CHAPTER 144. AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE STATE OF LOUISIANA INTO TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 507. Western. [SECTION 1], That the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Louisiana divid Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Madison, Richland, Oua- ed into two judichita, Lincoln, Bienville, Red River, De Soto, Sabine, Winn, Natchito- cial districts. ches, Jackson, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, Concordia, Catahoula, Grant, Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Saint Landry, La Fayette, Saint Martin's, Vermillion, Cameron, and Calcasieu, in the State of Louisiana, shall constitute, and is hereby created, the western judicial district in that State; And the district court now existing in Louisiana shall, from and after the passage of this act, be known as the district court for the eastern district of Louisiana, and all the parishes in said State not above named shall belong to said district. Eastern. Suits; in which SEC. 2. That all suits not of a local nature in the circuit and district courts against a single defendant, inhabitant of said State, must be district to be brought in the district where he resides, but if there are two or more brought. defendants, residing in different districts, such suits may be brought in either district. SEC. 3. That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter commit Prosecutions for ted in either of said districts shall be cognizable within such district; crimes; where triand all prosecutions for crimes or offenses heretofore committed in the able. district of Louisiana shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this act had not been passed. Suits pending SEC. 4. That all civil suits in law or equity which have arisen in the parishes composing said western district, or against persons residing therein, may be removed to or concerning lands situated therein, and now pending, together with all western district. process, writs, recognizances, and records belonging thereto, shall, with the consent of all the parties, be transferred to said western district. SEC. 5. That there shall be held semi annually in said district two stated sessions of the district and circuit courts, at each of the following places, to wit: At Opelousas, on the first Mondays of January and June; At Monroe, on the first Mondays of April and October. Places and terms of courts. R. S., §§ 572, 658. Judge for west SEC. 6. That a person learned in the law shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the ern district; salaSenate, district judge thereof, with a salary of three thousand five hun- ry, &c. dred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and with the same powers and duties as the district judge of the United States for the district of Louisiana as it now exists, and such as are conferred on him, or required of him, by this act. And the said judge shall appoint a clerk of the district court in the western district, and a clerk of the circuit court for said district shall be appointed in the same manner as other such clerks are appointed, and who shall receive for the services performed by them the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the clerks of such courts holding their sessions in New Orleans, in the same State, and shall be subject in every respect to the same restrictions and responsibilities. And the district and circuit courts for the eastern district of Louisiana shall be held in new Orleans, as heretofore. Clerks. Courts to be held at New Orleans as heretofore. Transfer of pa And it shall be the duty of the clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United States in New Orleans, whenever the courts shall so order, pers, in cases be to transmit, by some safe conveyance, or to deliver to the clerks of the western district, longing to the Marshal and district attorney. - their duties, &c. court in the western district, or their order, the original papers in all such cases as properly belong to the court in the western district by the provisions of this act, together with a transcript of the proceedings had therein. SEC. 7. That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint one person as marshal and one as district attorney for the said western district of the United States within the State of Louisiana created by this act; And that the terms of appointment and service together with the duties and responsibilities of the said marshal and district attorney, respectively, for the district aforesaid shall be in all respects the same within their said district as the terms of appointment and services, the duties, and responsibilities of the marshal and district attorney, respectively, of the eastern district of the State of Louisiana [March 3, 1881.] March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 508. Preamble. Title of land in CHAPTER 145. AN ACT CONFIRMING AND VESTING THE TITLE TO A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND IN Preamble. Whereas, it is claimed that the word "west" after the words "Valley street" in the act confirming the title to a tract of land in the city of Burlington Iowa", approved July fourth, eighteen and sixty-eight (volume fifteen, page eighty two, United States Statutes at Large), is a clerical error, and that the word "east" should be inserted in lieu thereof: Therefore in order to properly confirm the title to the lot which was intended to be confirmed by such act, Be it enacted, &c., That the act entitled "An act confirming the title Burlington, Iowa, to a tract of land in Burlington Iowa" approved July fourth, eighteen vested in the hundred and sixty eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to school district for school purposes, &c. read as follows: That all of the title of the United States in and to a certain tract of 1868, ch. 131 (15 land in the city of Burlington, Des Moines County, in the State of Iowa, Stat. L., 82). described as being west of lot number nine hundred and seventy-eight in said city, south of Valley street, east of Boundary street, and north of Market street, as laid down on the plat of said city certified under the act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, by William W. Conell and George Cubbage, commissioners, and now on file in the General Land Office, and which was originally reserved from sale by the United States and dedicated to public burial purposes, be, and the same is hereby confirmed to and vested in the "independent school district" of said city, to be forever dedicated to and used by said school district for public school purposes, and for no other purpose whatsoever. [March 3, 1881.] March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 508. Southwestern land district, Kan- ed., p. 409. CHAPTER 146. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL LAND DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. SECTION 1. Southwestern land district, Kansas, estab- Be it enacted, &c. SECTION 2. Register and receiver. 3. Business of old districts confirmed. [SECTION 1], That the following described territory in the State of Kansas, to wit: commencing at the southeast corner of township thirtyfive, south range thirty-one west of the sixth principal meridian on the south boundary of the State of Kansas; thence west on said southern boundary to the western boundary of said State; thence north on said western boundary to the fourth standard parallel south; thence east along said parallel to the northeast corner of township twenty-one south, range thirty-one west, and thence south to the place of beginning, in the State of Kansas, shall constitute an additional land district, to be called the southwestern land district, the location for the office of which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him from time to time be changed, as the public interest may seem to require. R. S., § 2234 SEC. 2. That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, when- Register and reever the public interest shall require, to appoint, in accordance with ceiver. existing laws authorizing appointment to office, a register and a receiver 2247. for the district hereby created, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the office for said district, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties which are, or may be, prescribed by law in relation to other land-offices of the United States. Business of the firmed. SEC. 3. That all sales and locations made at the offices of the districts in which the lands embraced in this district have hitherto been included, old districts consituated wholly within the limits of this district, which shall be valid and right in other respects up to the day on which the new office shall go into operation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 147. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MODE OF PURCHASING TOBACCO FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Tobacco for Navy; how to be purchased. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed to cause all purchases of tobacco for the use of the Navy to be made in the city of Washington, and as follows: In the month of February or March of each year the Secretary of the Navy shall cause proposals for bids for supplying the Navy with tobacco during the next year to be advertised thirty days in one daily newspaper in each of the cities of New York, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, North Carolina, Saint Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Hartford, Connecticut, Detroit, Cairo, Illinois, and Chicago; said tobacco to be manufactured during the months of June, July, August, and September; the bids to be accompanied by samples of the tobacco which each bidder may propose to furnish. The lowest bid for furnishing tobacco equal to the United States Navy standard now in use shall be accepted. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 148. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PREPARATION OF CLASSIFIED ABRIDGMENTS OF ALL March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 509. Classified abridg [SECTION 1], That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys belonging to the patent fund ments of letters in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the patent. direction of the Commissioner of Patents in the preparation of classified abridgments of all letters patent of the United States. -how printed and distributed. -to be sold at cost. SEC. 2. That the said abridgments shall be printed, and one copy of each shall be furnished to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; one copy to each of eight public libraries to be designated by each Senator, Representative and Delegate; and two copies to the Library of Congress; and also copies to such foreign governments, libraries, and learned societies as the Commissioner of Patents may designate: Provided, That copies shall be sold at the cost of printing, and all sums received from such sale shall, on or before the first day of each month, be paid into the Treasury. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 149. March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 509. sold. AT ACT TO GRADUATE THE PRICE AND DISPOSE OF THE RESIDUE OF THE OSAGE IN- Osage Indian trust lands, &c., in Kansas, to be sold. | Assent of Indians required. Osage Indian Be it enacted, &c., That all of the lands known as the Osage Indian trust trust lands, &c., and diminished reserve lands, lying east of the sixth principal meridian, in Kansas, to be in the State of Kansas, remaining unsold on the thirtieth day of June, 1874, June 23, ch. anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty one, shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at not less than seventyfive cents per acre; 488. 259. 1876, Aug. 11, ch. 1880, May 28, ch. 107. Assent of Indians required. And all of said lands remaining unsold on the thirtieth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty two, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than fifty cents per acre; and all of said lands remaining unsold on the thirtieth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than twenty-five cents per acre; And all of said lands remaining unsold after the last said public offering shall be subject to be disposed of by cash entry at twenty-five cents per acre, and the Secretary of the Interior may offer the same as aforesaid, in such quantities as may seem to him best; and may make all needful regulations, including the publication of notice of sale, as he may deem proper to carry out the provisions of this act: Provided, however, That no proceeding shall be taken under this act until at least two-thirds of the adult males of said Osage Indian tribes shall assent to the foregoing provisions. [March 3, 1881.] March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 510. Precedence of CHAPTER 150. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX OF THE REVISED Be it enacted, &c., That section fourteen hundred and eighty-six of the rank of officers in Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by inserting after Navy. the word "accordingly", at the end of the section the words, Limiting former provision. R. S., § 1486. "Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to give to any officer of the staff corps precedence of, or a higher relative rank than that of, another staff officer in the same grade and corps, and whose commission in such grade and corps antedates that of such offi. cer." [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 153. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, OF Homestead settlers allowed additional time, for climatic reasons, to commence residence. Be it enacted, &c., That section numbered twenty-two hundred and ninety-seven, of title numbered thirty-two, be amended by adding thereto the following proviso, namely: March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 511. Homestead set tlers allowed addi tional time, for climatic reasons, to R. S., § 2297. Provided, That where there may be climatic reasons the Commissioner commence resiof the General Land Office may, in his discretion, allow the settler twelve dence. months from the date of filing in which to commence his residence on said land under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 154. AN ACT AMENDATORY OF AND SUPPLEMENTARY TO "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT. SECTION 1. Two terms of district and circuit courts at Fort Wayne. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION 2. Clerk and marshal and their duties. March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 511. Two terms of dis courts at Fort [SECTION 1], That there shall be two terms each of the United States district and círcuit courts for the district of Indiana, held in the city of trict and circuit Fort Wayne, Indiana, said terms to begin on the second Tuesday in Wayne. June and December. R. S., §§ 572, 658. 1878, June 18, ch. 269. Clerk and marshal and their dep uties. SEC. 2. The clerk of the district and circuit courts for the district of Indiana, and marshal and district attorney for said district, shall perform the duties appertaining to their offices respectively for said courts, 1879, March 3, and said clerk and marshal shall appoint deputies, who shall reside and ch. 182, § 1, par. 14. keep their offices at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Said deputies shall keep in their offices such records as appertain to their offices, and said deputy clerk shall keep in his office full records of all actions, proceedings, and judgments in said courts. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 156. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PORT OF DELIVERY AT INDIANAPOLIS, IN THE STATE OF March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 512. Be it enacted, &c., That Indianapolis in the State of Indiana be and the Indianapolis, same is hereby constituted a port of delivery; and that the privileges Ind., created a port of delivery, with of immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise conferred by the privileges of inact of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to land transportaamend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable tion in bond. goods, and for other purposes" be and the same are hereby extended to said port; surveyor of cus And there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, who shall receive a salary to be determined by the Secretary of the toms for. Treasury, not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum. [March 3, 1881.] R. S., § 2202. |