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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 102, 103. 1901. 735 ` · CHAP. 102.-An Act To change andiix the time for holdingtbe district and ·T%¤¤¤~*‘Y 131901- circuit courts of the United States for the northeastern division of the eastern district """_`"‘;‘ of Tennessee. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmtsl;(¢;fRe_;0reaentatives of the United States of America in Oengress assemb, That the terms of the circuit j,,'{§“,§}$,“f‘°°d$§§§§’(§{f and district courts of the United States for the northeastern division ¤<¥¤¤¢¤¤¤¤;¤ division! of the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Greeneville, Tennessee, om22°$svi1is,°°“" °° shall commence on the second Monday in November and May of each ~ year, instead of the fourth Mondag in August and February, as is now provided by law; and each of said terms shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem necessary. Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment, ab§§g“¤¤°°¤°¤¤°*” recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall ` abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts, but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending, and triable at the terms herein provided for. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, REMI- and are hereby, repealed. Approved, January 19, 1901. CHAP. 103.-A.n Act For the relief of Edward Everett Hayden, an ensign on the ·T¤¤¤¤¤‘Y 19» 1901- retired list of the Navy.'“"W'“"` Whereas Ensign Edward Everett Hayden, United States Navy, was P’€f‘“'°*°· placed upon the retired list of the Navy by reason of the loss of aleg, resulting from an accident incurred in the line of duty; and 'Whereas sections fourteen hundred and ninety-three and fourteen hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States permit an officer of the Navy who has been wounded in the line of duty to remain upon the active list whilecapable of performing other than sea duty; and Whereas several other officers of the Navy suffering from similar disability for sea duty have been, and are now, retaine on the active list, in accordance with the above-mentioned sections of the Revised Statutes; and °. ` Whereas the said Edward Everett Hayden has been, since his retirement, enga ed in scientific study and work of value to and under the direction og the Navy Department, including service during the war with Spain, when he volunteered for active uty and served creditably and longer than any other retired officer of the Navy: Therefore, that ipstice may be done the said Edward Everett Hayden and that the avy Department may be enabled to command his services during peace as well as war, in accordance with the above-mentioned sections of the Revised Statutes, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgrecentatives 0 f the United States of America in Oongrecs assmnbled, T t the provisions of law §§‘{;,,d 1;,,,,,,,, regulating. appointments in the Navy by promotion in the line and Hggggurgggzaugeéczr; limiting the number of lieutenants to e applointed in the United {gave na. . States naval service are hereby S\1S%:11dBd for the puxgse of this Act only, and only so far as they affect ward Everett &den; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in e exercise of his discretion and judgment, to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint said Edward Everett Hayden, now an ensign on the retired list of the Navy of the United States, to the £·ade and rank of lieutenant on the active list of the Navy; as of _ the te of May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and to p ce his name in the Register og the Navy next after that of his classmate, John