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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 84, 85. 1859. 437 and the engineer aforesaid is hereby prohibited from making any contracts of d éV¤Shi¤s*f>¤ for the same, unless approved by the corporations aforesaid, and expressly $,,6 p‘QQg?,;$";,',Q°g stipulated with the contractor or contractors that the payment for the same cities._ is to be made by the said corporations: Provident That no greater; num- cO}1°g§;;°t$:;_“‘l*;g ber of main pipes shall be laid by the general government than are sul"- uu;esS_&,,_ P p ncient to give to said government, the necessary supply of water. F¤>viS<>· Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any lrlrilhilly, &c. person or persons to do or commit any act by reason of which the supply ;';“]§;§u?;° E3'; of water, or any part thereof shall become impure, filthy, or in any way isymbic, ’ unfit for use, and that any person or persons committing any such act or acts, wilfully, knowingly, and maliciously, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding one thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, or not exceed- Penalty-Fine ing three nor less than one year’s confinement in the penitentiary of the 0* lmP*lS°”m°“*· District of Columbia for every such offence. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon- Inconsistent sistent with this be, and the same are hereby, repealed. “°°S ’°p°’“1°d‘ Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the cities of Washington and Th°_¤i*i¤S may Georgetown respectively shall have power to establish a complete system gi-tzzltiwmm of sewerage in aid of the execution of the provisions of this act. A1>1>n0vm>, March 3, 1859. CHA?. LXXXV.-An Act to provide for extending the Laws and Judicial System of the United States to the State of Oregon and for other Purposes. Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Laws of the States of America in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United Ungsg S*~?)'°°S¤°X· States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and wu m www effect within the said State of Oregon as elsewhere in the United States. Sec. 2. And be it jimlm enacted, That the said State is hereby con- _ or<zg<>¤ m=¤5l<> s stituted a judicial district of the United States within which a district ·]“d‘°m dm""' court with the like powers and jurisdiction, as the district court of the United States for the district of Iowa shall be established, and the judge rams of the of the said district court shall hold two regular terms of the said court, C¤¤f¤· annually at the seat of government of the said State, to commence on the second Monday of April and September in each year. Sec. 3. And be it futher enacted, That the judge, attorney, and mar- Residence mia shal of the United States for the said district of Oregon, shall reside therein, °°f Juflfi and the annual salary of the said judge shall be two thousand five hundred Mmim_[Y’ dollars, and the marshal and district attorney for said district, shall be entitled to the same compensation and fees as the marshal and attorney for the district of Iowa. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of appeal or writ _ Mandate, &c. of error heretofore prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of m “PP°°’g?> f9- the United States, upon. any record from the supreme court of Oregon §;g8,§;€g¤;,}‘}H,T; Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceedings shall Courtbe directed by the Supreme Court of the United States to the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon, or to the supreme court of the State of Oregon, as the nature of such appeal or writ of error may require; and each of those courts shall be the successor of the su- successors to preme court of Oregon Territory, as to all such cases, with full power to S;*P£*’m,l9 P°“” hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final process therein. ° t 3 °mmy' Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of trying all issues of fact triable by jury in the district court of the United States for IOWA the district of Iowa, said district shall be divided into three divisions as Dmsimgs of follows, namely: The counties of Clinton, Jones, Linn, Benton, Tama, district court. Marshall, Grundy, Hardin, "Webster, and all the counties north of the same, and east of Calhoun, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, and Emmett, shall constitute Northam M_ the northern division; and two regular- terms of said court for the- same vision.