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 1422 District of Columbia suits, etc. Proceedings for con- demnation of land for schoo lhouse s, etc ., to follow provisions of District Code. Post, p. 1437. March 1, 1929. [II. R. 15468.] [Public, No. 868 .] New Orl eans, L a. Authority for site, etc ., for subtreasury, etc ., at repealed. Vol. 36, p. 694, re- pealed. March 1, 1929. [S .1965.] CHAP. 418 .-An Act To authorize the appointment of a district judge for [Public, No. 869.] the northern district of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united states courts. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President Mississippi northern judicial district. is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent Ap pointm ent of judge for, authorized. of the Senate, a judge of the District Court of the United States Vol. 36, p. 108 7 for the Northern District of Mississippi, who shall reside in such amended. district and whose compensation, duties, and powers shall be the same as now provided by law for other district judges. SEC. 2 . Upon the appointment of such judge, the present judge of the District Courts of the United States for the Northern and South- ern Districts of Mississippi shall be the judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District. of Mississippi. Such judge for the southern district of Mississippi shall reside in such district. Approved, March 1, 1929. Present ju dge for northern and southern dist ricts, to be judge for so uther n dis trict. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 416-419 . 1929 . originally begun and the petition filed and all prior proceedings had under and pursuant to the provisions of this Act and after the taking effec t of the same. PROCE EDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE D ISTRICT OF COLUMB IA NOT A FFECTED BY THIS ACT SEC. 26 . This Act shall not affect any suit or proceeding begun, now pending, or hereafter to be instituted under chapter 15 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, by or on behalf of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the condemnation of land for sites of schoolhouses, fire or police stations, or for a right of way for sewers, or for any other municipal use ; but as to all such suits and proceedings, and the right of said commissioners to institute the same, said chapter shall be and remain in full force and effect as if this Act had not been made. Approved, March 1, 1929. CHAP. 417 .-An Act To repeal the provisions of law authorizing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to acquire a site and building for the United States sub- treasury and other governmental offices at New Orleans, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings ; to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodel- ing, or improvement of certain public buildings ; to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings ; to authorize the pur- chase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes," approved June 25, 1910, is hereby repealed. Approved, March 1, 1929. March 1, 1929. [S. 2206.] [Public, No. 870.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Judicial Code. United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t sec tion 260 amended. ' p 115 T of the Judicial Code as amended by section 6 of the Act of Feb- U. S. Code, p.9os. ruary 25, 1919, chapter 29, be, and the same hereby is, amended so as to read as follows CHAP. 419 .-An Act To amend section 260 of the Judicial Code, as amended.

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