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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 323 district each year, two at Juneau and two at Skagway, and the judge " c shall, as near January first as practicable, designate the time of holding the terms during the current year. ··    . The jud e designated to preside over division numbered two shall reside at Saint ichaels during his term of office, and shall hold at least one term of court each year at Saint Michaels, in the district, be inningthe third Monday in June.` The ju V e designated to preside over division numbered three shall reside at Igagle City during his term of office, and shall hold at least one term of court each ear at Eagle City, in the district, beginning on the first Monday in Jiily: Pro/vzded, The Attorney~General may for §{,‘;",§‘g of pm, O, cause change the place of residence of the judge of either division of midence of Judge. the court. ‘ Each of the judges is authorized and direc@ to hold such special ,,§’}},°f°i“‘ ‘°"““ °‘ terms of court as may be necessary for the public welfare or for the dispatch of the business of the court, at such times and places in the district as they or any of them, respectively, may deem expedient or as the Attorney-General may direct; and each shall have authority to em loy interpreters and to make allowances for the necessary expenses of his court, and to employ an official court stenogra her under the same terms and conditions as are, or may be, providjed for district · courts of the United States. At least thirty days notice shall be given ·¤°°*°°· by the judge or the clerk of the time and place of holdingspecial terms of the court. ·_ _ _ Sec. 5. The jurisdiction of each division of the court shall extend v,g,‘§};d@$°“ °f dt over the district of Alaska, but the court in which the action is pend- Whgri njgcegé trial ing may, on motion, change the place of trial in any action, civil or my °° ng ' criminal, from one place to another place in the same division or to a designated lace in another division in either of the following cases: p First. _ When there is reason' to believe that an impartial trial can not be had therein; ’· ”’ _ Second. When the convenience of witnesses and theends of justice would be romoted by the change;' Third. When from any cause the judge is- disqualified from acting; ' but in such event, if the judge of another division will appear and try the action, no change of place of trial must be made; Q r Fourth. By the court, cn its own motion, when, considering available means of travel, it appears that the defendant will begut tounnecessary expense and inconvenience if summoned to defen in the place ~ or division in which the action has been commenced; and when it appears to the satisfaction of the court, or judge thereof, thatian action has been commenced in a place or division remote fromthe residence of the defendant for the purpose of causing unnecessary expense o1· inconvenience, the place of trial_sha1l be changed at the costof the plaintiff, and such costs shall not be recovered rom the defendant. W In any criminal prosecution the courtishall change the place of trial where it appears to the satisfaction of thecourt that the defendant will not be prejudiced theijebyand that the United States will be put to unnecessary expense in such criminal prosecution if the transfer is notmade. - _ A Y` T J` Sec. 6. The respective judges of the court shall appoint, andat pleas- 0,*°E{’g{g*;g*_§@gm$:,?é; ure remove, clerksiand commissioners in and for the district, who Simms. shall have the jurisdiction conferred by law in··any part thereof, but who shall, during their terms of office, each reside at the place in the district designated in the respective orders of appointment._ S Thecommissioners shall be ex officio justices of the peace, recorders, S,§,‘;§§fS,,,‘§ °°m”“" and probate judges, and 'sha}l·perform`all the duties and exercise all the powers, civil and crimina, imposed or conferred on the United States commissioners by the general laws of the United States and the special laws applicable to the district. ‘ T J ·