Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 42 Part 1.djvu/877

 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 345, 346. 1922. 849 CHAP. 345.-An Act To amend section 51 of chapter 4 of the Judicial Code. S°P*°fgl’3€’{1%;?i1922- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ej the United [P°bh°’ N°‘ 3"J States 2 America in Congress assembled, That section 51 of chapter 4 vJ3d§6<=i=·1<;$¤kme¤d of an ct entitled "An Act to codif, revise, and amend the laws ed. ’p` ’ ` relating to the Judiciary/’ approve; March 3, 1911, be amended so as to read as follows: _ _ "Sr:c. 51. Except as provided in the five succeeding sections, no $§f,§‘§f,£· person shall be arrested m one district for trial in another in any civil action before a district court; and, excelpt as lprovided in the six succeeding sections, no civil suit shall be roug t in any district court against any person b any original process or proceeding in any other district than that wliereof he is an inhabitant; but where the diction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brou ht only in the district of the resi- P . dence of either the plaintiff or the dgendantz Promkled, however, That suns time emmany civil suit, action, or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the ‘“"*· United States, or by or on behalf o any officer of the United States authorized by law to sue, may be broug t in any district whereof the defendant is an inhabitant, or where there be more than one defendant in any district whereof any one of the defendants, being a necessary party, or being jointly, or jointly and severally, hable, is an mhabitant, or in any district wherein the cause of action or any part thereof arose; and in any such suit, action, or proceeding process, summons, or sub-  §{°f§s§,,l§ poena against any defendant issued from the district court of the district temgjggs ¤r i¤S¤!¤¤’ wherein such suit is brou ht shall run in any other district, and service pm ' thereof upon any defendant may be made in any district within the United States or the territorial or insular possessions thereof in which any such defendant may be found with the same force and effect as if the same had been served within the district in which said suit, action, » or proceeding is brought. The word ‘district’ and the words ‘district cgmgaaf Dmggt 0* court’ as used herein shall be construed to include the District of um mind ` Columbia and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: Promkled A dm H B further, That this Act shall be effective for a period of three years ¤m;I$i>.}¤m?e!;t;wics.v° only, after which said section 51, chapter 4, as it exists in the present law shall be and remain in full force and effect." Approved, September 19, 1922. CHAP. 346.-An Act To authorize the creation of corporations for the purpose of Sepilllxllllllriiiibion engaging in business within China. Be it enacted b the Senate and House 0 Re eserdatives 0 the United Cm, Tad, States of Americgd in Congress assembledfTh1:t this Act mjay be cited 192* M, as the "China Trade Act, 1922." DEFINITIONS. · Sec. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise indi- T°"'“ °°'“"“°‘* cates,— (a) The term "person" includes individual, partnership, corpora- "P¤¤¤¤·" tion, and association· (b) The term "China" means (1) China including Manchuria,  Thibet, Mongolia and any territory leased by China to an% foreign government, (2) the Crown Colony of Hongkong, and (3) the rovince °f M°°a°? ··cum rms Act (G) The terms "China Trade Act corporation" and “co?oration" cs.-peps¤lg¤,··m¤=·&0r. mean a corporation chartered under the provisions of this ct; I. . (d) The term "federal district court’ means any federal district s¤¤n.~ court, the United States Court for China, and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; 42150°—23——-54