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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONG RESS. Sess. I. Ons. 35-37. 1896. 39 CHAP. 35.-An Act To change and fix the time for holding the district and cir- F¤b¤’¤=¤')‘ 27, 1896 cuit courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of W Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the terms of the circuit .u£jg;*,°g§j:dcj¤¤*°¤ and district courts of the United States for the northern division of J rermaxuuxéme. the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Knoxville, Tennessee, shall P:,,§··,;‘;_°'· "“· ““· commence on the iirst Mondays in March and September of each year, ' instead of the second Mondays in January and July, as is now provided by law; and each of said terms shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem necessary. _ Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment, 1’°"‘*“’¢ “'““"· recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts, but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending, and triable at the terms herein provided for. Sec. 3. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the pub- R°’°‘°’°°°‘ lic welfare requiring it; and that all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, February 27, 1896. CHAP. 36.-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to February 27, 1896. donate one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to W. H. —————— Wallace Post, Numbered Sixty-six, Grand Army of the Republic, of Eldorado, Kansas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy g•:·<1<;1¤¤·1 ¤•¤¤¤¤· be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate one condemned A.-m;”i>0si,t£idEZi:5°.3 cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to W. H.Wallace Km- Post, Numbered Sixty-six, Grand Army of the Republic, of Eldorado, Kansas, for the soldiers’ monument to be erected in said town: Provided, *jr¢>•$•tg- That in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such articles can °°° °°' be spared without detriment to the public interest: And procidedjurther, ¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤· That the United States shall not be subjected to any expense on account. of such donation. Approved, February 27, 1896. CHAP. 3'l.—An Act To amend section tiny-two hundred and ninety-four of the March 2.1890- Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the _*”""""'“ Treasury to remit or mitigate tines, penalties, and forfeitnres, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House a;hRepresentatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at section fifty-two hundred “§°¤*•¤*°¤ °" “¤°•· and ni¤ety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, approved ii. s., sec. sm, p. December fifteen th, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the ‘“$;,f‘{,°‘,f§_ same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ' ¢· Sec. 5294. The Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application "§°”},i;'*$'gsg§,_‘”jfk; theretbr, remit or mitigate any line, penalty, or forfeiture provided for milieu to mrenures. in laws relating to vessels or discontinue any prosecution to recover penalties or relating to forfeitures denounced in such laws, excepting the penalty of imprisonment or of removal from office, upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper; and all rights granted to intbrmers by such laws shall be held subject to the Secretary’s powers of remission, except in cases where the claims of any informer to the share of any penalty shall have been determined bya court of competent jurisdiction prior to the application for the remission of the penalty or forfeiture; and the Secretary shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and under such regulations as he may deem proper." Approved, March 2, 1896.