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F ORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 62, 63, 64:, 65. 1871. 429 the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, declared to be the successor District °f C°· of said corporations, and all the property of said corporations, and of ;`,;g°cl2,;,3ggf,i,l;° the county of Washington, shall become vested in the said District of cities of Wash- Columbia, and all fines, penalties, costs, and forfeitures, which are now z‘¥¥‘°“ gud & by law made payable to said cities. respectively, or said levy court, shall elgiégsoglg c` be paid to said District of Columbia, and the salaries of the judge and comclerk of the police court, the compensation of the deputy clerk and bailiffs of said police court, and of the marshall of the District of Columbia shall be paid by said District: Provided, That the moneys collected upon the Salaries of judgements of said police court, or so much thereof as may be necessary, J¤¤s¤ ““‘IE °*l}?" shall be applied to the payment of the salaries of the judge and other 25E,`;? ° Pom officers of said court, and to the payment of the necessary expenses thereof, and any surplus remaining after paying the salaries, comp Surplus to be tion, and expenses aforesaid, shall be paid into the treasury of the District {mid ‘“*° *h° at the end of every quarter. r°”ury' Approved, February 21, 1871. CHAP. LXIII. - An Act to change the Times for holding the district and circuit Courtsof Feb. 21, 1871. the United States at Erie, Pennsylvania. ‘_"’__"'_" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after this date the Terms ofUnit- July terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States in and ed $2***65 °°¤*`*¤ for the western district of Pennsylvania, at Erie, shall be commenced °'l1m°’ Pa' and held on and after the third Monday of July in each year; and the January terms of said court at the same place shall be commenced and held at Erie, Pennsylvania, on and after the second Monday in January of each year. Approved, February 21, 1871. CHAP. LXIV.·—-An Act to provide jbr the Apportionment of the Members of the legis- Fcb_ 21, ]_87]__ lative Assembly tpl the T erritorg of Colorado. '*"—‘- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Apportionment governor, chief justice, and United States attorney for the Territory of Col- Qgslgfgggvzf orado, on or before the first day of June next, to make an apportionment ,,,,8,,,%,;,. of go;- of the members of the council and house of representatives of the said ¤¤¤<i<>· Territory, among the several districts, for the election of members of the council and house of representatives, giving to each section of the _ Territory representation in ratio of its population, as near as may be, as m£)*g*° of P°P“‘ ascertained by the census taken by authority of the United States in ' the year eighteen hundred and seventy. Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Omciaicertingovernor. chief justice, and United States attorney to make an oihcial f;,*;§;Lfg’P°" certificate showing the number of members of the council and house of ` representatives the several districts of said Territory are entitled [to] as apportioned under the provisions of this act, and file said certificate in the office of the Secretary of said Territory, on or before the iirst day of' July next, and said apportionment so made shall be held to be the proper and legal apportionment for the members of the next legislative assembly of the Territory of Colorado. Approved, February 21, 1871. CHAP. LXV. -—- An Act to repeal an Act of the Legislature of Wypming Tmrifwy Gp- Feb. 21, 1871. portioning said Territory for Members cy" the Council and House of eprescntatwes of the """"—"' Territorial Legislature. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of the legis- AI>P<>¤'*}°¤m€}** lature of the Territory of Wyoming, entitled "An act apportioning a°t°fl°g`?l°tmll_ of Wyoming Ter