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 FIF TY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 1335-1337. 1902. 549 CHAP. 1335.—-—An Act Amending an Act creating the middle district of Penn- ·l¤¤° 30-1902- ¤Yl"¤i¤· [Pub1ic,N0.212.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·esen,tatives of the (batted States of America in Congress assembled, That the terms of the circuit uuxmsmrepceuns. and district courts of the middle district of Pennsylvania shall be as ¤i5°i]l¤liiZsii!idi:m1§€,d` follows, to wit: At the city of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna, "`°f”“ °'°°“’°”· on the fourth Monday of February and the third Monda of October ¤¤l¤°l¤he.?~il’ p' 88°’ i_n each year; at the city of Harrisburg, in the count of l)auphin, on the hrst Monday of May and the first Monday of lgecember in each year, and at the city of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming, on the second Monday of January and the second Monday of June in each year. The sessions of the sand courts shall continue for such time as the judges thereof shall severally direct and determine; and adjourned sittings and sessions may be held from time to time according as the business of the said courts shall, in the opinion of the same, require it. Sec. 2. That the records of the circuit and the district courts shall m*Q,g’,§;;Q§Qgc;a°gQ0'f,$ be kept at the city of Scranton; but the said courts may rovide by '1‘emp<>r•ry¤>c¤¤1¤C rule for the keeping of provisional or temporary records at lgarrisburg and Williamsport of such actions, suits, or proceedings as may be there entered or brought. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as re uiring the removal to Scranton of the records of the late courts of die western district at Williamsport, but the same shall there remain as heretofore, under the control and direction of the courts of the middle district, as provided in the ninth section of the Act, to which this is an amendment, and in the charge and custody of the respective clerks thereof. Sec. 3. That the number of traverse or petit jurors summoned to ’°’°”· attend at any term of the said court shall not be less than twenty- four nor more than forty-eight, as the said courts by their order from time to time shall direct. Approved, June 30, 1902. ‘ CHAP. 1386.-An Act To change the terms of the district court for tue eastern -l¤¤¢ 30.190*3- district of Pennsylvania. [1>¤¤1m,s¤.b1a.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the terms of the district ,§;¤i¢¤<1{¤¤=¤¤c<>¤¤r¢¤- court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania shall hereafter begin on em (ii€t°d¤ll"°i° °°“` the second Monday of March, the second Monday of June, the third c°'}`,‘;Z{‘g‘,§,n‘,f;_,‘,‘*l*"'*°° Monday of September, and the second Monday of December, each R-Sawc. ml p-100. term to continue until the succeeding term begins. mm °°' Sec. 2. That no action, suit, proceeding, or process in the said dis- ,,,’;§‘f§{_"* °“°” “°’ trict court shall abate or be in any respect invalidated by reason of the change of terms made by the foregoing section, but the said actions, suits, proceedings, and processes sha 1 be returnable to, pending, and triable in the term hereby established next after the return day thereof. Approved, June 30, 1902. CHAP. 1337.-An Act Amending the Act of March second, nineteen hundred ·Y“¤° *-1*2 and one, entitled "An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the "fpT, treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight." Be it enacted by the Senate and Ikmse ofRq>resentatiz~es of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the Act, C€,,§’,j‘_,j‘§,Q,f,f,}_ °l“""' entitled "An Act to carry into effect the stilpulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States an Spain, concluded on the