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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 209, 210, 211. 1866. 209 such acceptance, as prescribed in this act: Provided further, That any States already State which has hcretofbre expressed its acceptance of the act herein re- ;:$2P,g;‘,§ ’° . . . . . . YG9W fe;-red to shall have the period of five years within which to provide at mm within least one college, as described in the fourth section of said act, after the which ¤>1>¤‘¢>vi<b time for providing said college, according to the act of July second, eigh- °"° °°“°" teen hundred and sixty-two, shall have expired. Arr-novma, July 23, 1866. CHAP. COX. —An Act tofix the Number ofludyes of the Supreme Court of the United Jul? 23, 1866- States, and to change certain udicial Circuits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the (/izited No vacaneyin States of America in Ocmgress assembled, That no vacancy in the office of ggoggif gjmco associate justice of the supreme court shall be filled by appointment until orsupmme wm the number of associate justices shall be reduced to six; and thereafter the *0 b¤ 6*1*** lmme said supreme court shall consist of a chief justice of the United States gcgupremo and six associate justices, any four of whom shall be a quorum ; and the court thereafter said court shall hold one term annually at the seat of government, and t°gL:;}:;’F•&°• such adjourned or special terms as it may find necessary for the despatch tems_ ’ of business. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first and second circuits Circuits shall remain as now constituted ; that the districts of Pennsylvania, New- °st“bhSh°d' Jersey, and Delaware shall constitute the third circuit; that the districts of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina shall constitute the fourth circuit ; that the districts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas shall constitute the lifth circuit ; that the districts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee shall constitute the sixth circuit; that the districts of Indiana, Illinois, and W'isconsin, shall constitute the seventh circuit; that the districts of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas shall cciistitute the eighth circuit; and the districts of Calitbrnia, Oregon, and Nevada shall constitute the ninth circuit. Approved, July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCXI.- An Act to uiet the T ide to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of July 28, 1860. the City of Benicia anjthe Town of Santa Cruz in the State of Calybrnia. —`—_U— Be it enacted by the Senate and Hrme of Representatives of the Zbzited States of Amerzba in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of the UTR? tgw to United States to the land situated within the corporate limits of the city ,,,:18,,, ,;,,6:;,,, of Benicia, in the county of Solano, State of California, as defined in the of Benicia grantact incorporating said city, passed by the legislature of the State of Cali- gg fornia, April twenty-four, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, bc, and the same sm in um; are hereby, relinquished and granted to the said city and its successors, upon trust, however, that so much of said lands as is in the bona fide occupancy of parties upon the passage of this act, by themselves or tenants, shall be conveyed by said city to such parties: Provided, however, That Limittogrant. the relinquishment and grant by this act shall not extend to any lands within said corporate limits occupied as a military depot of the United States, or heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes; nor shall they interfere with or prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part thereof; or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereotl Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the right and title of the Title of the United States to the land within the corporate limits of the town of Santa Pfjtéd 3:***;*; *° Cruz in the State of California, as defined in the act of the legislature of Qing,:},, 5m," that State incorporating said town, be, and the same are hereby, relin- grantqdtorhut quished and granted to the corporate authorities of said town and their '°'"‘“‘ °“‘S°‘ successors. in trust for and with authority to convey so much of said lands vox,. xiv. 14