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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 309. 1910. _541 and fees shall in no case exceed those charged in the Supreme Court of the United States, and shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States. The commerce court shall be always o en for the transaction of 0p§$,“’* P*=*'¤¤¤¤°¤**Y business. Its regular sessions shall be hdld in the city of Washing- _ Sessions in Washton, in the District of Columbia; but the owers of the court or of any miigélyhm, juclgelthereof, or of the clerk, marshal, dleputy clerk, or de uty mar- _ sh may be exercised anywhere in the United States; and flir expedi· WElii(i1!;.·i:u?uts1de0‘ tion of the work of the court and the avoidance of undue expense or inconvenience to suitors the court shall hold sessions in different parts of the United States as may be found desirable. The actual and necessary expenses of the judges, clerk, marshal, deputy clerk, and deputy mars al of the court incurred for travel and attendance elsewhere than in the city of Washington shall be paid upon the written and itemized certificate of such judge, clerk, marshal, deputy clerk, or deputy marshal by the marshal of the court, and shall be allowed to him in the statement of his accounts with the United States. The United States marshals of the several districts outside of the (,fC`$‘,§§{,{§{{‘,§,?"“l°° city of Washington in which the commerce court may hold its sessions shall provide, under the direction and with the approval of the Attorney-General of the United States, such rooms in the public buildings of the United States as may be necessary for the court’s use; but in case proper rooms can not be provided in such public · buildings, said marshals, with the approval of the Attorney—General ` of the United States, may then lease from time to time other necessag rooms for the court. ·, at any time, the businew of the commerce court does not require j,,’,§,§,§,’g{,'},{'{,§,‘},f,,;,’_* the services of all the `udgos, the Chief Justice of the United States may, by writing, signed by him and filed in the Department of Justice, terminate the assignment of any of the judges or temporarily assign _ him for service in any circuit court or circuit court of appeals. In mg§{'{E°,{§'$`Qm°$§‘,§{,'§ case of illness or other disability of any judge assigned to the commerce court the Chief Justice of the United States may assign any other circuit judge of the United States to act in his place, and may terminate such assignment when the exigence therefor shall cease; and any circuit judge so assigned to act in place of such judge shall, during his assignment, exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of such judge. ` In all cases within its jurisdiction the commerce court, and each ,,,£§f'“°'°°“""“° of the udges assigned thereto, shall, respectively, have and may exercise any and all of the powers of a circuit court of the United States and of the judges of said court, respectively, so far as the same may be appropriate to the effective exercise of t IB jurisdiction hereby conferred. The commerce court may issue all writs and process Ima ofprooom appropriate to the full exercise of its jurisdiction and powers and may rescribe the form thereof. It may also, from time to time, P¤><=~>d¤f¤· establish such rules and regulations concerning pleading, practice, or procedure in cases or matters within its jurisdiction as to the court shall seem wise and proper. Its orders, writs, and rocess eS§€"*¤¤·¢¤¢··¤*PM· may run, be served, and be returnable anywhere in the iilnited ` States; and the marshal and deputy marshal of said court and also the United States marshals and deputy marshals in the several districts of the United States shall have like powers and be under like duties to act for and in behalf of said court as pertain to United States marshals and deputy marshals generally when acting under llke conditions concerning suits or matters in the circuits of the United States. Thiijurisdiction of the commerce court shall be invoked by filing in mmggf of petitions the office of the clerk of the court a written petition setting forth ' briefly and succinctly the facts constituting the petitioner’ s cause of