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 FIFTY-SIXTH CQNGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 411 missioners, one of whom shall be a.practical_surveyor, and shall direct the commissioners to go upon the lands of the parties and establish and mark out upon the grounds, by proper marks and monuments, the boundary or dividing line as ascertained and determined by the court in its judgment. » Sec. 479. Be ore entering uplon the discharge of their duties the c0g;;1hB£¤¤ duties of commissioners shall make and e their oath, in writing, to· faithfully 1 °"°m' and impartially perform their duties as such commissioners, and after designating the ine by proper marks and monuments, they shall 6le, _ in the court and cause, a report of their doin as such commissioners, and the same shall be, when approved or congiemed by the court, a pa rt of the judgment roll in the cause. Sec. 480. The report of the commissioners may be confirmed by the Their reportcourt, upon written motion of either party to such action, whenever it · shall appear to the court that the motion was served upon the adverse party two dahys before the presentation thereof, and that no exceptions ave been ed to the report within two days after the service. If exceptions are filed as aforesaid to the report, the exceptions may be hear with the motion to confirm, and the motion ma confirm, modify, or set aside the report, as shall seem just, and in tlie latter case may appoint a new commission or refer the matter to the same commissioners with appropriate instructions. ‘ CHAPTER FoR·rY-sEvEN. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING Acrroxs. Sec. Sec. ‘ 481. Lost papers, how supplied. 1 485. Jurisdiction over corporations. 482. Successive actions. 486. Exercise of jurisdiction. 483. Consolidation of actions. 487. When majority of referees may act. 484. When court has jurisdiction. 488. Computation of time. Sec. 481. If an ori 'nal a er or pleading be lost or withheld by MS? P°P°'S· MW any person, the com? or j)ud,ge thereof may order a verified copy mpphed thereof to be filed and used instead of the original. ‘ ‘ Sec. 482. Successive actions may be maintained upon the same con- successive wions. tract or transaction whenever, after the former action, a new cause of action arises-therefrom. Sec. 483. Whenever two or more actions are pending at one time _C<>¤¤<>1i¤ niacbetween the same parties and in the same court upon causes which °1°°s‘ might have been joined, the court may,upon the motion of the defend- ' ant, order the same to be consolidated. An action is deemed to be pending from the commencement thereof until its final determination upon pppeal, or imtil the expiration of the period allowed to take an a ea . . R p§EC. 484.- No natural person is subject to the jurisdiction of the r,s`§`,'}§,'},,‘jf’“" *'“ j“‘ district court of the district unless he appear in the court, or be found _ within the district, or be a resident thereof, or `have property therein; and in the last case onl to the extent of such property at the time the jurisdiction attached? But this section is not to be construed to limit the wer of the said court to declare a marriage void or a dissolution tggreof when the defendant is a nonresident of the district, in the cases piiovided for in chapter forty-five. _ _ _ Sec. 485. o corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of the diss ,,,,{.‘,§',,‘;',§’Q§,t§,‘,§T‘ °v" trict court of the district unless it a pear in the court, or have been created by or under the laws of the district, or have an a ency established therein for the transaction of some portion of itsiusiness, or have property therein; and in the last case only to the extent of such property at the time the jurisdiction attached.