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642 FIFT Y-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. GHS. 54, 55. 1895. secmerizorwuw Fourth. That the said company, availing itself of the privilege of this “l’P’°*° P “’·°'*°· Act, shall file with the Secretary of War an acceptance of its terms, and within six months after the passage hereof shall submit to him drawings, showing plans and peciiications and designated location, and compimm. shall within two years of the passage of this Act complete said bridges, and unless said bridges shall be constructed within said time this Act shall be null and void as to any bridge not so constructed. opmug mw. Fifth. That if any bridge herein authorized shall be built as a. drawbridge, said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, tor the passage of vessels and other water craft; and whatever kind of bridges are constructed the said company shall maintain thereon, at its mgiasm. own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. A¤==¤•1¤¤¤¤*·¢*¤- Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 1, 1895. February 4, 1895. CHAP. 55.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to divide the judicial dis- —l_’_’_ trict of North Dakota," and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers of the circuit and district courts of the said judicial district. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United man nam; jmu- States of America indongress assembled, That sections three and live %,j{*°,,§*’*,j‘~,,., mm, of the Act approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, od.' entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota," are hereby amended to read as follows: {gms ¤f di¤¤i¤* “Sec. 3. That the terms of the district court for the district of North °° ‘ Dakota shall be held at Bismarck on the iirst Tuesday of March in each year; at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year; at Grand Forks on the second Tuesday of November in each year, and at Devils Lake on the first Tuesday of July in each year. And the provisions of law pow existing for the holding of said court on the iirst Monday in April and February of each year is hereby repealed." rm. or circuit “Sec. 5. That the circuit court of the United States for the said dis- °°“"· trict shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday of March in each year, and at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year, and at Grand Forks on the second Tuesday of November of each year, and at Devils Lake on the iirst Tuesday of July of each year. When the circuit court and district court is held, as provided in this Act, at the same time and place, one grand and one petit jury only shall be sumg<;v<•¤· [ Pam moned and serve in both said courts: Provided, That all suits, prose- .au.,,`If'§Z,,f' " cutions, and processes, recognizances, bail bonds, and other proceedings of whatever nature pending in or returnable to said district and circuit courts, respectively, on the days named in the Act to which this is au amendment, are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable and have force in the said respective terms of said district and circuit courts, respectively, as provided in this Act, in the same manner and with the same effect as they would be returnable and have effect in said courts, respectively, at the terms thereof as now fixed by the Act to which this is amendatory, as though this Act had not been passed." rm, sm., or mr- Sec. 2. The marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit and

{‘Q,;__““°'“°Y· '“*‘ district courts of said district, and all other officers and persons per-

Ri5Sé..1¤;:¤. 831 840; forming duties in the administration of justice therein, shall, for the "' ’ ‘ services they may perform, receive the fees and compensation allowed by law to other similar officers and persons performing similar duties in the State of Oregon. Approved, February 4, 1895.