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THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 142, 143, 144. 1864. 143 of the several counties and districts of the territory, to be taken by such _Basis of apporpersons and in such mode as the governor shall designate and appoint, ¤°“m°m· and the persons so appointed shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid out of the territorial treasury: Provided, further, That this act shall not be construed to divest any member of the council Rights ofmemelected at the election in said territory, of any rights he may have Pm 91**3* mt acquired by virtue of said election, who was elected from any county or lmpmm ` district within the present limits of the Territory of Idaho. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the annual election in said territory for the election of all officers provided for by the laws of said _ territory, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be held at 81;;;*;; ‘;§°3‘g%‘;“‘ such places as is new provided by law, and such other places as the gov- ` emor may direct on the second Monday of October. Ameaovmo, June 20, 1864. CHAP. CEU. —‘An Act to confirm ceriain Entries of Land in the State of Missauri. June 20, 1864- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all entries heretofore Certain entriés made under the graduation act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and °f1¤Pdi¤HM*S·d flfty-four, in township forty-Eve north, of range nine west, south of Mis— s°;;g;°:hU;;4 ' souri River, in the district of land subject ,t0 sale at St. Louis, Missouri, vo], QL PZ 574, shall be, and are hereby, ccmhrmedz Provided, however, That this act Pmvisos. shall not extend to any entry of land aforesaid upon which there was an actual settler other than the purchaser at the date of such entry, and that it shall first be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the entry has been made in good faith, and is founded upon actual settlement and cultivation, or is for the use of an adjoining farm : Provided, further, That the lands shall be paid for in money, or in land warrants, to the amount of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Approved, June 20, 1864. CHAP. CX.LIII.—An Act to detach the Counties of Calhoun and Branch j5·om the Ju11e20, 1864. Western Judicial District, and annex the same to the Eastern District of the State of "‘i‘" Michigan. Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the counties of Calhoun Counties of and Branch, in the State of Michigan, be, and the same are hereby, de- g?£‘lgg“I;;’£ tached from the western judicial district and annexed to and made a part pm of eastern of the eastern judicial district of said state. j¤di<;i¤l_diStrict Sm:. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not in any man- °f M'°b’g““‘ ner affect any suit or proceeding now pending in the courts in the western Pending pw judicial district of the State of Michigan, but the same shall be pro- °°” ¤°*“*~€°*°d- ceeded in and determined in said courts in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. Armzovmn, June 20, 1864. CHAP. CXLIV.-— An Act concerning Lands in the State of Calgfrmia. June 20, 1864. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, That, under the patent of the ThE1am;;,, United States, issued on the 28th day of February, 1861, to Joseph S. $$*1**1 Bafbém Alemany, as the bishop of Monterey, and his successors, for the tract of ggufgégglggp land or rancho known as Canada de los Pines, or College Rancho, situate College Rancho, in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, as described in such 8"S may bg S°’d» patent, to have and to hold the same to him and them “in trust for the ;%€dp;;°$,i1;taP` religious purposes and uses " therein mentioned, it shall be lawful for the mannersaid Joseph S. Alemany and his suecessors, as the grantees of said patent, to sell the said tract or rancho, or any part thereof; and all proper convey-