Chapter 457. Transferring Phelps County to the eastern division of the eastern judicial district of Missouri
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CHAP. 457.— An Act Transferring Phelps County to the eastern division of the eastern judicial district of Missouri. February 4, 1907. [[H. R. 24104](/us/bill/59/hr/24104).] [[Public, No. 53](/us/pl/59/53).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the county of Phelps, Missouri eastern judicial district.Phelps County transferred to eastern division of.[R. S., sec. 540. p. 91, amended](/us/rs/s540/p91).*Proviso.*Pending cases not affected.in the State of Missouri, be detached front the western judicial district and attached to the eastern division of the eastern judicial district of the State of Missouri: *Provided*, That the courts of the western district shall retain and exercise jurisdiction over all causes and proceedings, civil and criminal, arising in or coming from said county and 876begun and pending at the date of the taking effect of this Act, and of all criminal offenses committed in said county prior to the date this Act goes into effect, the prosecution of which has not been begun, as completely as if this Act were not passed.
Approved, February 4, 1907.