Chapter 344. To amend section 876 of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 344.— An Act To amend section 876 of the Revised Statutes. September 19, 1922. [[S. 3917](/us/bill/67/s/3917).] [[Public, No. 310](/us/pl/67/310).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.[R. S., sec. 876, p. 176](/us/rs/s876/p176), amended. That section 876 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 876. Subpoenas may run into other districts.
Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States, in any district, may run into any other *Proviso.* Distance limit in civil cases, extended by permission of court.district: *Provided*, That in civil cases no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the court being first Courts of District of Columbia included.had upon proper application and cause shown.
The word ‘district’ and the words ‘district court as used herein shall be construed to include the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.” " Amendment effective only for three years.This amendment shall be effective for a period of three years after the date of the passage of this Act, after which section 876 as it exists in the present law shall be and remain in full force and effect. Approved, September 19, 1922.