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 1354 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 441, 442. 1899. March 3, 1899- CHAP. 441.-An Act To amend section nine hundred and forty-one of the “'j_”_" Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ad*;1§§2H;;YPQg’;‘;°j'{ States of America in Congress assembled, That section nine hundred and ‘ mgss W gu P m fqrty-cine off Sie Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended ·· ·· ··· rea asoows: audsxllegii bond. “Sec. 941. When a warrant of arrest or other process in rem is issued in any cause of admiralty jurisdiction, except in cases of seizures for forfeiture under any law of the United States, the marshal shall stay the execution of such process, or discharge the property arrested if the process has been levied, on reccivin g from the claimant of the property a bond or stipulation in double the amount claimed by the libelant, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the court where the cause is pending, or, in his absence, by the collector of the port, conditioned to answer the decree of the court in such cause. Such bond or stipulation shall be returned to the court, and judgment thereon, against both the principal and sureties, may be recovered at the time of rendering the decree in the original cause. And the owner of any vessel may cause to be executed and delivered to the marshal a bond or stipulation, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the court in which he is marshal, conditioned to answer the decree of said court in all or any cases that shall thereafter be brought in said 'court against the said vessel, and thereupon the execution of all such process against said vessel shall be stayed so long as the amount secured by such bond or stipulation shall be at least double the aggregate amount claimed by the libelants in such suits which shall be begun and pending against said vessel; and like judgments and remedies may be had on said bond or stipulation as if a special bond or stipulation —<>¤i¤r¤, ¤¤>· had been filed in each of said suits. The court may make such orders as may be necessary to carry this section into effect, and especially for the giving of proper notice of any such suit. Such bond or stipulation shall be indorsed by the clerk with a minute of the suits wherein process is so stayed, and further security may at any time be required by the court. If a special bond or stipulation in the particular cause shall _ be given under this section, the liability as to said cause on the general bond or stipulation shall cease." Approved, March 3, l899. Much s, 1809. CHAP. 442.-An Act To increase the limit of the cost for the erection of a public ’““"""""""’ ’’’‘ " building in Stockton, California. and making provision for the acquisition of additional land or a new site therelbr, and to provide for an addition to the public building at Los Angeles, California, and apprepriating money therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` §§j‘n°§‘°_}‘; CQ},;, for States of America in Congress assembled, That the amount heretofore pylicl building ¤¤· iixed as the limit of the cost for the erection of a public building by "‘ °" the United States Government in Stockton, California, be, and the same is hereby, increased by eighty-one thousand nine hundred dollars, making the aggregate cost thereof one hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred dollars. Cimmm. Sec. 2. That the officers of the United States Government having charge of the erection of public buildings are authorized and required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making contracts Qgigggu 81 gmm, for the erection of said buildin gz Provided, That the Secretary of the es. ’ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, an additional piece or parcel of land adjacent to the present site of said building, of such size as may be necessary to provide for the site of said building or the future extension thereof. at a cost not to exceed ten thousand dollars; or if, in his judgment, the interests of the Government will be better subserved thereby, in case such adjacent lands can not be procured for areasonable sum, to exchange