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 434 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 866. 1888. urposes. approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five," be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows; "Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Removal of causes United States of America in Co ress assembled, That the first sec- "%?,{,Si§?‘§,Y¥§’{‘§;$§€g tion of an act entitled ‘An act tondlbtermine the jurisdiction of circuit ¤·m¤¤d·=d· courts of the United States and to regulate the removal of causes from State courts, and for other purposes,’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, be, and the same is hereby, _ _ amended so as to read as follows: _ _ u_%’“§l”‘_;‘§§‘§lQ,‘;'*§,fl;°f, “That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original sane scum. cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all sints of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dis ute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of uma. two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of S“”’°°“‘ the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, or in which controversy the United States are plaintiifs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States, in which the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of in-terest and costs, the sum or value aforesaid, or a controversy between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of diiferent States, or a controversy between citizens of a State and foreign states, citizens, or subjects, in which the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value aforesaid, and shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States, except as otherwise rovided by law, and concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the nm-1mm crimes and offenses cognizable by them. But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a. circuit or district court; and no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or roceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant ; nor Negotiable instru- shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit, except "‘°““‘ upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any prom- Assiguees. issory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder if such instrument be payable to bearer and be not · made by any corporation, unless such suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment or Avpeals transfer had been made; and the circuit courts shall also have appellate jurisdiction from the district courts under the regulations and restrictions prescribed by law." That the second section of said act be, and the same is hereby, amcgded so to read as follpws; I t I ,R¤¤¤¤*·¤<>f¤·¤¤¤*° "· mc. 2. at an suit o a civi na ure, at aw or in e uit  Sm" °ir°°"' arising under the Clbnstitution or laws of the United Statcds, df treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, of which the circuit courts of the United States are given ori 'nal jurisdiction by the preceding section, which may now be pending, or which may hereafter be brought, in any State court, may be removed by the defendant or defendants therein to the circuit court of— N<>¤—¤¤·¤1¤¤¢=- the United States for the pro r district. Any other suit of a civil nature, at law or in qquity, olxivhich the circuit courts of the United States are given juri iction by the preceding section, and which are now pegnding, or which may hereafter be brought, in any State court, may removed into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district by the defendant or defendants therein, being nonesmsmoziuceveuc residents of that State. And when in any suit mentioned in this S““°°· section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different States, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested