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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY·FIRST CONGRESS ox mus UNITED STATES, Passed at the Third Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Oolumbia, on Monday, the JM}: day of December, A. D. 1870, and was adjourned without day on Saturday the fourth day of March, A. D. 1871. Umssxs S. GRANT, President. Scuuymm Comux, Vice-President and President of the Senate. JAMES G. BLM1m, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. I. —An Act to enlarge the Jurisdiction of the probate Courts in Idaho Territory. Dec, I3, 1g1g_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the probate com-ts of the Probntccouxts Territory of Idaho, in their respective counties, in addition to their pro- ¥;‘x£§£;it£l ?:"° bate jurisdiction, be, and they are hereby, authorized to hear and deter- `zzertaiu civil and mine all civil causes wherein the damage or debt. claimed does not ex- °’i¤*i¤¤l °¤$°¤i ceed the sum of five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and such criminal cases arising under the laws of the Territory as do not require the intervention 0E' a. grand jury: Provided, That they shall not have butnotinlsmd, jurisdiction in any matter in controversy, when the title, boundary, or <>h¤¤¤¢>¤'y» 01* di- 1-ight, to the peaceable possession of land may be in dispute, or in chan- v°r°° °”°" cery or divorce cases : And provided further, That in all cases an appeal Appeals. may be taken from any order, judgment, or decree of said probate courts to the district court. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- Repealing consistent with this act are hereby repealed: Provided, That this acl; °l**“¤°· shall not afi?-ect any suit pending in the district courts of said Territory at pending Suiw the time of its passage. Approved, December 13, 1870. CHAP. II. -An Act grami15q to the (Bah Central Company a Right of Way Dec. 15, 1870. through the public Lan s jbr the Uonslructum of a Razlroad and Iblegruph. ""“°"`—`“ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way through Right ofwqy the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Utah Central g‘;‘é';€:_a*;;gg‘;0 Railroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of the legislative mah (3.,,,;,-at assembly of the Territory of Utah, its successors and assigns, for the cou- R¤i*¤>¤d 09m- struction of a railroad and telegraph from a point. at or near Ogden City, §:§yt;Y;;r`Q:,§Q’?d in the Territory of Utah, to Salt Lake City, in said Territory; and the ° right, power, and authority is [are] hereby given to said corporation to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road material of mate:-idle for earth, stone, timber, and so forth, for the construction thereof Said way °°;‘;;'£*;‘;.“? is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet. in width on mnt,