Public Law 788. creating a United States Court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof”, approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 814; U
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(/us/pl/74/787).] *lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 1 ofUnited States Court for China.Vol. 34, p. 814.[U. S. C., p. 958](/us/usc/p958). the Act entitled “An Act creating a United States Court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof”, approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 814; U. S. C., title 22, sec. 191), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “That a court is hereby established, to be called the United StatesJurisdiction of, extended to offenses committed on high seas.
Court for China, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases and judicial proceedings whereof jurisdiction may now be exercised by United States consuls and ministers by law and by virtue of treaties between the United States and China except insofar as the said jurisdiction is qualified by section 2 of this Act; and to1 concurrent jurisdiction of all offenses committed on the high seas in cases in which the person or persons charged with such offenses shall be found in or be brought first into China.
The said court shall hold sessions atSessions of court. Shanghai, China, and shall also hold sessions at the cities of Canton, Tientsin, and Hankau at stated periods, the dates of such sessions at each city to be announced in such manner as the court shall direct, and a session of the court shall be held in each of these cities at least once annually. It shall be within the power of the judge, upon due notice to the parties in litigation, to open and hold court for the hearing of a special cause at any place permitted by the treaties, and where there is a United States consulate, when, in his judgment, it shall be required by the convenience of witnesses, or by some public interest.
The place of sitting of the court shall be in the United States consulate at each of the cities, respectively. “That the seal of the said United States Court for China shallCourt seal. be the arms of the United States, engraved on a circular piece of steel of the size of a half dollar, with these words on the margin, ‘The Seal of the United States Court for China.’ “The seal of said court shall be provided at the expense of the United States. “All writs and processes issuing from the said court and all transscriptsUse of, in authentications. 11 So in original., records, copies, jurats, acknowledgments, and other papers requiring certification or to be under seal may be authenticated by said seal, and shall be signed by the clerk of said court.
All processes issued from the said court shall bear test from the day of such issue.” " Approved, June 24, 1936. To increase the pension to certain veterans of the Regular Establishment on the rolls March 19, 1933. Chapter 758 49 Stat. 1910 1936-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 74 2 public 1910 [CHAPTER 758.] AN ACT To increase the pension to certain veterans of the Regular Establishment on the rolls March 19, 1933.
June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 12758](/us/bill/74/hr/12758).][[Public, No. 788](/us/pl/74/788).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pensions, Regular Establishment.Veterans receiving service-connected disability pension on March 19, 1933, under Act of 1924, rate of pensions for.Vol. 48, p. 8. That, effective on the first day of the month following the month in which this Act is enacted, any veteran who is entitled to pension for service-connected disability under Veterans’ Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, part II, promulgated under Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, and who was on March 19, 1933, in receipt of compensation under the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, or pension under the general pension law, for such service-connected disability, shall be entitled to receive pension at 75 per centum of the compensation or the pension being paid on March 19, 1933, subject to the regulations issued under Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, pertaining to hospitalized and domiciled*Provisos*.Basis, if degree of disability has changed. cases: *Provided*, That where the degree of such service-connected disability has increased or decreased since March 19, 1933, the per centum limitation shall be determined on the basis of the rate of compensation or pension payable for such changed condition under the laws applied to such veteran in effect on March 19, 1933:Rate limited. *Provided further*, That in no event shall the rate of pension provided in this Act exceed 75 per centum of the rate of pension for similar disability under Veterans’ Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, part I.
Approved, June 24, 1936. To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the times and places for holding court for the eastern district of North Carolina”, approved May 10, 1928, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 179; U. S. C., Supp. I, title 28, sec. 179). Chapter 759 49 Stat. 1910 1936-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 74 2 public [CHAPTER 759.] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the times and places for holding court for the eastern district of North Carolina”, approved May 10, 1928, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 179; U. S. C., Supp. I, title 28, sec. 179). June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 12796](/us/bill/74/hr/12796).][
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- to provide for the times and places for holding court for the eastern district of North Carolina”, approved May 10, 1928, as amended (UPublic Law 789
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