300 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 279, 280. 1866. ington, in the District of Columbia, to have and use a. common seal, and to alter and amend the same at pleasure; to have, purchase, receive, possess, and enjoy any estates in lands, tenements, annuities, goods, chattels, moneys, or effects, and to grant, demise, and dispose of the same in such _ manner as they may deem most for the interest of the hospital: Provided, w;t:’:‘}°‘l m' That the annual income from the same held by such corporation shall not property _ not to exceed, exceed in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. 8*;; d t d Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation and body Othéegmizrsfu politic shall have full power to appoint from their own body a president and such other officers as they may deem necessary for the purposes of V¤<>¤¤¤i°¤· their creation; and in case of the death, resignation, or refusal to serve of any of their number, the remaining members shall elect and appoint other persons in lieu of those whose places may have been vacated; and P<>W¤{S ¤f' the said corporation shall have full power and all the rights of opening °°rP°m'°°‘ and keeping a hospital in the city of Washington, for the care of such sick, wounded, and invalid persons as may place themselves under tho Property to be care of said corporation, and the property held by said corporation shall g33E25W “’L‘“° be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such hospital. By·1aws. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall also have and enjoy full power and authority to make such by—laws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary for the general accomplishment of the objects of such hospital: Provided, That they be not inconsistent with the Act may be laws in force in the District of Columbia: And provided further, That °l*°“*d· this act shall be liable to be amended, altered, or repealed at the pleasure of Congress. Approved, July 27, 1866. July 27, 1806. CHAP. CCLXXX.-An Act in Relation to the District Courts of the United Slam in °-`_""-_-* the States of Calgfbmia and Louisrhna. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United L°C?·l§Y°¤'¤l** Md Stales of America in Congress asscmbkd, That the southern judicial Ip;;?;;;;` district of the State of California and the western district of Louisiana forni pnly png shall be, and the same are hereby, abolished, and hereafter the said States J“‘Eg:lc‘;';;:;°*· shall respectively constitute one judicial district, and shall respectively he Judggm ,,,5. called the districts of California and Louisiana. The district judge, marshals, ¤¤<1¤¤¤<>r— sha], and district attorney of the United States for the northern district “°y“' of California and the eastern district of Louisiana shall respectively possess and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction in said district courts of California and Louisiana as they now possess and exercise in their respective districts. Pending, &c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, and proceed- P“’°°““· ings, civil or criminal, which shall have been commenced, and at the time of the passage of this act shall be pending in the southern district of California or the western district of Louisiana, and all process, orders, judgments, decrees, records, or other papers or proceedings relating thereto or filed therein, shall be transferred to the said district courts of California and Louisiana respectively, which courts shall possess and exercise over such actions, suits, and proceedings, and the process, orders, judgments, decrees, records, and other papers and proceedings so transferred, the same authority and jurisdiction as they would have had if such aotions, suits, and proceedings had been commenced in said courts; and no indictment, writ, process, recognizance, or other proceeding returnable to or to be heard, tried, or considered in the said southern district of California or said western district of Louisiana shall be abated, discontinued, or rendered void by the transfer thereof as aforesaid. Clerks of _ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the said southern ggnégghgrglgtxg district of California and the said western district of Louisiana shall, as ,,.,,,5;,,,.,, mmm, soon as practicable after the passage of this act, deliver to and deposit
