198 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 213, 214, 221. 1880. June 14, 1880. CHAP. 213.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create the northern judicial · ··—·—····1 district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial d1s- tricts of said State, and to tix the time and p aces of holding courts 111 S241d d1str1ets", approved February two11ty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of; the United U- S·<=¤¤r¤¤, dis- States of America in Congress assembbsd, That the above rec1ted act be °"fg’.,?,f1,°x§$‘ amended by adding to and at the end of the fifth section thereof the fol- S,,,,gf,'Qj’ 31’8_ lowing words, to wit: And all prosecutions in either of said districts for ofenses against the laws of the United States shall be tried in that division of the d1str1ct to which process for the county in which said oiienses are committed 1S by said section required to be retmned. And all and recognizances in said prosecutions shall be returned to that division in which said prosecutions by this act are to be tried. . Secs. 3 ond. 5, Sec. 2. That said act be further amended by adding to and at the end Amended- of section third thereof the words “and Aransas." rl-o ooo o tions Sec. 3. This act shall not apply to prosecutions now pending. gggctgigrdiug ¤¤* Approved, June 14, 1880. Jung 14, 133()_ CHAP. 214.—An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to amend the Statutes in re- -1-;----. lation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Transportation States of America in Congress assembled, That in the act entitled “An <>fd¤*i¤b <>g<><>d¤- Act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes", approved June tenth, eighteen Amo, ohap. 190, hundred and eighty, the words "section four" where they occur in the Pe 173- first section of the act, be changed to “scction five ". Approved, June 14, 1880. June 15, 1880. CHAP. 221.-An act to provide for thetdisposal of the Fort Harker military reserva- """“*j" 1011. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Fort HMker¤51ir States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is
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mom go,. :,,,1,, Harker military reservation in Kansas for sale, as hereinafter provided. Appraisal. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause said reservation to be appraised as early as practicable, in tracts not excecdin g one hundred and sixty acres each, by three competent disinterested persons, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and who shall make said appraisement under oath and upon the approval of such appraisement by the Secretary, he shall offer said reservation for sale by giving such Settlers rights notice as is now required for the sale of public lands. The persons who P1'¤¤°1'V°<r may have at the date of the passage of this act settled upon and im- Sslctvsettlors. proved said lands, shall have the prior right to purchase the lands so settled upon at the appraised value thereof, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, except in the case of a fractional quarter-section to each person, and shall have such reasonable time in which to make payment ltules and regu- therefor as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Such portion 1"·'“°”“· of said reservation as shall not have been settled upon and improved at the date of the passage of this act shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior to actual settlers, under such regulations as he may prescribe: Proviso, Provided, That no land shall be sold under the provisions of this act for a 12;**;; gggitsilig less than one dollar and a quarter per acre nor ata less price than the and $[.25 Por W6_ appraisal thereof._ All sales ot land herein provided for shall be made as nearly as practicable under the rules and regulations now existing for disposing of the public lands of the United States. Approved, June 15, 1880.
