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166 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 267, 268, 269, 309. 1878. WMM wb vi<>· Sec. 2. The President of the United States may in cases wherein the l““°d· rule herein prescribed has been violated order and direct the rcexamination of the same. Approved, June 18, 1878. June 18, 1878. CHAP. 268.-An act to amend section forty-six hundred and ninety five of the —-——········· Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lieutenant com- States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after July sixm*§*‘;°Tég§¤¤**;gi teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two pensions granted to lieutenant- A;,,énd85’jP' ’ commanders in the Navy for disability, or on account of their death, shall be the same as theretofore provided for lieutenants-commanding. Approved, June 18, 1878. Jnne 18, 1878. CHAP. 269.-An act to provide for the holding of terms of the district and circuit -—-——-· courts of the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian- States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be two terms c **:,5 Uggé of the United States district and circuit courts for the district of Indiana, Waym held in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in each year, from and after the passage of this act; the time and length of the terms to be fixed by the judges of said court respectively. Clerk, .,w__“,wt_ Sec. 2. That the clerk of the district court for the district of Indiana, 1ev0,e1l.1s2, the marshal, and district attorney for said district shall perform the P<>¤'»399- duties appertaining to their offices, respectively, for said courts; and Deputyclerkeud the said clerk and marshal shall appoint a deputy, to reside and keep deputy ¤¤¤¤l¤¤I· their offices at Fort Wayne, and who shall, in the absence of their principals, do and perform all the duties appertaiuing to their said offices respectively. Court-house. Sec. 3. That each of said courts shall be held in a building to be provided for that purpose by the county or city authorities, without expense to the United States. Approved, June 18, 1878. yum., 19 1g7g_ CHAP. 309.-An act to provide for the revision and correction of assessments for .._.ll.l-- special improvements in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Special-improve States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the ¤¤<>¤¤ t¤¤¤¤ w bs District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to enforce the °“f°"°°d· collection, according to existing laws, of all assessments for special improvements prepared under an act of the legislative assembly of August tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as charges upon the property benefitted by the improvements in respect to which said assessments were Revision of M. made : Provided, That upon complaint being made to the Commissioners, sessments. within thirty days from the passage of this act, of erroneous or excessive charges in respect to any of said assessments which remain unpaid, said Commissioners are hereby authorized to revise such assessments so complained of, and to correct the same; and w here certificates of assessment 1),,,,,,,;,,,0];-,,.,1-. have been issued, they shall issue to the holder of such certificate a tiucates. drawback-certificate for the amount of such erroneous or excessive charges, which certificates shall be received at any time in payment of assessments for special improvements, and they shall be redeemed in the manner prescribed for the redemption and purchase of certificates, as provided by an act of the legislative assembly of May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An act ior extending the time of payment of special assessments, and for other purposes ", after the provisions for the purchase and redemption of certificates named in said act shall have been fully carried out. T Approved, June 19, 1878.