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334 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 338-341. 1872. same time upon of time upon the tract so entered: Provided, That if his entry has been °h€a*§t °¤*;;g cancelled by reason of his absence from stud tract While in the military or €$h&,,,°gf naval service of the United States, and such tract has not been dispose;] Proviscs- of his entry shall be restored: And provided further, That if such tract has been disposed of, said party may enter another tract subject to entry under said laws ; and his right to a patent. therefor may be determined by the proofs touching his residence and cultivation of the first tract and his absence therefrom in such service. _ Persons cn- _ Sec. 5. That any soldier, sailor, marine oiicer, or other person coming

3***; ‘;“;1:;l£"’ within the provisions of this act may, as well by an agent as in person, custead, may make ter upon said homestead by filing a. declaratory statement as in preemption

¤¤¤”Y bg ¤¤, cases : Provided, That said claimant in person shall within the time pre- §§°F,{ctKa?2:§’ scribed make his actual entry, commence settlements and improvements on ¤·y,’&p., w be the same, and thereafter fuliil all the requirements of this act.

 Sito. 6. That the commissioner of the general land office shall have

ofland omce to authority to make all needful rules and regulations to carry into effect the make FWS- provisions of this act. Approved, June 8, 1872. June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCXXXIX. -—An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘fAn Act to establish a Uni-

 form System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States."

V;} xiv' P' 523* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United roperty not . . . . . included in ex- States of America in Congress assembled, That the first proviso in section ¢¤P*i°¤$,_¢X€mP* fourteen of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty- {;°2l;s§§32`:§° seven, entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy mi amount not throughout the United States," be amended by striking out the words g;;;:g;“50;nh“* " eighteen hundred and sixty-four," and inserting in lieu thereof " eighteen levy, gw, by the hundred and seventy-one." laws of such _ Armzovmo, June 8, 1872. gzgte in force in Sec Pm, P. 577* CHAP. CCCXL. — An Act to declare the true Intent and MMHIIDQ QfS8CZ1-Oh Two of an JEEE Act entitled "An Act to establish a Unffbrm System of Bankruptcy throughout the 13%, United »States," approved March two, cig/ueen hundred and sixty-seven. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United '1‘bejm·isdic- States of America in Congress assembled, That the powers and jurisdic~ mn °f.°if“i; tion granted to the several circuit courts of the United States, or any 2;3§1:;m;r{,0` justice thereof; by section two of an act entitled "An act to establish a. egcergisegl in any uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved

   March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, may be exercised in

gfgciycuik cou}-; any district in which the powers or jurisdiction of a circuit court have im P¤§¤, &¢-y been .0r may be conferred on the district court for such districtyas if no

U; such powers or jurisdiction had been conferred on such district court;

it nolsuch pcywci- it being the true intent and meaning of said act that the system of SK )0€‘il COD- -' ‘ {Sued mmm iéangguptcy thereby established shall be umform throughout the United Armovmo, June 8, 1872. Juno 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCXLI.-An Act concerning the Circuit and District Courts of the United ""“"”"""" States jbr the Distric: of Kansas. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Represc¢ztatives of the Mzited Ten-in of circuit States of America in Congress asseznblcd, That from and after the passage

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  • :;;;°*t;°§;° of this act the May term of the circuit court, and the October term of

md nt Lga,m_ the district court, of the United States for the district of Kansas, shall be worth- commenced and held at the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. Approved, June 8, 1872.