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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 590, 591, 594. 1900. 219 Sec. 3. That hereafter all process issued a ainst defendants resid- P’°°€¤¤· in in said county of Concho shall be returneg to San Angelo, Texas. AS offenses committed in said county in which proceedings have not been begun shall be prosecuted in said northern district. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws so far as in conflict herewith Rewiare hereby repealed. Approved, May 26, 1900. CHAP. 591.-An Act To provide for the holding of a term of the circuit and dis- May 26, 1900. trict courts of the United States at Superior, Wisconsin. ———·Y···—··· Be it enacted by the Senate and House §f'Repnesentatives of the United States of America in Oongness assemble, That a term of the circuit. f,Yis¤<i¤,;i¤ .Ws¤f€¤¤ and district courts of the United States for the western district of Juréiliis Sitrgiim at Wisconsin_ shall be held annually at the city of Superior, beginning on S“*’€"°’· the third Tuesday in June. _ Sec. 2. The clerk of the United States circuit and district courts cient or court at at Madison, Wisconsin, shall be the clerk of the United States circuit S“p°“°’· and district courts, at Superior, Wisconsin, and he shall appoint a Deputy gmk. deputy clerk of said courts to reside at Superior, Wisconsin, with the usual plowers of a deputy clerk in such cases, whose com ensation shall be suc proportion of the fees accruing from business dlbne in the said courts at Snriplerior as shall be fixed by the judge of said western district. Sec. _3. e Attorney-General is hereby authorized to rent such C°“’*’°°m°· room or rooms in said city as may be necessary or convenient for holding the terms of said court by the provisions hereof authorized. Approved, May 26, 1900. CHAP. 594.-—An Act To detach certain counties from the United States judicial May 29, 1900. district of northern California and to annex such counties to the United States judi- —··—···——— cial district of southern California; to divide said southern district of California into ‘ two divisions and to provide for the holding of terms of court at the city of Fresno and city of Los Angeles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House bfltqoresentatioies of the United · States tf America in Oongness assembled, That all that portion of the caummia judicisi State of California now. comprised in the counties of Inyo, Mariposa, di§°§$§;,, counties and Merced-is hereby detached from the United States judicial district ;,{,§,ggr{,° {g•;gu,§g;g of northern California, known as the northern district of California, district. and annexed to and made a part of the United States judicial district of southern California, known as the southern district of California. _ Sec. 2. That the United States judicial district of southern Califor- Two divisions or nia, known as the southern district of California, as enlarged and con- S°‘"h°m d‘“"‘°t‘ stituted by this Act, is hereby divided into two divisions, to be known as the northern and southern divisions, to wit, that all that portion of said judicial district of southern California, known as the southern district of California, comprised of the counties of Inyo, Mariposa, Tulare, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Kern shall constitute and be known as the northern division of the southern district of California, and that portion of said judicial district of southern California composed of the counties of Los Angeles, Orange,·Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, being all the residue of said district not included in the northern division, shall constitute and be known as the southern division of the southern district of California. Sec. 3. That after the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred, terms Terms of court of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the said southern district of California shall be held in each of said divisions,