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 854 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 428. 1910. CHAP - `led"A Att ped'teth hearin il';?§··252kg13?l and determ4?n2ho£giti:1itE(i1il'¥e$’d1i(tiajIieiiidti1i%g1b11E hermfaer bmhgst urider the Act 0% July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled_ ‘An Act to protect trade and [ l °°“°"‘°"’° ”g“‘§§“F“‘é‘“"’“*r'°$E£“i°’°h“t2e ‘f323’.§.i‘i’;QL€§ttAi2$2¤'%g.?£‘}§ $’3.'S§ ’, Gl ll v gxgtlfehaziriglod like;p (¥h(p:hma§· be hereafter enacted/’yapprovod February eleventh, nineteen un an ree. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esrentatives oftke United %¤i¢¤¤  States€3fAme1*ica in Oonpress assembled, Tthiit section one of the Act or xpemetldgcnsmugs entitl "An Act to expe ite the hearing and determination of suits in “}`_t‘:£&P·°”·”""°°°' equity pendin or hereafter brought under the Act of July second, eighteen hundgred and ninety, entitled ‘An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies} An Act to regulate c0mmerce;’ approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or any other Acts having a like purpose that mpiy be hereafter enacted," approved February e eventh, nmeteen hundre and — three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Pmwomgsiwnw "That in an suit in e uity pending or hereafter_ brought in any i¤i°e“¤g°¢°¤i¤ma{é*$£ circuit court ofy the Unitetd States under the Act entitled ‘An Act to °°¤*°•· rotect trade and commerce mst unlawful restraints and monopo- "°‘·“"’·’“°· li· am hddd't‘AAtto xgkgzzl;  es, approved J ul); secon, e1¥1teen un re ani nine yi] 51 c d 4,,,6 ,,_ 63,, regulate commerce, approved ebruary fourth, e ghteen un red an eightgéseven, or any other Acts h8VlDg a like purppse that hereafter cqssuaor nm- may enacted, wherein the United States is comp maint, the Attor- “"°°”°"" ney-General may tile with the clerk of such court a certificate that, in his opinion, the case is of general public importance, a cofpy of which shall be immediately furnished by such_ clerk   each o the circuit I A,·•¤s¤¤¤¤* *° judges of the circuit in which the case 18 pending. Thereupon such · case shall   given precedence over others and in every way expedited, and be assigned for hearing at the earliest dpracticable day, be ore not less than three of the circuit judges of said court, if there be three or more; and if there be not more than two circuit judges, then before mggpxggxagw ¤f dk- them and such district judge as they may select; or, in case the full court shall not at any time be made up by reason of the necessary absence or discjpaliiication of one or more of the said circuit jud es, the justice of the Supreme Court assigned to that circuit or the other circuit judge or judges may designate a district judge or jludges within the circuit who shal be competent to sit in said court at the earing of 1g;g¤i¤¤Lg_{!gpig§; said suit. In the event the judges sitting in such case shall beequally emzjridgi at mm. divided in opinion as to the decision or sposition of said cause, or in the event that a majority of said judges shall  unable to agree upon the judglment, order, or decree tina ly disposing of said case in said court w ich should be entered in said cause, then they shall immediately certify that fact to the Chief Justice of the United States, who shall at once designate and appoint some circuit jud e to sit with said uglnier or ¤¤¤is¤•~ judges and to assist in determining said_cause. Sgiich order of the . (chief Justice shall be immediately transmitted to the clerk of the circuit court in which said cause is pending, and shall be entered upon Rwgument ew. the minutes of said court. Thereupon said cause shall at once be set down for reargument and the parties thereto notified in writin by the clerk of said court of the action of the court and the date fixe for the c,$§§_*¤¢ °‘°‘°’ *"` reargument thereof. The provisions of this section shall apply to all causes and proceedings in a 1 courts now pending, or which may hereafter be brought. ` Approved, June 25, 1910.