102 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 169, 170, 180 1878. Nertbervdistrict Smo. 2. Said northern district shall be, and hereby is, divided into dMd°d· two divisions, to be known as the eastern and the western division of the northern district of Ohio. The western division shall consist of twenty-four counties, to wit; Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, Putnam, Henry, Fulton, Lucas, \Vood, Haucock, Hardin, Logan, Union, Delaware, Marion, Wyandot,. Seneca, Sandusky, Ottawa, Erie, and Huron; and the eastern division shall consist of the remaining counties in said district. But no additional clerk or marshal shall be appointed in said district. Suns, whore to Sec. 3. All suits not of a local nature in the circuit and district 1*0 bm“l1l¤*· courts, against a. single defendant, inhabitant of such State, must be brought in the division of the district where he resides; but if there are two or more defendants, residing in different divisions of the district, such suits may be brought in either division. All issues of fact Place oflrlal. in such suits sballbe tried at a term of the court held in the division where the suit is so brought. Oifenscs, whore Sec. 4. All offenses committed in either of the subdivisions shall be to b<>f1‘i¢d· cognizable and indictable within said division. Ti·ans11»rofpend· Sec. 5. Actions or proceedings now pending at Cleveland, in said his ¤¤¤S¢¤- district, which would under this act be brought in the western division of said district, may be transferred, by consent of all the parties, to said western division; and in case of such transfer, all papers and tiles therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the deputy clerk’s office at Toledo; and the same shall he proceeded with · in all respects as though it originally commenced in the western division. Jurors’rt·sidence. Sec. 6. All grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each divisgames of pm- ion shall be residents of such division. All mesne and fiual process, cess subject to the provisions hereinbelore contained, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or both of the divisions. 'Faking effect of Sec. 7. This act shall be in force from and after the hrst day of Sepact- ternber, anno Douiini eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. And all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 8, 1878. June 8, 1878. CHAP. 170.-An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to constitute Super- -———-—j-—-— grgerlglcuts of Mints or Assayers in Assay-offices, Assistant Treasurers of the United _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United of §lll:'i;l*;i*g¤d°¤*¤ States of Anzcricct in Congress asscnzblcd, That the Secretary of the Treas- M,,y{,;mSéiSmut ury be·and he IS hereby authorized to constitute any superintendent glwsu,-c,~S_ of a mint or assayer of any assayoftice, an assistant treasurer of the ‘ United States without additional compensation, to receive gold coin . and bullion on deposit for the purposes provided for in section two hundred and fifty-four of the Revised Statutes. Approved, June 8, 1878. . June 11, 1878. CHAP. 180.-An act providing a pegmfinept form of government for the District of 0 UID lil. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lugifglgb cg; gg- States of Anzcrtoa in Congress assembled, That all the territory which was tim P ‘ ceded by the State of Maryland to the Congress of the United States for the permanent seat of the government of the United States shall continue to be designated as the District of Columbia. Said District and _the property and persons that may be therein shall be subject to the fol- Exlgting laws- lowing provisions for the government of the same, and also to any existing laws applicable thereto not hereby repealed or inconsistent with the provisions of this act. The District ot Columbia shall remain and continue a. municipal corporation, as provided in section two of the Revised
