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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 239-242. 1909. 685 shall_exist and operate only during the continuance of the construction of sand road in good faith, and in the event of unnecessary delay and failure in the construction and completion of said road the exem tion from taxation herein provided shall cease and said tax shall be collectible as to so much of said road as shall have been completed. A ‘£ Third. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this A¤=€¤<’¤>¤¤*· c . Approved, March 2, 1909. CHAP. 240.-—An Act To provide for holding sessions of the United States circuit M¤f¢h 2- 1909. and district courts at Springfield, Massachusetts. [sj""-] Public, No. 297. ‘Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United 1; h _ ]_ States oj America in Congress assembled, 'lhat hereafter, and until eialbmgewm "`G" otherwise provided bg law, two sessions of the district and circuit Sp'ff,§;‘,§_,,g" °°‘"‘· . courts of the United tates for the district of Massachusetts shall be R·S-.¤¤c.672.658.p1>- held in each and every year in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, °°’m‘ beginning, respective y, on the second Tuesday of May and the second Tuesday of December. Sec. 2. That the marshal and clerk of said district shall each, c,g*{’“"”‘“"*"‘l'·“° respectively, appoint at least one deputy, to reside in aid city of Springiield, an he shall also maintain an office at that lace. Sec. 3. That suitable rooms and accommodations shall be furnished °°“’° ’°°‘“°· for holding said courts free of ex use to the Government of the United States until such time as a igderal building shall be prepared for that purpose in said Springfield. Approved, March 2, 1909. CHAP. 241.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to ¥a'%§m· exchange property. [Public, No. 298.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Housilpf Representatives of the United _ States of America in O ess assembl , That the Secretary of Com- $§‘,}§Q{,“{§‘g ‘f’}:’,,,_ merce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized to exchange prop- Musa vmverwerty now occupied by the Light-House Board at Ashtabula, Chic, for other pro rty of not less value at another location and to make a contract such exchange. Approved, March 2, 1909. . CHAP. 242.-An Act Providing for an additional judge for the southern district of New York, and for other purposes. Hsiiigo Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled; Thht the President of the ;¤1.i§i.i(3id»i2iim°m United` States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, by _,,*§§§,E{f§f,‘f* ’“°g° and with the advice_and consent of the Senate, to appoint an addi- {251-§¤c·g>£. v- 9% tional judge for the southern district of New York, whose length vexfmjtfzxé of term, compensation, duties, and powers shall be the same as now provided b aw for the jurléges of said district. _ Ya Bm mr mw Sec. 2. That that part o section six hundred and thirteen of the im 5-guess, mmm Revised Statutes which reads as follows: "and at every such term "*{{f‘;f·,§§gf°§$;_,,,8_ held by said `udge of said eastern district he shall receive the sum ¤me¤<1¤¤- of three hundred dollars, the same to be paid in the manner new prescribed by law for the payment of the expenses of another district judge while holding court in said district/’ IS hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1909. 80893-voL 35, rr 1-09--45