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THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 40, 41. 1851. 631 each year shull hereaftericommence on the third Tuesday of April in each year, and all provisions of lavv nowlnpplicuble to the holding of said May tern1Gl1allla:pp?· 8; the said April term, Armovnn, i arc , . cmp. XL.-An Act to change the Terms of the Circuit Courts fm- the Easzem March 3, gg5L and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. (a) -·———-——·———-—-— Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States zf America in Congress assembled, That the terms of the Terms of Cir- Cimnit Courts of the United States for the eastern and western districts {gm q;’f“*§ in of Pennsylvania shall hereafter commence as follows, to wit : The April ems) mm" and October terms of the eastern district shall commence on the first Mondays of April and October, and the May and November terms of the western district shall commence on the second Mondays of May and November. APPROVED, March 3, 1851. Gun. XLI. - An Act tv ascertain and settle the private Land Claims in the State Merch 3, 1851. of California. ——·——1· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- Commission pose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of °°°smut€d‘ California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which commission shall continue for three years from the date of this act, unless sooner discontinued by the President of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a secretary, skilled in the S¢¤1¤*¤11· Spanish and English languages, shall be appointed by the said com- _ missioners, whose duty it shall be to act as interpreter, and to keep u D““°‘· record of the proceedings of the board in a bound book, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior on the termination of the commission. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That such clerks, not to exceed 0l¤rk=- five in number, as may be necessary, shall be appointed by the said commissioners. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Agent for President of the United Smeg to appoint an agent learned in the law, U”“°° s*“*°S· find skilled in the Spanish and English languages, whose special dllty D“tl“· it shall be to superintend the interests of the United States in the prem— ises, to continue him in such agency as long as the public interest may, in the judgment of the President, require his continuance, and to allow Ante, p. 616. him such compensation as the President shall deem reasonable. It Compensation. Shall be the duty of the said agent to attend the meetings of the board, D“tl"“· to collect testimony in behalf of the United States, and to attend on all occasions when the claimant, in any case before the board, shall tak? déposltionsg and no deposition taken by or in behalf of any such , N°*i°° °f tal? clalmttnt shall be read in evidence in any case, whether l>Gl`0\’6 lllé glgnsggbggggz Commissioners, or before the District or Supreme Court of the United to such agent. States, unless notice of the time and place of taking the same shall have been given in writing to said agent, or to the district attorney of the proper district, so long before the time of taking the deposition as ic enable him to be present at the time and place of taking the same, 17$':')62g*i€ V6}- i- pp. 75, 463, 517; vo]. ii. pp. 1, 157; vol. p. 462; vol. V- pp