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750 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 308-310. 1859. be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: It shall be the duty of the marshal of the District, at least live days before the beginning of the term of service for which a jury has been selected as ` provided by law, to notify each person drawn by serving on him a notice in writing of his selection as a juror, of the court he is to attend, and of the day and hour he is to appear. Exemption spi one Sec. 6. That any person who shall have veen regularly drawn as wu mu S°m“‘ a juror, and shall thereu on have served as a juror for the period of twenty days or more, dhall be exempt from further service as a juror in the District of Columbia for the period of one year from the beginning of his said term of service, but nothing herein contained shall render such juror ineligible to serve as a juror during said py,,,,.;,,. year: Provided, however, That no person shall be competent to serve sef;L”é‘e?”°‘°°°°°°"**'° as a juror for two consecutive terms. R_S_j;_C__,.,,c_85M, Sec. 7. That section eight hundred and fifty-one of the Revised ¤°¤·¤¤¤°¤<*°d· Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby amended b striking out therein the words " until otherwise provided by the legislative assembly." _Selection or addi- Sec. 8. That section eight hundred and sixt -two of the Revised °'°”‘" °°"°"` Statutes of the United States, relating to the Ilistrict of Columbia, rz.s.n.c.,¤ec.aa2,p. be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: If any per- ’°’**""“‘°°‘1‘ sons selected as jurors can not be found, or shall prove to be incom e- tent, or shall be excused from service by the court, the clerk, under the direction of the court, shall draw from the box the names of other persons totake their places. And if after the organization of the jury ang vacancies occur therein, they shall be fille in like manner. ¢{z°¤é¤1{{¤g°¤;gc*gd- . EC.' 9. That section eight hundr. d and sixtygthree of the Revised 1o1,'mei¤1&1.’p' Statutes of the United States, relating to the istrict of Columbia, be, and it hereby is, amended so as to-read as follows: If at any time during the impaneling of aj in any other than a capital case the regular nel, by reason of clidllenge or otherwise, shall be exhausted before tlldjury is complete, the court may in its discretion direct the clerk to draw from the box the names of other (persons to serve as jurors and cause them to be summoned, or or er the marshal to summon as many talesmen as may be necessary to complete the `ury. Mm Sec. 10. That this act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of duly, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Approved, March 1, 1889. March 1. 1889. CHAP. 309.-An act to extend the limits of the port of Portland as a port of entry. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0z¢.se of Re e.s·entati·ves of the ' United States of America in Congress a.s·senzble¢lfT That the limits of P¤¤1¤¤<¤·0¤‘¤s¤¤~ the port of Portland, in the State of Oregon, as a ort of entry, be, te;-grggrs vf wrt ex— and the same are hereby, extended so as to includ}; all that portion ‘ of the east bank of the Willamette River lying op osite to the city of Portland, for a distance of one mile in width, and) extending from the south boundary-line of the corporate limits of the city of Portland down said east bank of said river to a point directly opposite to the lower end of Swan Island, in said river. _ Approved, March 1, 1889. . March 1. im. m act to create ports of entry at Tacoma and Seattle, in Wash- Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives 0 the Wrugemsmu same, United States of America in Congress assemblizd, 'llhlat Tacoma, Wfash- {,;,6 wm of em mgton Terr1tory,_and Seattle, Washington Territory, be, and they vv. are hereby, constituted ports of entry in the Puget Sound customs