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44 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 1809. in his judgment shall be deemed propenand necessary; and the com. Commissioner missioner may in any case, at his discretion, allow snuff and smoking f;?g:$°§';§; tobacco manufactured prior to the twentieth of July, eighteen hundred smoking tobacco and sixty-eight, not in wooden packages, to he starnped and sold in the

  • °§° ’&i‘E"P:i$ original packages; and the rate of dutj; on cigars imported prior- to July

giigiiigi iigckf twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and now remaining m bond, agp;. shall be the same as on cigars imported alter that date. ut on cer- , .• mn ci5ém_ Approved, April 10, 1869. APFU 10. 1869- CHAP. XIX.-——An Act making an Appropriqtion for the Improvement {Rivers and Ilarbors for the fscal Year ending June t/izrtzeth, eighteen hundred and sixty-mne, and the Hur ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. _ _ Be it enacted ty t/te Senate and House of Representatives of the United f ·°;£P*`°P“?**°“ States of America in Congress assembler/, That the sum of tvro million i;;si,:Q,;:£;:fg,,,_ dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighof Works for teen hundred and sixty-nine, and the year ending June thirty, eighteen {mls and h"' hundred and seventy, to be expended for the repair, extension, preserva- ’ tion, and completion of works for the improvement of rivers and harbors under the direction of the Secretary of lVar: Provided, That the Secrehow to be cx- tary of War is hereby authorized to cause such expenditures to be made l’°;‘;;‘g;_H0 com so as best to subserve the interests of commerce; and he is required to gm. mi mmm- report to Congress, at the opening of its December session, all ezrpendi- GF ¤°¤¤¤¤¤· tures made under the provisions of this act up to that time in detail. Approved, April 10, 1869. APH] 10» 1869- CHAP. XX. ·—-An Act to declare and fix the Status of hdge Advocates of the Army. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of ·Representat1fves of the United _ §jml><;¤‘ ¤f t States of America in Congress assembled, That the number of judge advo- {Q} Q ffQi;°f§‘b°° cutesof the army be, andlthe same is hereby, fixed. at eight, and the be eight. President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of P'°Sl‘l°"*m"Y the Senate to till all vacancies which have occurred ot ma hereafter ml ""°““°i°“‘ occur mmin. y Approved, April 10, 1869. APH] 10, l869· CHAP. XXI. - An Act to repeal an Act of the Legislature of New Mexico imposing a Capitution Tru- on bovine Cattle. L f th Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the ·United .’“"“ ° ° States of America m Oongress assembled, That the act of the lerrislature legislature of ; , . . . . C’ pw, jpfgxicg, l of the lerritory of New Mexico, of February third, eighteen hundred impwrrg ¤0¤P1* and sixty-nine, and all other laws and parts of la.ws of said legislature tsttioiitnx on im Ohm ·t_ t- t b . 1 . t_ d d . h __ .d T www bovine I p s i, u. capi a, ion iaxion ovine catte in io uce int0t eseu ercuttlc, repealed. ritory from other Territories or States, or the Republic of Mexico, be, and the same are hereby, disapproved and repealed. Approved, April 10, 1869. APW 10, 1869- CHAP. XXII. ——·An Act to amend the Judkthl System of the United States. 1870 ii. 186. _ _ Poi';. 119. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the United °i$:i?°'°6‘;l?tE3“'* States of America in Uongress assembled, That the Supreme Court of the Sings ui wisisi United States shall hereafter consist of the Chief Justice of the United ofsnme Justices. States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a. l quorum; and for the purposes of this act there shall be appointed an justice author- additional HSSOCl£t(€-JUSCICG of said court. md; _ 2 i 2.. And be tt further enacted, That for each of the nine existing wgzgggjgggg judicial circuits there shall be appointed at circuit judge, who shell reside {oi. ouch iiidiciai in his circuit, and shall possess the same power and jurisdiction therein. cipuiti d e as the justice of. the Supreme Court allotted to the circuit. The circuit p0“}gr;?*§¤;“° ¤ courts in each circuit shall be held by the justice of the Supreme Court