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F IFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 546, 549, 550, 552. 1900. 183 Eany can change itslocated line after the approval of its map by the ecretary of the Interior in such cases where the topography of the country, in the opinion of the president of the railway company, justifies such change; but such change of line shall not vary more than five miles in either direction from the location shown on the ma so approved, and an additional map showin such change shall be Sled with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before the construction 0 that plortion of the road shall be commenced, and thereupon shall have the same force and effect as if originally filed with and approved by him. . ' Approved, May 24, 1900. C CHAP. 549.-—An Act To detach the county of Dyer from the eastern div1sion of MW 24. 1900- the western district of Tennessee and to attach the same to the western division of "‘°‘—“'"‘_‘ the western district of said State of Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and Housegfltepresentatices of the Unrited States of America in Ocngress assemble , That the county of Dyer, in ,u§§2{;fS,§§s*;,,(j{°"°m the State of Tennessee, be, and the same is hereby, detached from the Dyer county trans eastern division of the western judicial district of the State of Ten- l$,$§€g,£r?1§’°vis°i§;€mm nessee and attached to the western division of the western judicial district of said State of Tennessee. Sec. 2. That all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against P'°°°SS· persons residing in said county of Dyer shall be made returnable to the courts held at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, and all suits Peudinssuirsand prosecutions now pending in the circuit or district courts of the United States against persons residing in the said county of Dyer at Jackson, in the State of Tennessee, shall be determined in said courts. Sec. 3. That this Act shalltake effect thirty days after its passage. E¤¤<=¤- Approved, May 24, 1900. CHAP. 550.-An Act To amend section five of an Act to relieve certain appointed May 24. 1900. or enlisted men o. the Navy and Marine Corps from the charge of desertion, approved "‘_"';H August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. p Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocngress assemble , That chapter eight. hundred C01fg;'>' wd Mmne and ninety, volume twenty-five, of the United States Statutes at Lar e, Rexfzovul of charge entitled "An Act to relieye. certain appointed or enlisted men of She Yigtzdwxgf fm °°' Navy and Marine Corps from the charge of desertion," approved _M§h1;¥;h§l9&ef,°*· 25- P- August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the` same is hereby, revived and reenacted. — Sec. 2. That section five of the said Act be, and is hereby, so Elgggfagsjggvg amended as to remove the limitation of time within which applications for relief may be received and acted upon under the provisions of said Act. , Approved, May 24, 1900. CHAP. 552.—An Act Making approplriations for fortifications and other works of May 25, 1900. defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial "_‘—_—"‘* and service, and for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Ocn ress assembled, That the sums of money 1?¤¤¢ific¤¢i¤¤¤¤x>x>r¤· herein provided for be, and the same are hereby. appropriated, out of p”°°°°°° ‘