74T H CONGRESS . SESS. II . CHS . 229, 230. APR IL 16, 1936.
121 3 tories, and possessions : Provided, however, Tha t the Phi lippine Action by rhilippine Legislature may by law exclude its application to transportation to Leg islat ure . or from ports of the Philippine Islands . The term "foreign trade" "Forei gn t rade" de- means the transportation of goods between the ports of the United fin ed . States and po rts of foreign countries . Nothing in this Act shall Domestic coastwise, be held to a pply to contracts for carriage of goods by sea betw een etc ., trad e. any port of the United States or its possessions, and any other port of the United States or its possessions : Pro vi de d, ho we ver , T h at any bills of ianion o f Aa%o bill of ladi ng or similar doc ument of title wh ich is evidence o f a byagreement . contract for the carriage of goods by sea betw een such ports, c on- taining an express statement that it shall be subject to the pro- visions of this Act, shall be subjected hereto as fully as if subject hereto by the express provisions of this Act : Provided further, That F orei gn trade ; state- every bill of lading or similar document of title which is evidence of meat required . a contract for the carriage of goods by sea from ports of the United Stat es, i n fore ign t rade, shall cont ain a state ment that it sh all ha ve effect subject to the provisions of this Act . SEC . 14. Upon the certification of the Secretary of Commerce that Su spension o f Title I by Presidential proc- the foreign commerce of the United States in its competition with lamation. that of fore ign nations is pr ejudiced by the p rovisions, or any of them, of title I of this Act, or by the laws of any foreign country or countries relating to the carriage of goods by sea, the President of the Unite d States may, fro m time to time, b y proclamation, s us- pend any or all provisions of title I of this Act for such peri ods of time or indefinitely as may be designated in the proclamation . The President may at any time rescind such suspension of title I ma Resci . ssion of p`ocla- tion hereof, and any provisions thereof which may have been suspended shall thereby be reinstated and again apply to contracts thereafter made for the carriage of goods by sea . Any proclamation of sus- Effective date . pension or rescission of any such suspension shall take effect on a date named therein, which date shall be not less than ten days from the issue of the proclamation . Any contract for the carriage of goods by sea, subject to the pro- . Applpens o laws dur- visions of this Act, effective during any period when title I hereof, or any part thereof, is suspended, shall be subject to all provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to that part of title I which may have thus been suspended . SEC . 15 . This Act shall take effect ninety days after the date of Etl ectiv edate , a ate its approval ; but nothing in this Act shall apply during a period not to exceed one year following its approval to any contract for the carriage of goods by sea, made before the date on which this Act is approved, nor to any bill of lading or similar document of title issued, whether before or after s uch date of appro val in pursuance of any such contract as aforesaid . SEC . 16 . This Act may be cited as the "Carriage of Goods by Sea Citation of Act . Act." Ap prov ed, April 16, 193 6 . [CHAPTER 230.] AN ACT
April 16, 1936. To amend section 51 of the Judicial Code of the United States (U. S. C., title [S . 2524.] 28, sec. 112).
[Public, No.522.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 51 of the Judicial Code (U . S . C ., title 28, sec . 112) is amended to read as follows SEC . 51. CIVIL SUITS ; WHERE TO BE BROUGHT .-Except as pro- vided in the five succeeding sections, no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a district United States dis- trict courts. U.S.C.,p.1237. Civil suits ; where to be brought.
