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 550 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1337, 1338. 1902. V"'- ”» P- 87* tenth da of December, eighteen hundred and ninet -eight," a roved amended March sgcond, nineteen huidred and one, is hereby iimehded byigdding thereto the following provisions: “‘“°“°* *"°°°‘"'°· "‘ Such rules and mode of procedure shall conform, so far as practicable, to the mode of procedure and practice of the circuit courts of n;¤w¤¤ <>f <><¤¤¤!¤· the United States. The said Commission created by this Act is vested ' with the same powers now possessed by the circuit and district courts of the United States to compel the attendance and testimony of parties, claimants and witnesses, to preserve order, and to punish for contempt, and to compel the production of any books or papers deemed material to the consideration of any claim or matter pending before said Commission. egmgkfu *°" "That the said Commission is also vested with all the powers now possessed by the circuit and district courts of the United States to take or procure testimony in foreign countries. Such testimony may be taken, pursuant to the provisions of existing laws and the rules and practice of the district and circuit courts of the United States, so far as applicable, before the Commission or any Commissioner or Commissioners appointed under the {provisions of this Act. (},“c"§§;; “That the marshal of the nited States for the District of Columbia, bfjmcumm of mm or his deputies, shall serve all processes issued by said Commission outside or mmm ur preserve order in the place of sitting, and execute the orders of said °°'“”“”“· Commission; and outside of the District of Columbia the writs of said Commission shall be executed by United States marshals, or their deputies, in their respective districts. _ Mguiaoigggutvf OM- "That said Commission or any Commissioner appointed by it to sec. °r°°°°°’ take testimony in foreign countries is hereby authorized to appoint an officer to serve any subpoena or proccms issued by said Commission or Commissioner. vsnnesses “When testimony is to be taken before any Commissioner appointed by said Commission within any district or territory, the clerk of any court of the United States for such district or territory shall, on application of either party, or of his agent, issue a subpoena for such witness, commanding him to appear and testify before the Commissioner et§¤*¤¤·¤ ¤> ·°PP”’· ata time and place stated in the subpoena; and if any witness, after ` bein duly served with such subpmna, refuses or neglects to appear, or ager appearing refuses to testify, not being privileged from givin testimony, and such refusal or neglect is proven to the satisfaction of any judge of the court whose clerk issues the subpoena., such judge “*“‘¤*“¤°¤°- may proceed to enforce obedience to the process, or punish the disobedience, as any court of the United States may proceed in case of Pm ti td disobedience to process of subpcena to testify issued by such court; me¤a_°° °° ° °°“' and the production before such Commissioner of any paper or writing, written instrument, book, or other document, may also be required in “· ”·· ”“°· “"·¥’· “"’· the manner prescribed in section eight hundred and sixty-nine of Revised Statutes of the United States." Approved, June 30, 1902. June 30,190·2. CHAP. 1338.-An Act To provide for circuit and district courts of the United "`[`r`¤¤Tt-, riff. 215.- 3 States at Valdosta, Georgia. Be it enacted by t/ua Senate and IImue of]? esentatives of the United $S¤,;,{;,,;,,§° °°°"‘“ to be composed of the counties of Berrien, rocks, Charlton, Clinch, 5*** P- ‘·’°» Coifee, Co rtuitt. Decatur, Echols, Irwin, Lowndes, Mitchell, Thomas, VVare and l 'orth of the southern district of Georgia. Term; of .2,,,,,, Sec. 2. That a term of the circuit court and of the district court for "‘*"°“”- the southern district of Georgia shall be held at Valdosta, in said State, on the second Mondays in June and December in each year: and it shall
 * ,·;,’§f§,‘§'f,§§_F,f,‘j,',`°°j,',"§-,?; States of America in Congress assembled, Tm the southwestern divismxpimuznern juqx- sion of the southern judicial district of Geoiigia is hereby established,