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 882 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. `801, 802. 1901. S¥’°°*“‘ s°“*°“S·°*°· tried at special terms or sessions to be convened, and upon special writs of venire facias juratores, issued by said courts, respective] tz Pnmnfded ,,,E{}§‘,'§_°“°°‘°’ “°“ farther, That nothing in this section shall affect the jurisdiction of the courts of said middle district over crimes and misdemeanors committed therein after the organization of the courts of said middle district. S,,§§'{}§",,*;§;’{,9,§,‘}{§‘,{‘g Sec. 9. That all local actions, suits, and proceedings pending in any of the courts of the eastern or western district of Pennsylvania- at the tune of the organization of the courts of said middle district, and which relate to pgoperty embraced within the territorysfof the said middle district, s al thereafter be no further proceeded with in the courts where the same are depending, but upon petition of either or any of the parties thereto such local action suit, or proceedings shall, upon the order of such court, or of a judge thereof in vacation, be removed to the pr<;per court of the said middle district, and the original files thereo and a certified coply of the docket entries shall forthwith be delivered to the ·clerk of the court to which the same is so removed, who shall enter the same in nle and of record, respectively, and like proceedings shall thereafter be had thereon as fully and completely as though the said action, suit, or proceeding had been originally begun in such court of said middle district; and like removals may, in the discretion of the courts of said eastern or western districts, or of a judge thereof in vacation, be had in all transitory actions, suits, and proceedings, upon petition of the defendant or defendants therein, or'either of them, where such petitioner d,§;,¥’g§‘§,Lf° "°““"'“ resides within the said middle district. In like manner all local'actions, ’ suits, and proceedings pending amon the records of the courts of the western district of ennsylvania at ‘§Vil]iamsport or -Scranton at the time of the organization of the courts of said middle district, and relating to proptprty embraced within the territory of the said western district as here y constituted, shall, and all transitory actions, suits, and proceedings_where a defendant resides in said western district may, be removed to the proper court of such western district; but all other actions pending in the courts at Williamsport or Scranton not so removed or proper y removable under the provisions of this section, and all records of said courts there remaining, shall be proceeded with, held, and regarded as though originally begun and depending in the- —¤¤¤*=¤- corresponding courts of said mid le district. The costs ofremoval in every case provided for in this section, where such removal shall be .ordered, sliiall be taxed ang paid as part of the costs of the action, suit, or procee n s so remove. · m0¥€`g£j•é*{1°e*;,Lm¤°* Sec. 10. 'lgiat the organization and Erst session of the courts of said g' middle·district shall be held at the ogg of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, on the first Monday of y, anno Domini nineteen hunm;`;;¤P°¤"Y •=°*¤* dred and one, and it shall be the duty of the marshal of said middle ` district, when appointed, to provide a suitable place for the tem rary accommodation of - said courts at the several cities hereingwzfore appointed for holding the same, and also safe and convenient offices for the proper keeping of the records thereof. _ Approved, March 2, 1901. March 2. 1901- CHAP. 802.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular "_’_"`;` service for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun red and two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House leiffiepreceeztatives of the United su§jp};>mggijggg;·?¤· States of Anwrieenin. Oongness assemble, That the following sums be, pp Pand the are hereb , severallyappropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic andy consular service for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, out of any money in the Treasury