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412 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 125, 126. 1849. divisions of the district, the plaintiff may sue in either division, and send duplicate writ or writs to the other defendants; on which the plaintiff or his attorney shall endorse that the writ thus sent is a copy of a writ sued out of a court of the proper division of the said district; and the said writs, when executed and returned into the office from which they issued, shall constitute one suit, and be proceeded in accordin l . Clerk of Dis- Sec. 4g yAnd be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the gjgjizgguzg :*1: clerk of the District Court for the district of Iowa to appoint ·a deputy Point ,, d,_,P,,{°y at each of the places prescribed for holding terms of the said court, foreachdivisiou, who, in his absence, may exercise all the official powers of the said &°· clerk, at the place and within the division of the said district for which he may have been appointed. And such deputy, before he enters on the discharge of his duties, shall take the usual oath for the faithful performance of his duties as such deputy. And nothing herein contained shall be held to excuse or release the said clerk from legal responsibility for acts performed by his said deputy, in behalf of said clerk in the office aforesaid. Duties ofmar- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the district attorney and gfgrggd di°“l°* marshal of the district of Iowa shall, respectively, perform the duties y` of district attorney and marshal of and for the northern, middle, and southern divisions of the district of Iowa, as established by this act; and the said marshal shall keep an office at each of the places where the sessions of the said District Court are directed to be held, and his charges for mileage, in the execution of the duties of his office within the said district, shall be computed from the city of Iowa. _;,,,;,,;;,;;,,,,,,; Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the ordinary said District jurisdiction and powers of a District Court of the United States, with c°““ °"°°"d€‘l· which the District Court of Iowa has been invested, it be, and is hereby, invested, within the limits of said district, with the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction and power in all civil cases now exercised by the Circuit Courts of the United States; and that in all cases where aid court wm, of ,,,,0,. shall exercise such jurisdiction, writs of error and appeals shall be allowed gud nprvgls :0 and taken from the judgment, orders, or decrees of said court to the °P"m° °" ‘ Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as appeals may be taken from the Circuit Courts. Inconsistent Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts °°“ *`°P°“l°d- inconpistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, re ea ed. Iiivrnovnn, March 3, 1849. March 8, 1849. Crue. CXXV.—.6n Act to transfer the Towns of Vinal Haven, J\'ort/t Heron, ·——-i—· eg-Zdclzhgsniggzé from the Collection District of Penobscot to that of Belfast, in the Towns of Vi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ‘I{g£;":;£3?; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the towns of b0ro’, ie consti- Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro’, in the State of Maine, 3;** ¤ now included in the collection district of Penobscot, shall hereafter be ,1,,,,,,, Of Bcl_ included in and constitute a part of the collection district of Belfast. {ast. Aernovmn, March 3, 1849. March 3, 1849, CHAP. CXXVI. -—· An Act to provide for the Settlement of the Jccwnt: of public

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