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S EVEN TIET H CONGRESS . SESS . I. CHs. 516, 517 . 1928 . C H A P . 516 .-An Ac t To provide for the times and places fo r holding court for the Eastern District of North Carolina . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the terms of the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina shall be held at Durham on the first Monday in March and September ; at Raleigh a one-week civil term on the second Monday in March and September, and a criminal term only on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October ; at Fayetteville on the third Monday in March and September ; at Elizabeth City on the fourth Monday in March and September ; at Washington on the first Monday in April and October ; at New Bern on the second Monday in April and October ; at Wilson on the third Monday in April and October, and at Wilmington a two-weeks term on the fourth Monday in April and October : Provided, That this Act shall take effect on July 1, 1928 : And provided further, That at Wilson and Durham it shall be made incumbent upon each place to provide suitable facilities for holding the courts. Approved, May 10, 1928 . 495 May 10, 1928 . [S. 3947.] [Public, No . 359 .] North Carolina east- ern judicial district . Terms of court for. Vol .43, p . 661, amend- ed. Provisos. Effective Ju ly 1, 1928 . Court rooms re- quired at Wilson and Durh am . May 10, 1928 . CHAP . 517 .-An Act To extend the period of restriction in lands of certain [8 .3594 .] members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes .

[Public, No . 360.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the restric- tions against the alienation, lease, mortgage, or other encumbrance of the lands allotted to members of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, enrolled as of one-half or more Indian blood, be, and they are hereb y, extended f or an additio nal period of twenty-five years commencing on April 26, 1931 : Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall have the authority to remove the restrictions, upon the applications of the Indian owners of the land, and may remove such restrictions, wholly or in part,, under such rules and regulations co ncerning term s of sale and disposal of t he proceeds for the benefit of the respective Indians as he may prescribe . SE C. 2 . That the provisions of section 9 of the Act of May 27, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 312), entitled "An Act for the removal of restrictions from part of the lands of allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes," as amended by section 1 of the Act of April 12, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 239), entitled "An Act to amend section 9 of the Act of May 27, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 312), and for puttin g in fo rce, i n refer ence to suits involv ing Ind ian ti tles, the statutes of limitations of the State of Oklahoma, and providing for the United States to join in certain actions, and for making judgments binding on all parties, and for other purposes," be, and are hereby, extended and continued in force for a period of twenty- five years from and including April 26, 1931, except, however, the provisions thereof which read as follows "Provided further, That if any member of the Five Civilized Tribes of one-half or more Indian blood shall die leaving issue surviving, born since March 4, 1906, the homestead of such deceased allottee shall remain inalienable, unless restrictions against aliena- tion are removed therefrom by the Secretary of the Interior for the use and support of such issue, during their life or lives, until April 26, 1931 ; but if no such issue survive, then such allottee, if an adult, may dispose of his homestead by will free from restrictions ; if this be not done, or in the event the issue hereinabove provided for die before April 26, 1931, the lands shall then descend to the Five Civilized Tribes, Okla. Rest ricti on o n all ot- ments to me mbers of one-half or more Indian blood further extended. i=roviso . Removal authorized up on application of owners of land. Provisions for re- moving restrictions on death of allottees con- tinue d 25 years from April 26, 1931 . Vol.44,p. 239 . Provision for home- steads of decedent al- lottees repealed . Vol . 44, p . 239, repeal- ed.