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CHAP. 7.—An Act To provide for the extension of time within which homestead settlers may establish their residence upon certain lands which were heretofore a part of the Uinta Indian Reservation, within the counties of Uinta and Wasatch, in the State of Utah.

January 27, 1906.
[S. 321.]
[Public, No. 7.]

Uinta Indian Reservation, Utah.

homestead settlers in.
Vol. 32, p. 263.
Vol. 32, p. 998.
Vol. 33, p. 1069
Post, p. 8119.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the homestead settlers on lands which were heretofore a part of the Uinta Indian Reservation, Time extended to within the counties of Uinta and Wasatch, in the State of Utah, opened under the Acts of May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, and March third, nineteen hundred and three, and March third, nineteen hundred and five, be, and they are hereby, granted an extension of time in which to establish their residence upon the lands so opened and filed upon until the fifteenth day of May, anno Domini nineteen hundred and six: Provided, however, That this Act shall in no manner affect the regularity or validity of such filings, or any of them, so made ings not affected. by the said settlers on the lands aforesaid; and it is only intended hereby to extend the time for the establishment of such residence as herein provided, and the provisions of said Acts are in no other manner to be affected or modified.

Approved, January 27, 1906.

Proviso.
Validity, etc., of fil-

CHAP. 9.-An Act To amend an Act approved February third, nineteen hundred and five, authorizing the construction of a bridge across Red River at Shreveport, Louisiana.

February 2, 1906.-
(H. R. 12314.]
[Public, No. 8.]

Red River.

Time extended to

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section five of the Act. of Congress approved February third, nineteen hundred and five, enti- Shreveport, La., for tled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Red River, at Shreveport, Louisiana," be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from February third, nineteen hundred and six."

Approved, February 2, 1906.

bridging.

Vol. 33, p. 630.

Time of construc

tion.

Post, D. 1255.

CHAP. 80.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River at Yankton, South Dakota.

February 5, 1906.
[S. 312.]
[Public, No. 9.]

Missouri River.
Time extended to

Southern

Dak.

Railway

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of the Act approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and four, authorizing the Yankton, Norfolk and Yankton, Norfolk and Southern Railway Company to construct a company for bridg combined railroad, wagon, and foot passenger bridge across the Mis- ing, at Yankton, S. souri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota, as amended by the Act approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five, be, and is hereby, amended by extending the time for commencing the construction of said bridge to March ninth, nineteen hundred and seven, and by extending the time for completing said bridge to March ninth, nineteen hundred and nine.

Approved, February 5, 1906.

Vol. 33, p. 62.
Vol. 33, p.

621.

Time of construc

tion.
Post, p. 1058.

February 5, 1906.
[S. 979.]
[Public, No. 10.]

Missouri River.

Time extended for

peg. Yankton and Gulf
Railroad Company at
Yankton, S. Dak.
Vol. 83. p. 157.
Vol. 33, p. 715.

CHAP. 81. An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of "An Act bridging, by Winni authorizing the Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, South Dakota," approved April fifth, nineteen hundred and four, as amended by the Act approved February eleventh, nineteen hundred and five, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the time within which the said bridge is required to be commenced shall be within one year and the Time of construc- time within which it is required that said bridge shall be completed shall be within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, February 5, 1906.

tion,

February 5, 1906.

[S. 1747.] [Public, No. 11.]

Mobile Bay, Ala.

Mobile Railway and

bridge.

CHAP. 82.-An Act To authorize the Mobile Railway and Dock Company to construct and maintain a bridge or viaduct across the water between the end of Cedar Point and Dauphin Island.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Mobile Railway Dock Company may and Dock Company, a corporation created and existing under an act of the general assembly of the State of Alabama, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railroad bridge for the passage of railway engines and cars across the water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island, in Mobile County, State of Alabama, said bridge or Unobstructed navi- viaduct to be constructed so as not to obstruct navigation between Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound.

Location.

gation.

Construction of wharves etc.

Provisos.

Lawful structures and post routes.

SEC. 2. That said Mobile Railway and Dock Company is authorized to build wharves and docks out from the east end of Little Dauphin Island into the waters of Mobile Bay and to dredge a channel from the deep water of the said bay to the terminal of wharves and into said docks: Provided, That any bridge, wharves, or docks constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, or munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation over railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge, and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge: Provided also, Use by other roads. That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge, wharves, or docks shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case of any disagreement between the parties in regard to the terms of such use or the sums to be paid, all matters at issue shall be determined by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegation and proofs submitted to him.

Telegraph rights.

Compensation.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

SEC. 3. That the bridge and drawbridges, wharves, and docks authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be located and built and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said pass and Mobile Bay as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and drawbridges, wharves, and docks, and a map of the location giving for the space of one-half mile on each side of said bridge

and wharves, the direction and strength of the currents, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the water, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge and drawbridges, wharves, and docks are approved by the Secretary of War work thereon shall not be commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge and drawbridges, wharves, or docks during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

Changes.

Amendment.

Opening draws.

Lights, etc.

SEC. 4. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act at any time; and if at any time navigation between Mississippi Sound and the Bay of Mobile shall in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the said works, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require the said company to alter or remove the said works at its own expense, in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment. SEC. 5. That the draws provided for the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. SEC. 6. That all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted Telephone, etc., equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge; and if actual construction of the works herein authorized shall not be commenced within one year from the passage of this Act and be completed within five years from same date, the. rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and be determined. Approved, February 5, 1906.

rights.

Time of construc

tion.

February 5, 1906.
[H. R. 8994.]、
[Public, No. 12.]

Public lands.
Billings land dis-
Montana,

created.

CHAP. 83.-An Act To provide for a land district in Yellowstone, Carbon, and Rosebud counties, in the State of Montana, to be known as the Billings land district. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the State of Montana included within the present boundaries of Yellow- trict, stone and Carbon counties and all that portion of the ceded and unceded part of the Crow Indian Reservation lying within the limits of Rosebud County, west of the Big Horn River, is hereby constituted a new land district, and that the land office for said district shall be located at Billings, in said Yellowstone County. Approved, February 5, 1906.

Office.

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CHAP. 155.—Ań Act To provide for the selection of grand and petit jurors for the district courts in the Territory of Oklahoma.

February 9, 1906.
[H. R. 6289.]
[Public, No. 13.]

Oklahoma.
Selection of jurors.
Appointment of
jury commissioners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until otherwise provided by the legislature of Oklahoma it shall be the duty of the judge of the district court in each judicial district of the Territory of Oklahoma to appoint in each county of his district two discreet, honorable, and reputable persons of opposite politics, and having the qualifications of jurors as prescribed by the laws of said Territory, and not interested in any cause, civil or criminal, pending in the district court of the county for which he is appointed, which two persons, together with the clerk of the district court, or his resident deputy, in such county, shall constitute a board of jury commissioners. Said commissioners shall Meeting.

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Oath.

Jurors.

Filing the list.

Procedure.

meet at the office of the clerk of the district court upon the order of the judge of said court at least once each year, at such time as the judge shall designate, and after having taken and subscribed an oath that they will honestly, faithfully, and impartially discharge their duties as such jury commissioners, shall proceed to select the names of not less than three hundred nor more than three hundred and twenty-five persons, having and possessing the qualifications of jurors as prescribed by the laws of said Territory of Oklahoma. Said names for jurors shall be apportioned to and selected from the several voting precincts in said county as near as practicable according to the voting popuSelection of names. lation of each precinct. The board of jury commissioners shall make a list of said names, showing the election precinct from which each juror was selected, and shall certify to the same and file said list. in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county for which said names were selected. The clerk shall record said list upon the journal of the court and certify to the correctness thereof. As soon as said list is completed and recorded the clerk of the district court shall forthwith write each of said names upon a separate slip of paper, which slips shall be of uniform size and color, and shall fold said slips and place them in a box provided with two locks and keys of different designs and securely lock the same, leaving no opening. When said box is closed and locked, the key of one lock shall be retained by the clerk and the other shall be delivered to and retained by the sheriff of the county. Prior to any term of court at which a grand or petit jury will be required the judge of the district court shall certify to the clerk of the district court the number of jurors that will be required for either a grand or a petit jury, and direct said jury to be drawn and Empaneling the summoned at such times as he shall direct. Upon receiving such order the clerk of the district court shall notify the sheriff of the time of the drawing of such jury, and the sheriff or one of his deputies, and the clerk of the district court or one of his deputies, shall take said box containing the names of the jurors so selected and thoroughly shake the same. They shall then together, in the presence of each other, open said jury box, and after placing the same in a position that neither can see into it, shall draw therefrom alternately one name at a time and record the same until the number of jurors have been drawn required in the order of the judge, which may be not to exceed thirty persons from which to select a grand jury and not to exceed forty persons from which to select a petit jury. As soon as said jurors are drawn and the names recorded, the slips drawn shall be destroyed and the box securely locked and retained in the custody of the clerk, one key being retained by Grand and petit the sheriff. Upon the completion of such drawing the clerk shall Issue of separate issue separate venires for the grand and petit jurors, returnable at

jury.

jurors. venires.

Provisos.

Additional draw

ings.

such time as the judge shall in his order direct. The first names drawn to the number stated in the judge's order shall be summoned as grand jurors, and the grand jury shall be empaneled from said persons: Provided, That additional and other drawings inay be had at such times as the court or judge may order for the completion of the panel of either the grand or petit jury, or for the empaneling of a new grand jury during any term of court, if, in the judgment of the court, the same shall become necessary, or if, for any cause, the court, in its discretion, shall deem other jurors necessary. The court may excuse or discharge any person drawn and summoned as a grand or petit juror whenever, in the discretion of the court, such action may be deemed Completion of the expedient: Provided further, That at any time during a term of court after a petit jury has been drawn and summoned in the manner as herein provided, when for the trial of any cause, civil or criminal, the regular panel of jurors shall appear to be insufficient, the jury may be completed from talesmen or the court may direct that an open venire

petit jury.

issue to the marshal or sheriff for such number of jurors as may be deemed necessary to be selected from the body or any portion of the county: And provided further, That the probate judges of the several counties may order a jury drawn in like manner from said jury box for any term of the probate court or for the trial of any cause in said court wherein a jury is authorized by the laws of Oklahoma to be drawn from such box.

Probate jury.

Compensation of

SEC. 2. That the commissioners shall each receive as compensation commissioners. for his services the sum of ten dollars per day for each day actually and necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, the time necessarily employed to be determined by the judge and to be paid upon the order of the judge of the district court, either by the United States or the county, as the judge in his order shall direct. The venires for juries, grand or petit, may be served by either the United States marshal or the sheriff of the county, as the court or judge shall order.

Service of venires.

SEC. 3. That all laws of the Territory of Oklahoma inconsistent with Repeal. the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 9, 1906.

CHAP. 156.—An Act To amend paragraph thirty-four of section seven of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes," approved July first, nineteen hundred and two.

February 9, 1906. [H. R. 9757]

[Public. No. 14.]

Fuel hucksters.
Vol. 32, p. 627.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph thirty-four District of Columbia. of section seven of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following:

License tax on permits to store and sell

"Persons licensed to store or sell kerosene or oils of like grade, or explosives of any kind, shall pay a license tax of one dollar per annum explosives, etc. for each permit issued; for storing or selling fireworks the license tax shall be fifty cents per annum for each permit issued: for storing or selling gasoline or oils of like grade the license tax shall be five dollars per annum for each permit issued: Provided. That persons paying a license tax as fuel hucksters shall not be required to pay an additional storing, etc., not retax for storing or selling such articles." Approved, February 9, 1906.

Proriso. Additional tax for quired of hucksters.

CHAP. 255.-An Act To authorize The American National Bank of Graham, Virginia, to change its location and name.

February 15, 1906.
(S. 2582.]
[Public. No. 15.]

tional Bank of Gra

May move to Blue

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The American National The American NaBank of Graham, now located at Graham, Tazewell County, State of ham. Va. Virginia, is hereby authorized to change its location, or place where field, W. Va. its operations of discount and deposit are carried on, to the town of Bluefield, Mercer County, State of West Virginia, and its corporate title to The American National Bank of Bluefield, by and with the consent of the Comptroller of the Currency, whenever the shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of said bank, at a meeting called for that purpose, determine to make such change: Provided, That there shall be sent to the Comptroller of Currency a duly removal, etc.

Proviso.

Notice of vote for

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