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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. 1167 CHAPTER Tumrmmrt. Ghavwrm _ GENERAL PROVISIONS. General provisions. ssa sw. 289. Circuit courts abolished; records of 293. Sections 1 to 5, Revised Statutes, to to be transferred to district courts. · govern construction of this act. gg0_ Suits Pending in circuit coin to be 294. Laws revised in_ this act to be condispxgd 0    c0urts_   BS COHlil11\1B.t1011B of €XlBtlDg ”‘· "‘*»‘»¤·°"»¤·-·i’”"¤}‘¥·=‘·¥‘%‘i$·1°t"-‘1#‘·¤¥»-°¥"‘"“ Za I-:s·r.z*  i292. References to laws revised in this mugement of Sect;0nB_ · · act deemed to refer to sections of 2g6_ Act may be designated as wphe act- Judicial Code." ` Sec. 289. The circuit courts of the United States, upon the taking ,,§’,§d'$"“ °°‘“"* ‘”°" effect of this Act, shall be, and hereby are, abolished; and thereu on, Ri0§i·1;¢¤· 6051672- 011 said date, the clerks of said courts shall deliver to the clerks of) the mimnirei-`ei all me district courts of the United States for their resppctive districts all the §§§,:,§§;,,§‘,i,§‘°"‘“ °‘ journals, dockets, books, files, records, and other books and papers of or belonging to or in an manner connected with said circuit courts; and shall also on said, date deliver to the clerks of said dis- Delivery ·>f¤¤<>¤¢r¤· trict courts all moneys, from whatever source received, then remain- ’ing in their hands or under their control as clerks of said circuit courts or received by them by virtue of their said offices. The jour- mg? *:g>¤& aiigdgg nals, dockets, books, files, records, and other books and apers so meas. " delivered to the clerks of the several district courts shaH e and remains of the official records of said district courts and copies gtheuui, certiiiedunder the hand and seal of the clerk of the dis- _ trict court, shall be received as evidence equally with the originals thereof; and the clerks of the several district courts shall have the ,0§°,s'g{:*;cf){,*g·*;*,*j,$*;’&$‘ same authority to exercise all the powers and to perform all the duties with respect thereto as the clerks of the several circuit courts had prior to the taking effect of this Act. Sec. 290. All suits and roceedings pending in said circuit courts P•;p¢1¤gi¤i¤gi®<:nb• on the date of the taking egect of this Act, whether ori inally brought $33n:°° ° S °i therein or ccrtihed thereto from the district courts, 518ll thereupon and thereafter be proceeded with and disposed of in the district courts in the same manner and with the same effect as if originally begun therein, the record thereof being entered in the records of the circuit courts so transferred as above provided. Sec. 291. Wherever, in any law not embraced within this Act, any c1¤mnce¤m*v<>¤v reference is made to, or any power or duty is conferred or imposed $$,3,, §§§g;;..{’°Q',§{,°L$`Q$°° upon, the circuit courts, such reference shall, upon the taking effect o this Act, be deemed and held to refer to, and to confer such power and impose such duty upon, the district courts. · Sec. 292. Wherever, in any law not contained within this Act, a R;f?$¤¤¤ vf of the Revised Statutes, shall ap I to and govern the construction w(iz.d’,iii°;§.1-s,p.1,2. of the provisions of this Act. }'l`he words "this title," wherever ‘ they occur herein, shall be construed to mean this Act. Sec. 294. The provisions of this Act, so far as they are substan— m;'¤:ig¤{)¤;tggw=tw¤~ tially the same as existing statutes; shall be construed as continue- ° i S"' tions thereof, and not as new enactments, and there shall be no implication of a change of intent b reason of a change of words in such statute, unless such change ofy intent shall be clearly manifest. Sec. 295. The arra ement and classification of the several sec- u}u%{{gll°;{)',° °°¤· . . PTE- tions of this Act havdlieen made for the purpose of a more conven- mma mm an-use ient and orderly arrangement of the same, and therefore no infer- m°°°°"°°°°"*