Chapter 83. To change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee
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CHAP. 83.— An Act To change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee. February 2, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Tennessee judicial district.Terms of court, northern division, eastern district, at Knoxville. That the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Knoxville, Tennessee, shall commence on the second Monday in March and September of each year, instead of the first Monday in March and September, as is now provided by law; and each of said terms shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem necessary.
Sec. 2. Pending cases. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment, recognizance, bail bond, or other process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of the terms of said courts, but the same shall be deemed to be returnable to, pending, and triable at the terms herein provided for. Sec. 3. Repeal. That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, February 2, 1899.