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 6 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHS. 10-12. 1900. m§§;“d“,§§;‘}§§,‘,;‘}$,‘g' Sec. 4. That all suits not of a local nature in said circuit and diswhere brought.trict courts against a single defendant, inhabitant of said State, must be brought in the division of the district where he resides; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions of the dis- _ _ _ trict, such suits may be brought in either division. ,u{;‘§§§*,;§;;f’“ 0* ’“‘ Sec. 5. That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter committed in either of the divisions of said district shall be cognizable within such division, and all prosecutions for crimes or offenses here- ·· Psrmrrs-€*°· tofore committed in the eastern district as heretofore constituted shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this Act had not been passed. J¤*¤r¤· Sec. 6. That all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each Process- division shall be residents of such division. All mesne and final process subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained, issued in either of gaid divisions, may be served and executed in either or both of the 1v1sions. R*m°"‘“ °f °““S"’S· Sec. 7. That in all cases of removal of suits from the courts of the State of Tennessee to the courts of the United States in the eastern K district of Tennessee such removal shall be to the United States courts in the division in which the county is situated from which the removal is made, and the time within which the removal shall be perfected, in so far as it refers to or is regulated by the terms of the United States courts, shall be deemed to refer to the terms of the United States courts held in said northeastern judicial district. ¤<>¤¤b¤r1¤i¤s¤· Sec. 8. That each of said courts shall be held in a building to be provided for that purpose by the county or municipal authorities and without ex ense to the United States. E‘*°"*· Sec. 9. That this Act shall be in force from and after the thirtieth day of June, anno Domini nineteen hundred, and all Acts and parts of Repeal- Acts so far as inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, February 7, 1900. February 7,1900-  Agi,Act Fixing the salary of the postmaster at Washington City, ismc o cum ia., Be it enacted by the Senate and House (gf Representatives of the United Sggwyqggfxiggggi States of America an Ocngress assemble , That so much of section four axes. of the Act entitled "An Act to adjust the salaries of postmasters," V°l‘22’p‘°°°‘ approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as fixes the salary of the postmaster at Washington City, District of Columbia, is hereby repealed, and the salary of said postmaster shall hereafter be adjustéed, aisfprovided in the cases of other postmasters, under section one o said ct. Approved, February 7, 1900. February 8.1900- D_CF%P% é.%.—lA_n Act To provide for improvements in the tax departments of the rs nc o cum ia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cftbe United igjgrrjgzggggjrémbigi States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to enable the omeeg of sssessommx Commissioners of the District of Columbia to enlarge the rooms now ‘§§§,§§§§ °‘ mm ““` occupied by the assessor and collector of taxes of the District of _ Columbia, and to rearrange the space so as to better accommodate the public who, have occasion to transact business with those offices, and to provide fixtures and pay other necessary expenses incident thereto, and to put in operation the card system for the.improvement of the business methods of those offices, including the tem orary hire of _ clerks. the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much giereof as may