820 _ FIFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL CHS. 530-533. 1903. messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other misce laneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates, consular agencies, and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Approved, February 9, 1903. F¢l>¤'¤¤¤'Y 9- lm- CHAP. 531.-An Act To extend the provisions of chapter eight, title thirty-two, "$,,buc_ N0_ M] of the Revised Statutes of the United States, entitled "Reservation and sale 0 town sites on the public lands," to the ceded Indian lands in the State of Minnesota. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofR%esentatives of the United $(‘}§}{fn!{.P“*cnt,,°, States of America in Congress assembled, at chapter eight, title giunslwdpicegleigir; thirty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, entitled wt: °°_ n ° "Reservation and sale of town sites on the public la.nds," be, and is c,f,§i;_T,§§f’ XXXIL hereby, extended to and declared to be applicable to ceded Indian lands within the State of Minnesota. This ct shall take effect and be in force from and after its sa e. PW H Approved, February 9, 1903. ‘ February 9. NB- 538.-An Act To detach the county of Ilinimit from the southern judicial
district of Texas and to attach it to the western Judicial district of Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 3/" Representatives of the United gl1L¤;}g¤*¤g,g*;*;*l*; States { America on Congress assemble , That the county of Dimmit, mnsrsneu to_Texa¤ in the tate of Texas, is hereby detached from the southern and is Z{{’§ff""‘ "'°""°l dl" hereby attached to the western judicial district of Texas. ge”ghgk°6· pmm_ Sec. 2. That all offenses heretofore committed in said county of ins:. Dimmit of which the district court of said southern judicial district has (jiurisdiction and upon which proceedings have been taken shall be trie and prosecuted in said southernjudxcial district, and civil suits and roceedin s now endin in the circuit or district courts in said e s a no a ec e * s c . Statp h ll tgbe ff Ildbgthi At m§¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢v¤¤¢¤¤· Sec. 3. That hereafter alllprocesses issued against defendants resid- ` ing in said county of Dimmit shall be returned to San Antonio, Texas. All offenses committed in said county of Dimmit in which proceedings have not been begun shall be prosecuted in said western district. Hemi- Sec. 4. That a laws and parts of laws, so far as in conflict here with, are hereby repealed. · Approved, February 9, 1903. February 9,1903. CHAP. 583.-An Act To tix the time for holding the United States district and "`{P{b];?:(,;)]6_i" circuit courts in the northern and middle districts of Alabama. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §{jb*:¤u;¤l;ggg,>g;*:; States ofrlmewfca in Congress assembled, That hereafter the regular asmiumncz. terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the
“""‘g°“" middle district of Alabama shall be held at Montgomery, Alabama, on
- · **·· we- 5** “**· the iirst Tuesdays in May and December of each year.
pp, 9b, 120. _ _ · • · · . Sorrhem amine. Sec. 2. That the regular terms of the district and circuit courts of }`.§,,’}f‘i,F,§;_‘““"°· the United States for the northern division of the northern district of Alabama shall be held at Huntsville, Alabama, on the first Tuesday in April and the second Tuesday in October of each year.
