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 .320 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Srsss. III. Ch. 97, 99. 1879. other district, may, on the application of either party, be transferred to the proper court of said district; and in case of such transfcr, all papers and tiles therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of such court, and the same shall proceed in all respects as though originally commenced in said court. Assignment or Sec. 7. That the present judge of the eastern district of Texas be, and D1‘¢¤<>¤¤j¤dg¢S- he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts in the said eastern district, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he now exercises and performs wrthrn his present district. That the present judge of the western district of Texas be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said coruis in the western district of Texas, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he now exercises and performs within his New judge for present district. And there shall be appointed a district judge for the ¤¤¤'*h¤1'¤di¤¤i<=¥· northern district of Texas, who shall possess the same powers and do and perform all such duties in his district as are now enjoyed, or in any manner appertain to the present district judges for said eastern and western districts of Texas. And the district judge of such district shall be entitled to the same compensation as by law is provided for the present judges of the eastern and western districts of Texas. District attorney Sec. 8. That there shall be appointed one person as district attorney ““d hm°'3P“l f°' and one person as marshal for said northern district, whose terms of um °m ”m°t' appointment and services, as well as duties and emoluments, shall be the same with those respectively appertaining to the said offices in the said eastern and western districts of Texas; and said marshal shall give the same bond that other marshals are required to give, to be approved Present district and recorded as now directed by law: Provided, That the present dis- ¤'·**;¤'¤°F¤ and Hm- trict attorneys for the eastern and western districts of Texas shall still Bm “‘ hold their offices respectively in said districts, and shall retain chargeof all suits already commenced until the final termination, unless the President of the United States shall otherwise direct; and the present marshals for said eastern and western districts shall continue to be the pmsrss, marshals for said districts dining their respective official terms: Provided_/u»·tl.or, That it is not intended by this act to work the removal of, or in any manner affect, the clerks of the district courts now holding ofiice in said districts. Clerk for north- SBC. 9. The district judge of the northern district shall appoint a ·°¤1 d}¤¤i¢t wd clerk of said court, who shall reside at one of the places designated in d°P“t‘°“· this act for holding the co1u·ts, and two deputies shall be appointed by the clerk, one of whom shall reside at each of the other places designated for holding the courts. Approved, February 24, 1879. Feb. 25, 1879. CHAP. 99.-An act to create an additional associate justice of the supreme court of —-··————— ;l1i<;tDistrict of Columbia, and for the better administration of justice in said Dis- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _Snpi-ems Court, States of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed Bwtmt of U<>l¤m· by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate one "‘* additional associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Co- Additional asso- lumbia. That the said additional associate justice shall have the same date .i¤¤¤ti¢¤·- power, authority, and jurisdiction as now or hereafter may be exercised by any of the associate justices of the said supreme court, and shall be entitled to receive the same salary, payable in the same manner. Qluorurn at gen- Sec. 2. Two of the justices, sitting at general term, shall constitute a mi ttm- quorum for the transaction of business; but when the twojustices shall be divided in opinion, the same shall be noted upon the minutes of the court, and thereupon and within iour days thereafter either party i11 such cause ‘ may tile with the clerk of the court a motion in writing to have such cause reargucd before three or more justices; but no justice shall sit in