April 14, 1890. soldiers and sail CHAP. 80.-An act for the relief of soldiers and sailors who enlisted or served under assumed names, while minors or otherwise, in the Army or Navy, during the war of the rebellion. 26 Stat. L., 55. Army and Navy. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War and the Secretary Discharge to of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to ors who enlisted issue certificates of discharge or orders of acceptance of resignation, under assumed upon application and proof of identity, in the true name of such persons as enlisted or served under assumed names, while minors or otherwise, in the Army and Navy during the war of the rebellion, and were honorably discharged therefrom. names. R. S., SS 1842, Art. 4, 1426, 1427. Applications. Exception. April 16, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 55. Nebraska. Land districts. Broken Bow. R. S., § 2256. 1882, June 19,ch. 230, ante, p. 347. 1886, May 3, ch. 81, ante, p. 490. Applications for said certificates of discharge or amended orders of resignation may be made by or on behalf of persons entitled to them; But no such certificate or order shall be issued where a name was assumed to cover a crime or to avoid its consequence. [April 14, 1890.] CHAP. 83.-An act to establish two additional land districts in the State of Nebraska. Be it enacted, &c., That all that portion of the State of Nebraska bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point where the fifth guide meridian west of the sixth principal meridian intersects the line between townships twentysix and twenty-seven north; thence east along said line to the northeast corner of township twenty-six north, of range twenty-one west; thence south to the fifth standard parallel north; thence east along said standard parallel to the second guide meridian west; thence south to the fourth standard parallel north; thence west to the southwest corner of township seventeen north, of range twentyseven west; thence north to the northeast corner of township eighteen north, of range twenty-eight west; thence west to the fifth guide meridian west; and thence north along said fifth guide meridian west to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new land district, to be called the Broken Bow land Office at Broken district, the land office for which shall be located at Broken Bow, in the State of Nebraska. Bow. Alliance district. SEC. 2. That all that portion of the State of Nebraska bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point where the line between townships twentyseven and twenty-eight north intersects the western boundary of the State; thence east long said township line to the northeast corner of township twenty-seven north, of range forty-one west; thence south to the southeast corner of township nineteen north, of range forty-one west; thence west to the southwest corner of township nineteen north, of range forty-five west, all of the sixth principal meridian; thence north to the fifth standard parallel north; thence west along said fifth standard parallel north to the western boundary of the State; and thence along said boundary line to place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new land district, to Office at Alli- be called the Alliance land district, the land office for which district shall be located at Alliance, in the State of Nebraska. ance. Register and re district. SEC. 3. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of ceiver for each the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint a register and receiver for each of the said land districts hereby created, who shall reside in the places where the land offices are located, and shall discharge like and similar duties and receive the same amount of compensation therefor as other officers discharging like duties in the land offices of the State of Nebraska; Changes may be made. And said land districts shall be subjected, as other land districts are, under the laws, to be changed or consolidated with any other Change in loca- district or districts, and the land offices may be changed to any other location by order of the President. [April 16, 1890.] tion of office. CHAP. 85.—An act providing for the appointment of an assistant General Superintendent and a chief clerk, Railway Mail Service. April 16, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 56. Assistant gen Be it enacted, &c., That the Postmaster-General may appoint, and assign to duty, one assistant general superintendent, Railway Mail eral superintendService, who shall be paid a salary of three thousand dollars per clerk ant and chief year; Railway And one chief clerk of Railway Mail Service, to be employed in the Post-Office Department, who shall be paid two thousand dollars 1878, June 17, ch. 259, par. 1; per year; Said assistant general superintendent and chief clerk to be also 96, par. 1; ante 1881, March 3, ch. paid their necessary and actual expenses while traveling on the busi- pp. 187, 319. ness of the Department. Expenses, &c., The salaries and expenses of these officers shall be paid out of the appropriation for the transportation of mail on railways. [April paid. 16, 1890.] CHAP. 101.-An act to extend to the port of San Antonio, in the customs collection district of April 19, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 58. San Antonio, livery. Be it enacted, &c., That the privileges of the seventh section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled, Texas, to be a port "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transporta- of immediate deSion of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," be, and the same 1880, June 10, are hereby, extended to the port of San Antonio, in the customs col- ch. 190, § 7, ante, lection district of Siluria, in the State of Texas. [April 19, 1890.] p. 294. April 23, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 61. Wyoming land districts. R. S., § 2256. 1876, Aug. 9, ch. 1887, March 3, 256, ante, p. 116. ch.352, par. 5,ante, Office. CHAP. 153.—An act to establish three new land districts in the Territory of Wyoming. Be it enacted, &c., That all the public lands in the Territory of Wyoming bounded and described as follows, beginning at a point on the eastern boundary of the said Territory where the tenth standard parallel north intersects the same; thence running west along said tenth standard parallel north to the southeast corner of township forty-one north, range seventy-five west; thence north on the line between ranges seventy-four and seventy-five west to the northern p. 563. boundary-line of the said Territory; thence east along said northern boundary-line to the northeast corner of the said Territory; thence south along the said eastern boundary-line of the said Territory to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new land district, and the land office of the said district shall be located at such place in said district as the President may direct. SEC. 2. That all the public lands of the Territory of Wyoming Second district. bounded and described as follows, beginning at a point on the northern boundary of the said Territory where the twelfth guide meridian will, when extended, intersect with the same; thence south along said guide meridian to the eleventh standard parallel north; thence east along said parallel to the eleventh auxiliary meridian; thence south along said meridian, when extended, to the seventh standard parallel north; thence west along said seventh standard parallel to the southwest corner of township twenty-nine north, range one hundred and four west, of the sixth principal meridian; thence north along said line between ranges one hundred and four and one hundred and five west to the ninth standard parallel north, when extended; thence along said parallel, when extended, to the western boundary of the said Territory; thence north along said western boundary to the northern boundary of the said Territory; thence east Office. Third district. Office. Registers and receivers. R. S., § 2234. along said northern boundary to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new land district, and the fand office of the said district shall be located at such place in the said district as the President may direct. SEC. 3. That all the public lands in the Territory of Wyoming bounded and described as follows, beginning at a point on the eastern boundary of the said Territory where the tenth standard parallel north intersects the same; thence running west along the said tenth standard parallel north to the eleventh auxiliary meridian; thence south along said meridian when extended, to the seventh standard parallel north; thence east along the said seventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township twenty-nine north, range seventy-one west; thence north on the line between ranges seventy and seventy-one west to the southeast corner of township thirty-one north, range seventy-one west; thence east along the line between townships thirty and thirty-one north to the eastern boundary-line of the said Territory to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new land district, and the land office of the said district shall be located. at such place in said district as the President may direct. SEC. 4. That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the next session after such appointment, a register and receiver for each of said districts, who shall be required to reside in the town in their respective districts as may be designated for the location of the land office, and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may be provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said Territory. [April 23, 1890.1 April 26, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 66. immediate trans CHAP. 159.—An act in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, amendatory of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. San Diego and Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act entitled "An act to Wilmington, Cal., amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiportation privi- able goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen leges extended to. hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to 1874, June 6, ch. include the ports of San Diego and Wilmington, in California, and 218, ante, p. 10. that all dutiable goods or merchandise delivered at said ports and ch. 190, 7, ante, destined for either of the ports specified in the seventh section of said act as hereby amended shall be entitled to immediate transpor1882, June 16, tation to the port of their destination, as provided in the act which ch. 233, ante, p. is hereby amended. [April 26, 1890.] 1880, June 10, p. 294. 346. April 26, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 67. North Dakota judicial district. Divisions. 1889, Feb. 22, ch. 180,$21,ante,p.649 District courts. R. S., § 572. Southwestern. CHAP. 161.—An act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota. Be it enacted, &c., That the State of North Dakota shall constitute one judicial district. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of holding terms of the district court said district shall be divided into four divisions, to be known as the Southwestern, Southeastern, Northeastern, and Northwestern divis ions; That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Burleigh, Stutsman, Logan, McIntosh, Emmons, Kidder, Foster, Wells, McLean, and all the territory in said State of North Dakota lying south and west of the Missouri river shall constitute the Southwestern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Bismarck. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Cass, Richland, Barnes, Dickey, Sargent, La Moure, Ransom, Griggs and Steele shall constitute the Southeastern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Fargo. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh, Pembina, Cavalier, and Nelson shall constitute the Northeastern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Grand Forks. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Ramsey, Eddy, Benson, Towner, Rolette, Bottineau, Pierce, McHenry, and Ward, and all the territory in said State of North Dakota lying north of the said Southwestern Division, shall constitute the Northwestern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Devil's Lake. SEC. 3. That the terms of the district court for the district of At Bismarck on the first Tuesday of April in each year; At Grand Forks on the first Tuesday of December in each year, and At Devil's Lake on the first Tuesday of February in each year. And the provisions of law now existing for the holding of said court on the first Monday in April and November of each year is hereby repealed, and all suits, prosecutions and processes, recognizances, bail bonds, and other proceedings of whatever nature pending in or returnable to said court on the days last named are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have force in the said respective terms provided in this act in the same manner_and with the same effect as they would have had had this act not been passed. SEC. 4. That all civil suits not of a local character now pending or Jurisdiction. which shall be brought in the district or circuit courts of the United States for the district of North Dakota, in either of the said divisions against a single defendant, or where all the defendants reside in the same divisions of said district, shall be brought in the division in which the defendant or defendants reside, or, if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions, such suit may be brought in either division, and all mesne and final process subject to the provisions of this act, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or all of said divisions. All issues of fact in civil causes triable in any of the said courts shall be tried in the division where the defendant or one of the de- where triable. fendants reside, unless by consent of both parties the case shall be removed to some other division. SEC. 5. That the circuit court of the United States for said district shall be held Issues of fact; Circuit court terms. R. S., § 658. At Bismarck on the first Tuesday of April in each year, and At Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year, and At Grand Forks on the first Tuesday of December in each year, and At Devil's Lake on the first Tuesday of February of each year; And cases taken on appeal or writ of error from the District Court shall be returnable to the Circuit Court held in that judicial subdi- writs of error. vision from which the appeal was taken. Appeals and at one When the Circuit Court and District Court is held, as provided in Jury for both this act, at the same time and place, one grand and one petit jury courts only shall be summoned and serve in both said courts. SEC. 6. That the clerk of the circuit and district courts for said district shall each appoint a deputy clerk at the place where their respective courts are required to be held in the division of the district in which such clerk shall not himself reside, each of whom shall, in the absence of the clerk, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of clerk within the division for which he shall be appointed: place. Deputy clerks. Deputy clerks That the appointment of such deputies shall be approved by the subject to judicial court for which they shall have been respectively appointed, and approval, &c may be annulled by such court at its pleasure, and the clerks shall be responsible for the official acts and negligence of all such deputies [April 26, 1890.] April 26, 1890. CHAP. 165.-An act to regulate the sitting of the courts of the United States within the 26 Stat. L., 71. In the city of Greenville, on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in August; In the city of Charleston, on the first Monday in April, And in the city of Columbia on the fourth Monday in November; And that the cases upon the calendars of said court not disposed of at any term may be called and disposed of by trial or otherwise at the succeeding term thereof. SEC. 2. That the office of the clerk of said court shall be kept in the cities of Charleston and of Greenville, and the clerk shall reside in one of the said cities and shall have a deputy in the other. SEC. 3. That the regular terms of the district courts in the eastern district of South Carolina shall be held each year In the city of Charleston on the first Monday of January, the first Monday in April, and the first Monday of July; In the city of Columbia on the fourth Monday in November. SEC. 4. That the regular terms of the district court in the western district of South Carolina shall be held in each year in the city of Greenville, on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in August. SEC. 5. That the office of the clerk of the district court shall be kept in the city of Greenville, and also in the city of Charleston, and the clerk shall reside in one of said cities, and shall have a deputy in the other. SEC. 6. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. [April 26, 1890.] CHAP. 167.—An act providing the terms and places of holding the courts of the United States in the district of Minnesota, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That for the purpose of holding terms of court the district of Minnesota is hereby divided into six divisions, to be known as the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions. That portion of the State of Minnesota comprising the counties of Winona, Wabasha, Olmstead, Dodge, Steele, Mower, Fillmore, and Houston, shall constitute the first division, the courts of which shall be held at Winona; The counties of Freeborn, Faribault, Martin, Jackson, Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Brown, Redwood, Lyon, Lincoln, Yellow Medicine, Sibley, and Lac Qui Parle shall constitute the second division, the courts of which shall be held at Mankato; The counties of Chicago, Washington, Ramsey, Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, and Scott shall constitute the third division, the courts of which shall be held at Saint Paul; The counties of Hennepin, Wright, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Swift, Chippewa, Renville, McLeod, Carver, Anoka, Sherburne, and Isanti shall constitute the fourth division, the courts of which shall be held at Minneapolis; |