FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 5-8. 1893. 2] shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. The supreme court t 餤*g¤¤·¤¤¤ *¤ M- of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any judge am mm" to try a particular case or cases in any district when the judge of said district has been of counsel, or is of kin to either party to the action, or interested, or is biased or prejudiced in the cause, or if for any other reason said judge is unable to hold court. Sec. 4. That the district court in each of said districts shall have the J¤¤¤di¤¤*·¤¤- same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess. Sec. 5. That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall .u§i:g¤**“6*=¤¤·>¤ ·>' sit as a member of said court in the trial or hearing of any case decided J g ` by him in the district court, or wherein he has any interest. Approved, December 21, 1893. CHAP. 6.—An Act Authorizing the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General to December 21, 1893. approve postmasters’ bonds. W ‘*‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- P°¤°¤1¤°"*°¤· sage of this Act the bonds of all postmasters, by the direction of the P££wr ¢é¤¤i¤¤¤¤{ Postmaster-General, may be approved and accepted and the approval to approveupzls:- and acceptance signed by the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General in '“°°“"°’ "°'*d°· the name of the Postmaster·General. Approved, December 21, 1893. CHAP. '7.——An Act To close alleys in square numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, December 21, 1893. in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the alleys in square b,fi¤"i¢* °' U·>*·¤¤· numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, in the city of Washington, Dis- Lueys in square trict of Columbia, be closed and the land contained therein revert to 7***- °‘°°°“· the owners of the abutting property: Provided, That any conveyance Protest. of title in this Act contained shall be operative only so long as the land D“’“"°”‘ is used for charitable purposes. Approved, December 21, 1893. CHAP. 8.—An Act Granting the right of way for the construction of a railroad and December 21, 1893. other improvements over and on the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, ··· · —··r·v··· Hot Springs, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way forty- not spnegsmk. five feet in width, upon which to construct, equip, operate, and main- mgm of wei; over tain a railroad with one or more tracks, is hereby granted to George 2,;;;,, `°$Y°§§;’,‘j.,_2 W. Baxter, John D. Ware, Leslie Webb, and George M. Baxter, their ¤¥- associates aud assigns, upon and over that part of the ‘Hot Springs Reservation known as the YVest Mountain, as follows: Commencing at nearest. a point on first line marked A1 seven feet east of the line marked M on Government plat survey, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for topography; thence by a route to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior to the boundary line of said West Mountain reservation, or as near thereto as shall be necessary, but the said railroad shall not obstruct any highway contemplated by the plans for the improvement of the Government reservation of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the said grantees shall, by the erection and permanent maintenance of substantial iron bridges with closed beds and sides, or by means of tunnels, avoid
