FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 354, 355. 1901. 781 operation of the line of railroad authorized by this section the said companies may exercise all the authorities, rights, privileges, and franchises by this Act conferred u on and vested in them in respect of the lines of railroad authorizedp by the foregoing sections of this Act, outside of the limits of the city of Washington: Movided, That {mise- 1 whenever in the construction of said line of railroad it shall be found §»p1i>vli,i,4<lifj>:l.si>rlsS.ngSl necessary to cross any existing public hi_ hway of the District of Columbia the company shall submit to and file with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ro er plans showing the intended crossing, shall obtain the approvall) otp the same by the said Commissioners, and shall construct such crossing only in conformity with such approved plan. Every such highway crossing shall be either over or under gra e where practicable without increasing the grades on said railroa or causing unreasonable expense in construction; and for the ;;;L<>¤¤¤¤g highpugyose of avoiding grade crossings the Commissioners of the District ` of olumbia shall be fullv authorized and empowered to change the grade of any such public highway so as to pass the same over or under said railroad, and to deffect or divert any such highway so as to pass over or under said railroad at a different oint of crossing, and to close so much of the said highway as is abandloned; and the company shall acquire, by purchase or condemnation, at its own expense, all lands required to relocate such highways, and shall pay the cost of all new. construction or work required to restore any such highwa raised, depressed, deflected, or relocated as above provided, all of which construction and work shall be done to the sat1sfaction and subject to the approval of the said Commissioners. Ec. 13. That all existing laws or parts of laws inconsistent with Reveal the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent to which they are so inconsistent, but to no further or other extent. Sec. 1-1. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ·*¤¤<>¤d¤=¢¤¢— this Act. ` Approved, February 12, 1901. CHAP. 355.-An Act To divide Kentucky into two judicial districts. February 12, HOL Be it enacted by the Semte and House 0 f Regnesentatives of t/oe United States of Aenerica in Congress assezizbled, That section five hundred and . §¢{¤¢¤¤krd,¢jifi¢g?‘_§ thirty-one of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by striking there- lii$¤.w° Ju lc ° from the word “Kentucky." ,_,§,;,§g,,§$°· 53r P· 89 Sec. 2. That the State of Kentucky is divided into two judicial dis- ‘ 11§¤€¤¤¤·¤ district of tricts, which shall be called the eastern and western judicial districts of V a °°mp°S°d` the State of Kentucky. The eastern district includes the counties of Carroll, Trimble, Henry, Shelby, Anderson, Mercer, Boyle, Gallatin, Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Grant, Owen, Franklin, Bourbon, Scott, Woodford, Fayette, Jessamine, Garrard, Madison, Lin¢ coln, Rockcastle, Pulaski, Wayne, lVhitley, Bell., Knox, Harlan, Laurel, Clay, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Owsley, Jackson, Estill, Lee, Breathitt, Knott, Pike, Floyd, Ma oiiin, Martin, Johnson, Lawrence, Boyd, Greenup, Carter, Elliott, glorgan, Wolfe, Powell, Menifee, Clark, Montgomery, Bath, Rowan, Lewis, Fleming, Mason, Bracken, Robertson, Nicholas, Harrison, with the waters thereof. The western —wes¢em. district includes the residue of said State of Kentucky, with the waters thereof. · Sec. 3. That the district judge of the— judicial district of Kentucky Existing cmcm to as heretofore constituted, and in office at the time this Act takes effect, m` shall be the district judge for the western judicial district of Kentucky as constituted by this Act. That the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court in said judicial district of Kentucky as heretofore constituted, and in office at the time this Act takes effect,
