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6 FIFTY·THIBD CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 10-12. 1893. ncsu •r num; Sec. 4. That the provisions of statute now existing for the holding hz; x M_ of said courts on any day contrary to the provisions of this act are ·r¤i¤»n%¤t pending hereby repealed, and all suits, prosecutions, process, recogmzances, bail °•¤·°¤- bonds, and other things pending in or returnable to said court on the days · now fixed by law are hereby transferred to and shall be mnde returnable to and have force in the said respective terms in this act provided m the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had said existing statute not have been passed. J‘“""u"°°"‘ Sec. 5. That all civil suits not of a local nature must be brought in the division of the district where the defendant or defendants reside; · butif there are two or more defendants residing in diiferent divisions _ the actign may be brought in either of the divisions in which a defendant resi es. AP¥’°“’* Sec. 6. That cases taken on appeal or writ of error from the district court shall be returnable to the circuit court held in that judicial subdivision from which the appeal was taken. When the circuit court and district court are held, as provided in this act, at the same time and ¥¤ri¤¤- place, one grand and petit jury only shall be summoned and serve in both said courts, and all grand and petit juries for the circuit and district courts shall be drawn by the clerk of the circuit court and all . grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each division shall be residents of such division. . R¤1»•1- Sec. 7. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. · Approved, November 3, 1893. November8,1B¤8. CHAP. 11.-An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for —-————··—- service on the Great Lakes. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United c£{·I:¤:e;¤**·¤ M States ofrimeriea. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasurybe, andhe hereby 1s, authorized to have constructed a steam revermmt. nue cutter of the first class for service on the Great Lakes: Provided, °°°°· That the cost of said construction shall not exceed the sum of one hun- ’ dred and seventydive thousand dollars. Approved, November 3, 1893. 1_f‘_‘j‘f;'jl’f"Q°;1°_3_ CHAP. 12.-Au Act To amend section numbered twentv-three hundred and twentydbnr of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to mining claims. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mining r¤¤i¤¤¤· States of .~lme~ri¢·a in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section numbered twenty-three hundred an d twenty-fourof the Revised Statutes 1$··—•*·‘¤2*~ Pm- of the United States, which require that on each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two and until patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall .be performed or improvements made during each year, be suspended for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three A n I mmmm so that no mining claim which has been regularly located and recorded M, }‘,E‘j,,$,,d,,, ms, as réqllgred by dw local laws and mining regulations shall be subject Po|¢,p.1l4. toforfeiture for nonperformance of the annual assessment for the year gggeigclammt eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That the claimant or claimants of any mining location.i11 order to secure the benefits of this act shall cause to be recorded in the office where the location notice _ or certificate is filed on or before December thirty-lirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, a notice that he or thev, in good faith intend to hold Nut a plicable to and work Said claim: P ided hon . n · ‘ · · smh Dalgnm rev , eeeer, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the State of South Dakota. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. ‘ Approved, November 3, 1893.