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 814 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cns. 3933,3934. 1906. c“°g,'f;S“”“°“ ¥"°‘ Sec. 21. That the said company when exercising the right of emi- ` nent domain shall proceed under the laws and in the courts of the State where the property sought to be condemned is located. T“‘“°“· Sec. 22. That the corporation hereby created shall be subject in the respective States in which it does business, to taxation upon its property and franchises as are other corporations. V Ugggéigaixvgé uw Sec. 23. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as ’creating a liability upon the United States for the payment of the _ stocks, bonds, or other indebtedness of the corporation hereby created. Nor shall it be construed as imposing an obligation upon the United ` States to purchase, take charge of, or operate the cana herein named. ereby reserved by Congress. Approved, June 30, 1906. ·l““° in- 1°°6· . 89 .— A tin a Uni ta s court for hina an re "bin .1-B-.;*=··5·¤ ¤..?§’..;¢.f'5.?.‘t...2§f. °“‘ "'°“ g "°" S *° C °‘ " ““ g irubnc, 1~:¤.40a] Bc it enpicted by the Scenate and Hbuge ¢g"Repreaentatives of the United °*“”*· State: 0 merica in mzgress aesem le, That a court is hereb estabesgiiitdigiiiiis mm lished, th, be called the United States court for China, which shhll have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases and judicial proceedin whereof jurisdiction ma now be exercised by United States consul; and ministers · by law andy by virtue of treaties between the United States and China., except in so far as the said jurisdiction is qualified by section two of ’ ¤¤¤¤¤¤== this Act. The said court shall hold sessions at Shanghai, China, and shall also hold sessions at the cities of Canton, Tientsin, and Hankau at stated periods, the dates of such sessions at each city to be announced in such manner as the court shall direct, and a session of the court shall he held in each of these cities at least once annually. It shall be within the power of the judge, upon due notice to the parties in litigation. to open and hold court for the hearing of a special cause at any place permitted by the treaties. and where there is a United States consulate, when., in his judgment. it shall be required by the convenience of witnesses, or by some public interest. The place of sitting of the court shalt be in the United States consulate at each of the cities, res ctive v. S"!' Tliat the seal of the said United States court for China shall be the arms of the United States, engraved on a circular piece of steel of the sjlzepf a hdalf dollaa, with these words on the margin, “The Seal of t e Tnite States ‘ourt for China." L Thed sgml of said court shall be provided at the expense of the 'nite `tates. ”°“° °‘l"°°°““· All writs and processes issuing from the said court, and all transcripts, records, copies, jurats, acknowledgments, and other pa ers requiring certification or to be under seal, may be authenticated) by said seal, and shall be signed by the clerk of said court. All processes hm QI1in,,,),] O, com issued from the said court shall bear test from the day of such issue. min in minor cues Sec. 2. The consuls of the United States in the cities of China to °°“"““°"- which they are respectively accredited shall have the same jurisdiction as they now (possess in civil cases where the sum or value of the property involve in the controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars United States money and in criminal cases where the unishment for Amm W the offense charged can not exceed by law one hundred) dollars iine or ‘ " sixty_days imprisonment, or both, and shall have power to arrest, Appml examine, and discharge accused persons or commit them to the said court. PWM F rom, all final judgments of the consular court either party shall have K,,,8._,;c,m.,_ the right ot appeal to the United States court for China: Provided, also, That appeal may be taken to the United States court for China
 * m°°°m°°°' h Sec. 24. That the right to amend, modify, or repeal this Act is