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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 117, 118. 1855. 611 Sec. 2. And be it fmther enacted, That all voluntary or intentional injuries to said line of telegraph, or to any property thereto belonging, , Y€P“l*§‘;’ sg; within the territories of the United States, shall be deemed, and are here· by declared to be wilful and malicious trespasses, and shall be punished as such; and all laws of the United States now in force in any territory thereoi or which may hereafter be enacted for the better security and protection of property, andapplicable to such offences, shall be, and they are hereby, extended, for the protection of said line of telegraph, into and over all the territory belonging to, and under the jurisdiction od the United States, through which the same may be constructed; and all legal process and proceedings for the detection and punishment of the aforesaid oiiences shall be within the jurisdiction of the courts, and shall be issued and executed by the proper law officers in the States or organized territories. Approved, February 17, 1855. CHAP. CXVII. -· An Act to establish f/ze Office of Surveyor-Gezzeralof [Dah, and to grant Feb. 21, 1855. Land for School and University Purposes. ·——·—····· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President, by and with _ the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, author- fAPP°£;‘;:’“;°r_ ized to appoint a surveyor-general for Utah, whose annual salary shall ggngmiyo, U¥,,h_ be three thousand dollars, and whose power, authority, and duties, shall $,,;,,,-1,, power, be the same as those provided bylaw for the surveyor-general of Oregon, Md d¤¤€;· 8 prior to the act of July seventeen, eighteen hundred and fifty-four: and 1854* ° ‘ 4‘ he shall locate his office from time to time at such places as may be directed by the President of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in said territory shall he surveyed under the direction of the government of the United Reservations for States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered 8°h°°l*· sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said territory, and in the States and territories hereafter to be created out of the same. Sec. 3. And be itfimfher enacted, That when the lands in said terri— _ tory shall be surveyed as aforesaid, a quantity of land equal to two town- imR§;?;;?;;€;_f°' ships shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved for the establishment of a university in said territory, and in the State hereafter to be created out of the same, to be selected under the direction of the legislature, in legal subdivisions of not less than one half section, and to be disposed of as said legislature may direct. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That full power and authority arc Rules and mghereby given to the Secretary of the Interior to issue all needful rules plagions authorand regulations for fully carrying into effect the several provisions of m ' this act. Approved, February 21, 1855. CHAP. CXVIII.—An Act to provide for holding an Additional Term eg` the Circuit Feb. 21, 1855. Courtgfthe United States jbr the Qistrict of Missouri, and for h0ldz1%_ pejcwl Terms ·""""""_ of the tslrzct and Czrcuzt Courts ty the United States for the Northern tsmct of O/zzo. Be it enacted by the Senate and L%use of Representatives cy" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Addmomltem district judge of the United States for the district of Missouri, to hold, at of the mmm the city of St. Louis, on the iirst Monday in October, in eyery year, St court for Misterm of the circuit court of the United States for said district, at which ¤<>¤¤· term any business may be transacted which might be transacted at the April term of said court. _ _ _ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the United States _ circuit court for said district shall have power, at anytime, to order an adjourned