anywhere within the jurisdiction of the United States, 1871 cb HL or in any foreign country, the proof of the service of such notice, if made V01. {vi. p. 474. in a. foreign country, be be certjied by 2, minister or consul of the United States in such country, under his official seal. Sec. 2. That a. certified copy of the official return of the district attor- Certified copies nay, clerk of the circuit or district court, or the marshal of the northern ‘fQQi;?‘:‘j€l‘;r;‘;S1€0°f district of Illinois, made in pursuance of law, and on file in the Depart- be filed in court mcht of Justice, relating to any cause in either of said courts to which the wd XMYB effect United States was a party, the record of which was destroyed in said fire, °t °¤gma1S‘ may be filed in the court to which it apperizaius, and shall have the same force and efccb as if it were an original return made to said court; and in When judgany case in which the names of the parties, and the date and amount of ;Qj.;‘;·;€‘5‘“Y b° the judgment or decree shall appear from such returns, it shall be lawful ` for the court in which they are Bled to issue the necessary process to anforce such decree or judgment in the same manner as if the original record was before said court. , Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the district attorney for the north- District ¤¢f<>¢‘— cm district of Illinois to take such steps as may be necessary to restore ;’?;€;‘;O;2kfh;t°ps the records and files of the circuit and district courts of said district which rewiis. &c, of were destroyed by tire on the ninth of October, eighteen hundred and Said QW"? “¤‘;,°' seventy-0112, and in which the United States is interested, so far as the ?:; ?,;Q?;;in° judges of said courts, respectively, shall deem it essential to the interests of the United States that said records and files be restored ; and the judges of said courts, respectively, are authorized be direct such steps be be taken as, in their opinion, shall be deemed advizable to restore the judgment dockets and indices of said courts, and for that purpose, may direct the performance, by the clerks of said courts, and by the United States attorney' for said district, of any duty incident thereto, and said clerks and said district Distgctl ¤§;<>'· attorney shall be allowed such compensation and disbursements for ser- ggiggpgxigtgdw vices rendered under this section (iu cases where no compensation is now for services; provided by law for such services) as may be allowed by the Attorney- General, and certified to be just and reasonable by the judge of the court iu which said services are rendered, and the amount so allowed shall be paid out of the judiciary fund: Provided, however, That the sum allowed allowance not the clerks of said courts shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand dol- m °X°°°d* &°° lars, and the entire compensation of the United States attorney for such services shall not exceed the sum of six thousand dollars. A1>1>R0v1:D, March 18, 187 2. CHAP. LVII. — An Act to amend Section thirtwfive of an Act entitled "An Act to Ma;-eh1S, 1872 reduce internal Taxes, and far other Purposes." ;"""’°‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ey" Representatives of l/ze United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of an act an- Privileges cf titled “A1 Ach to reduce internal taxes, and for other purp0scs," approved iggo ch 255 H5 July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be, and are hereby ex- vox, LU-gt p, Q;;,' tended 1:0 the port of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, with the ¢>$f€f¤<i¢=fi fo same effect as if it had been inserted in the thirty-fifth section of said act,. m°°b"‘gh' APPROVED, March 18, 1872. CHAP. LVIH. — An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide /br a Build March 18, 1872 ing suited to the Use e/'lhe P0st—n §fce, the Pensfon and Revenue Officers, and the judfeial Oficers rg/`/he United States, in the City of Trenlon, New Jersey," approved Lfurch thzrd, VOL xvi, P, 537, eighteen hundred and seve1zty·0ne. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifmse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entire cost of the build- Limit W <=<>¤¤ G!