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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 475. 1916. 851 and southern divisions. The conmtios of Aroostook, Penobscot, N°'“’°"° ‘“""°“· Piscataquis Washington, Hancock, Waldo, and Somerset shall be known as the northern division, the court for which shall be held in the said city of Baxor. The remaining counties in said State and S°"""°“‘ ‘“"‘S‘°"· district of Maine sh constitute the southern division, the court for which shall be held in the said city of Portland. Sec. 4. That for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction and §;§,§$,§,l&?§_$,F»§,",§, venue of all causes, suits, actions, bills, petitions, matters, libels, pro- v*¤¤¤¤=- ceedings, prosecutions, mdictments, complaints, informations, and other judicial business, whether civil or criminal, or whether in equity, in admiralty, in prize, in forfeiture, or in condemnation, in rem, in personam, or mixed, whatsoever, co able in the United States district court, each of said divisions 5;:2.11 be as if it were a separate and distinct judicial district of the United States. There °‘“°°””°* °'“"$"’· shall be but one judge, one clerk, one marshal, and one district attorney for said district of Maine. United States commissioners in °°"""'“’°°°"‘· either of said divisions, tmtil otherwise provided by law, shall be · appointed and have jurisdiction and cognizance through said district of Maine in the sagie manner and to the same extent and effect that the now have un er exist' aw. T I I I Sec.  That any causehsuitlngction, bill, petition, matter, libel, ¤¤¤¤_01p·¤ai£,mam proceeduaig, aprosecution, indictment, complaint, mformation, or ‘”°“"°“· other ju ici business, whether civil or crimgnal, or whether in equity, m admiralty, m prize, in forfe1t1u·e, or·in condemnation, in rem, m personam, or mixed, whatsoever, pending in either of said divisions, when all the parties thereto s_o stipulate m writmg, and where the ends of justice or the eonvemence of the parties will be promoted thereby, may, at the discretion of the court or judge,_be transferred wholly or specially for the hearmg,_ trial, or determination of an single proceeding, matter, step, or motion therem from one of on mum of W said gvisions to the other. _ On request of all accused in any criminal me and tmmaaa. prosecution and of all claimants m any cause, proceeding, libel, information, or other matter in rem, the same may_ e transferred, at the discretion of the court or judge from one of sand divisions to the division in which a term of said court IS next to be held, without the joinder in such request of the United States when the Government is the only other party thereto not jounng in such request. Dmm,m,,_m 0, B, Sec. 6. That all ex partei 0:1fO·l1I£S0i default andtpro confes1a]o,hpr‘:>u- rmi, e:.,d.mtar:"aI ceedin and matters an in er ocu ory ma ers in w_ c ,,0,, interesgtgd parties are present  consenting that such hear1ng)may be had, in whichever of said divisions the same may be eogmza le pla pending, may be_heard and determined bgéthe court air jlili ge and d dings, orders, judgments, and decrees made, an a mesneiailn final process therein be tes_ted, sealed, issued, and renewed in ei er of said divisions, in term time, vacation, or chambers. Cmp 0, vm, by Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to wm. deprivc the court or judge of the dp-rewer to grant a change of venue or continuance in any cause, qrocee tg, or matter whatsoever according ·< cmen s o us ice. _ _, _, méiziil a;dTtliia3tr(f>}ii];IAct shall lake effect on the day following its le:§1`§i§:i2$a-dwmixu passage, but it shall not apply to or in anyw1_se affect any pause, 3112; action, bill, petition, matter, hbel, proceedingi) prgsecution, in c ment, complaint, infomation, stipulation, bail on, or recogmzaneie now pending in said court, or which has already been institute , begim filed, entered, made, served, found, or taken, but the same shall depend; be entered,dreturn}efi, coéitinued, prpsecufagg $3;, e rmined an suita e an appropria e or , — ii$iiZ]’aZ1Zi°iseS {End executions mesne and final and all other procees, attachment nionitions, stipulations, bonds recogmzances therein, shall be made, signed, tested, sealed, issued, renewed, served, executed, entered, and returned, the same as under existing law and as