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JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

Act of July 16, 1914, Ch. 141, 126.

Sec. 1. Solicitors for Interior and Post Office Departments, 126. Act of August 1, 1914, Ch. 223, 126.

Sec. 1. Payment of Salaries by Marshals, 126.

Clerks and Marshals-Double Fees in Certain States-Salaries, 126.

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[SEC. 1.] [Solicitors for Interior and Post Office Departments.] * * * That the title of Assistant Attorney General is hereby changed to that of Solicitor for the Department of the Interior, but this shall not affect the status of the present incumbent or require his reappointment; * That the title of Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office Department is hereby changed to that of Solicitor for the Post Office Department, but this shall not affect the status of the present incumbent or require his reappointment. [38 Stat. L. 497.]

This is from the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act of July 16, 1914, ch. 141. The words "for the Department of the Interior" should have been inserted after "Assistant Attorney General" in the first line. These were doubtless inadvertently omitted.

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[SEC. 1.] [Payment of salaries by marshals.] From and after October first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, it shall be the duty of the United States marshals to pay, under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, the salaries of all judges of the United States courts, except the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the salaries of judges retired under section seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, and the judges, officials and employees of all courts whose sessions are held in the District of Columbia, whose salaries shall be paid through the disbursing officer of the Department of Justice as hitherto provided, United States district attorneys, their regular assistants, clerks, and messengers, and United States marshals and their deputies: Provided, That every United States marshal operating under a bond executed prior to the passage of this Act shall give bond effective thereafter for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, including the payment of the salaries above mentioned. [38 Stat. L. 653.]

This and the paragraph following are from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223.

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[Clerks and marshals-double fees in certain states-salaries.] All Acts and parts of Acts authorizing the clerks of the United States district courts in and for the States of Oregon, Montana, and Washington, respectively, to charge and collect double the fees provided in section eight hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and all Acts authorizing United States marshals in and for said States, respective

ly, to receive and collect double the fees provided by section eight hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, are hereby repealed, to take effect from and after January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen: Provided, That no clerk of the United States district courts in and for said States shall be allowed by the Attorney General to retain of the fees and emoluments of his office, for his personal compensation, over and above his necessary office expenses, including the necessary clerk hire, to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, a sum exceeding $3,500 per year, to take effect from and after January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen: Provided further, That nothing herein shall operate to reduce the fees that the clerks of the United States district courts and United States marshals in any States other than those mentioned herein have heretofore been authorized to charge and collect. [38 Stat. L. 654.]

For R. S. secs. 828 and 829, see 4 Fed. Stat. Annot. 95, 107.

JUDICIARY.

Act of January 20, 1914, Ch. 11, 128.

Removal of Causes-Suits against Common Carriers, 128.

Act of February 16, 1914, Ch. 20, 129.

Sec. 1. Pennsylvania Eastern District—Additional District Judge, 129. 2. Vacancy in Office, 129.

Act of June 6, 1914, Ch. 104, 129.

Pennsylvania Judicial Districts, 129.

Act of July 30, 1914, Ch. 216, 130.

District Courts Established-Appointment and Residence of
Judges, 130.

Act of August 22, 1914, Ch. 265, 131.

West Virginia Judicial Districts, 131.

Act of August 22, 1914, Ch. 267, 132.

Court of Customs Appeal-Decisions Reviewable, 132.

Act of September 9, 1914, Ch. 295, 133.

Arkansas Judicial District-Terms of Court, 133.

Act of September 9, 1914, Ch. 296, 133.

Pennsylvania Judicial Districts, 133.

Act of October 7, 1914, Ch. 318, 134.

North Carolina Judicial Districts, 134.

Act of December 23, 1914, Ch. 2, 135.

Judgments and Decrees of State Courts-Review by Supreme
Court-Certiorari, 135.

Act of January 28, 1915, Ch. 22, 135.

Sec. 1. Circuits, 135.

2. Jurisdiction of Circuit Court of Appeals-Appeals from District Courts-Appeals from Hawaii and Porto Rico, 135.

3. Repeal of Section Two Hundred and Forty-four, 137.

4. Finality of Judgments of Circuit Court of Appeals-Cases Arising under Bankruptcy Act, 137.

SEC. 5. Jurisdiction of United States Courts-Action by or against Railroad, 137.

6. Effect of Act-Pending Cases—Amendment or Repeal of Existing Acts, 137.

Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 90, 137.

Amendment of Suit Brought on Wrong Side of Court-Equitable
Defenses Interposed in Actions at Law-Amendment where
Diverse Citizenship Is Defectively Alleged, 137.

Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 96, 139.

Sec. 1. Georgia Southern District-Additional District Judge, 139. 2. Vacancy in Office, 139.

Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 98, 139.

Georgia Northern District-Boundaries Enlarged, 139.

Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 99, 139.

Sec. 1. Georgia Southern District-Eastern Division-Boundaries Enlarged, 139.

2. Southwestern Division-Boundaries Enlarged, 140.

Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 100, 140.

Sec. 1. South Carolina Districts-Additional District Judge, 140.

2. Pending Causes-By Whom Heard, 140.

3. Additional District Attorney, 140.

4. Additional Marshal, 140.

5. Terms-Office of Clerk, 140.

Act of March 4, 1915, Ch. 159, 141.

Ohio Judicial Districts-Boundaries-Terms-Jurors-Jurisdiction, 141.

Act of March 4, 1915, Ch. 170, 142.

Sec. 1. Arkansas Eastern District-Eastern and Western Divisions—
Boundaries Changed, 142.

2. Western District Made Smaller, 142.
3. Jurisdiction of Pending Cases, 142.

CROSS-REFERENCES.

Court of Claims, see CLAIMS.

See also JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, being chapter two hundred and thirty-one of Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large.

[Act of Jan. 20, 1914, Ch. 11.]

[Removal of causes-suits against common carriers.] That the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, being chapter two hundred and thirty-one of Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, be amended by inserting at the conclusion of section twenty-eight, chapter three, of said Act, the following:

"And provided further, That no suit brought in any State court of competent jurisdiction against a railroad company, or other corporation, or person, engaged in and carrying on the business of a common carrier, to recover

damages for delay, loss of, or injury to property received for transportation by such common carrier under section twenty of the Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, April thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, and June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, shall be removed to any court of the United States where the matter in controversy does not exceed, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of $3,000." [38 Stat. L. 278.]

For sec. 28 of the Act of March 3, 1911, comprising the Judicial Code, see 1912 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 144.

For the Interstate Commerce Act and the Amendments thereof above referred to see 3 Fed. Stat. Annot. 850; 1909 Supp. 271; 1912 Supp. 126.

An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge in and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

[Act of Feb. 16, 1914, Ch. 20.]

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[SEC. 1.] [Pennsylvania eastern district additional district judge.] That the President of the United States shall appoint an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall reside in said district and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and jurisdiction and receive the same salary now prescribed by law in respect of the present district judges therein. [38 Stat. L. 283.]

SEC. 2. [Vacancy in office.] That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, senior in commission, such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter there shall be but two district judges in said district. [38 Stat. L. 283.]

An Act To amend section one hundred and three of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

[Act of June 6, 1914, Ch. 104.]

[Pennsylvania judicial districts.] That section one hundred and three of an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 103. That the State of Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts, to be known as the eastern, middle, and western districts of Pennsylvania. The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Schuylkill. Terms of the district court shall be held at Philadelphia on the second Mondays in March and June, the third Monday in September, and the second Monday in December, each term to continue until the F. S. A. Supp.-9.

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succeeding term begins. The middle district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Center, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming and York. Terms of the district court shall be held at Scranton on the second Monday in March and the third Monday in October, at Harrisburg on the first Mondays in May and December, at Sunbury on the second Monday in January, and at Williamsport on the first Monday in June. The clerk of the court for the middle district shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or a deputy, at Harrisburg, and civil suits instituted at that place shall be tried there, if either party resides nearest that place of holding court, unless by consent of parties they are removed to another place for trial. The western district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland. Terms of the district court shall be held at Pittsburgh on the first Monday of May and the first Monday of November, and sessions of the court shall be held at Erie on the third Monday of March and the third Monday of September. The clerk and marshal of said district shall have their principal offices at Pittsburgh, and shall maintain by themselves or by their deputies, offices at Erie. "The Clerk shall place all cases in which the defendants reside in the counties of said district nearest Erie, upon the trial list for trial at Erie, where the same shall be tried, unless the parties thereto stipulate that the same may be tried at Pittsburgh." [38 Stat. L. 385.]

This Act although not repealed seems to be superseded by the Act of Sept. 9, 1914, given infra, p. 133.

For sec. 103 of the Judicial Code as it read prior to this amendment, see 1914 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 225.

An Act To amend section one of an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven.

[Act of July 30, 1914, Ch. 216.]

[District courts established-appointment and residence of judges.] That section one of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. In each of the districts described in chapter five there shall be a court called a district court, for which there shall be appointed one judge, to be called a district judge, except that in the northern district of California, the southern district of California, the northern district of Illinois, the district of Minnesota, the district of Nebraska, the district of New Jersey, the eastern district of New York, the northern and southern districts of Ohio, the district of Oregon, the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania, and the western district of Washington, there shall be an additional district judge in each, and in the southern district of New York three additional district judges: Provided, That there shall be one judge for the eastern and western

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