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998 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 1428, 1429. 1905. and equal privile es in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and tehephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph and telephone purposes. _ _ u°'1:¤¤¤ 0* °°¤¤¤'¤¤“ Sec. 5. That this Act s all be null and void unless the bridge here1n ` authorized be commenced within two years and completed within three years from the date of approval of this Act. · A¤¤¤¤d¤¤¤¤*· Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1905. Much 8,1IB. CHAP. 1429.-An Act To rovide for an additional associate justice of the [S· 7***] supreme court of the Territory oi) Arizona, and for other purposes. [P¤b1ic.No. In?.] _ , .- Be it enacted ka; the Senate and H'0u.s;§fRe]»·eaentahxues of tiw United umu ‘ ‘ States of America in `Omtgreas assemb , That hereafter the supreme

 courtof the Territory of Arizona shall consist of a chief justice and

°*· ‘ · · four associate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum. but three justices must concur in order to reverse a judgment or other - —·- determination of a district court._ Appcmuame. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the President to appoint, in the ' manner now provided bly law, one additional associate justice of said rem ce cms. supreme court, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Five :I¤di¢i¤1 dk- Sec. 3. That the said Territory shall be divided into five judicial mu" districts, and a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices of the said supreme court, at such time and place as is or ma be prescribed, and the said district court in each of said districts shall have the same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess, or such as may hereafter be conferred upon it by law. mvismnnndnssisn- Sec. 4. That the chief justice and his associates are hereby vested ·"' °‘ with power and authority, and are hereby directed, to divide the said Territory into five judicial districts and to change the same from time to time as may seem to them ex dient, and to designate the 'ustices who shall preside therein, and tolli; the time and lace for holdin the district court in each of said districts, and to fix the times for hohling courts in the respective counties of each judicial district in the exercise F··¤·¤¤¤·1¤74»r>·¤1- of the authority conferred upon the said justices by section eighteen hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Each justice, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. ` Assignments. Sec. 5. That the supreme court of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any fjustice to try any case or cases in any district, or to old any term o court in any district. Bmncuon Sec. 6. That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall sit as a member of said court in, or participate in, the trial, hearing, or decision of any case decided by him in the district court or in which he has any interest. Pendinacnnes Sec. 7. That this Act shall not affect civil or criminal eases or proceedin s of any nature commenced prior to its passage in any of the seven? district courts of said Territory, but they shall be tried, determined, or disposed of in the respective courts where the same are pending as if this Act had not been passed. Approved, March 3, 1905.