Chapter 134. To amend section eight hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 134.— An Act To amend section eight hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes. March 28, 1910.[[H. R. 16037](/us/bill/61/hr/16037).][[Public, No. 110](/us/pl/61/110).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section eight hundredUnited States courts.[R. S., sec. 810, p. 151](/us/bill/61/s/810), amended.Grand juries.Summoning of.*Post*, p. 1165. and ten of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read:
" “Sec. 810. No grand jury shall be summoned to attend any circuit or district court unless one of the judges of such circuit court, or the judge of such district, in his own discretion, or upon a notification by the district attorney that such jury will be needed, orders a venire issue therefor. If the United States attorney for any district whichSecond jury allowed in special cases. has a city or borough containing at least three hundred thousand inhabitants, shall certify in writing to the district judge, or the senior district judge of the district, or one of the judges of said circuit court, that the exigencies of the public service require it, the judge may in his discretion also order a venire to issue for a second grand jury.
Either of said courts may in term order a grand jury to be summonedOrder by either circuit or district court. at such time, and to serve such time as it may direct, whenever in its judgment it may be proper to do so. But nothing herein shall operate to extend beyond the time permitted by law the imprisonment beforeTime of imprisonment before indictment restricted. indictment found of a person accused of a crime or offense, or the time during which a person so accused may be held under recognizance before indictment found.
” " Approved, March 28, 1910.