Chapter 3341. To change and fix the time for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the middle district of Tennessee, in the southern division of the eastern district of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the northeastern division of the eastern district of Tennessee at Greeneville, and for o
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CHAP. 3341.— An Act To change and fix the time for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the middle district of Tennessee, in the southern division of the eastern district of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the northeastern division of the eastern district of Tennessee at Greeneville, and for other purposes. June 18, 1906. [[H. R. 19150](/us/bill/59/hr/19150).] [[Public, No. 240](/us/pl/59/240).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the terms of the circuit United States courts.Tennessee middle district.R.
S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101, 122, amended.Terms.Southern division of eastern district.Terms at Chattanooga.Vol. 21, p. 175, amended.Northeastern division.Terms at Greeneville.Vol. 31. p. 5, amended.and district courts of the United States for the middle district of Tennessee, held at Nashville, shall commence on the first Monday in May and October of each year instead of the third Monday in April and October, as now provided by law; and the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern division of the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Chattanooga, shall commence on the first Monday in April and December of each year; and the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the north eastern division of the eastern district of Tennessee, held at Greeneville, shall commence on the first Monday in June and November of each year: and each of said terms at each of said places shall continue so long as the presiding judge may deem necessary.
Pending proceedings. etc., not affected. Sec. 2. 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. Clerks. Sec. 3. That the clerks of said circuit and district courts for the eastern district of Tennessee may reside and keep their offices, respectively, in either the city of Knoxville, Chattanooga, or Greeneville;
Deputies.but said clerks shall each, respectively, appoint a deputy to reside and keep their offices in each of the above-named cities other than the one in which said clerks shall respectively reside and keep their offices; that the said deputy clerks shall, in the absence of their principals, do and perform all the duties appertaining to their offices, respectively. Effect.Repeal. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect from and after August first, nineteen hundred and six, the public welfare requiring it; and that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed.
Approved, June 18, 1906.