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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 391-393. 1900. l 77 be the same, res ectively, as now iixed for such officers in the northern district of New !York. ~, Q Sec. 10. That all causes and proceedings of every name and nature, ,€$g%di¤S°¤€¤**¤¤* civil and criminal, now pending in the courts of the northern district ' of New York as now constituted, whereof the courts of the western district of New York as hereby constituted would have had jurisdiction if said district and the courts thereof had been constituted when said causes or proceedings were instituted, shall be, and are hereby, transferred to, andsame shall be proceeded with in, the western district of New York, and jurisdiction thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the courts of said western district, and the records and proceedings therein and relating to said roceedings and causes shall be certified and transferred thereto: Pravlegd, That nothing herein contained shall be {,’;Q1”({§g*· cms in construed to impair or affect the jurisdiction of the district court of the district dma, mm;. northern district of New York as hereby constituted in any case, civil ?§`§,‘§j€§'§$§¤§§§§§?* or criminal, pending therein as heretofore constituted at the time of the passage of this Act or returnable thereto and not transferred to said western district, but the same shall be proceeded in to iinal. dis o- sition as if this Act had not been passed: And provided farther, That 5j’,“‘};°§)c r§g’{{1*;f,‘°d all motions and causes submitted, and all causes and proceedings, both " ` civil and criminal, includin - proceedin s in bankruptcy, now pendin in said northern district of léew York as beretofore constituted, in which the evidence has been taken in whole or in part before the districtjudge of the northern district of New York as heretofore constituted or taken in whole or in part and submitted to and passed upon by the said district judge, shall be retained, proceeded with, and disposed of in said northern district of New York as constituted by this Act: And mitded """°"’*"l°"· further, That nothing·in the preceding proviso contained shagibe held to retain or keep in said northern district as constituted by this Act any criminal proceeding or prosecution for the reason that questions as to the validity of the indictment have been raised and disposed of by the judge of said district. Approved, May 12, 1900. CHAP. 392.-An _Act To authorize the establishment, at some point in North M¤v12·19¤<>- Carolina, of a station for the investigation of problems connected with marine fishery interests of the middle and south Atlantic coast. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofReEw·esentati2>e.s· 0 f the United · States of Amemea in Congress assembled,hat the Commissioner of I§{g;tgg¤g§£;¤;¤· mr Fish and Fisheries be, and he is hereby, authorized, empowered, and tion esmbimueuiu. directed to establish a station for the investigation of roblems con— nected with the marine fishery interests of the middlle and south Atlantic States at some point in North Carolina. · — e Sec. 2. That for necessary surveys, erection of buildings and. other APP¤>Pfi¤¤i<>¤· structures, and for the proper equipment of said station, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 12, 1900. CHAP. 393.-An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to `M¤y12.1900. redeem ormake allowance for internal-revenue stamps. """_—'_" Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofR{_§v·esentatives of the United States %fAmemIea in Congress assembled, at the Commissioner of §’_§$,'Q‘;,j{,€§f,§;,’°·0, Interna Revenue, subject to regulations pgescribed by the Secretary spgjjgpfzegm., stumps of the Treasury, may, upon receipt of satis ctory evidence of the facts, °° ‘ ` voL xxx1———12