106 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 507, 508, 530. 1902. Avril1b. 190*2- (IEA!. 507.-An Act For the relief of bona tide settlers in forest reserves. [Pubm N0` H`] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ltepresen tatives 0 f the United glgfff 5“§gm me StatesttY`Ame¢*iea’in Congress assembled, That where a claimant under semen on form re the se ement laws of the United States within the limits of a forest °°V.T‘;,p_ gm, reserve created under the rovisions of section twenty-four of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to repeal timber-cu ture laws, and for other purposes," has failed, by " reason of ignorance of the roclamation of the President, or of the Eli of the township plat ofp survey, or from unavoidable accident or conigtions, or from misunderstanding of the law, to place his claim of m¥j:‘j”d“ '°' record within the statutory period, such claimant may be permitted within a period of two years from and after the sage of t is Act to ‘ tile his claim in the proper United States land oilidd and receive patent therefor upon showing due compliance with the law under which the ,,§ °°'"°‘“°“‘ ’° claim is asserted. notwithstanding the reservation, provided that he made bona fide settlement upon the land claimed prior to the date of the proclamation establishing the forest reserve and maintained con-
- ’°"’“°¢°l'*"*’~ tinuous residence thereon for the requisite period. The benelits of
this Act shall extend to bona tide claims already received by the local land offices after the statutor * period, and for which patents have not issued, provided the settlers have complied with the provisions of the law except as to the time of filing their claims. Approved, April 15, 1902. · Avril 1*- lm CHAP. 5°8l-·-—Ad1. Act To establish and provide for a clerk furthe circuit and dis-
trict courts of the United States held at Wi mington, North Carolina.
_ Be it enacted by the Senate andHm¢se q/°Re esentativea of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, Thzt section three, chapter
_¤¥:h€di7· P- 215- two hundred and eighty-two of the United States Statutes at Large, ` volume sqlventeen, be amended by adding thereto. at the end of said section, the following: ,3**** **1 “’“¤*¤8· "And the circuit and district judges for the eastern district shall ` appoint, besides a clerk of said court held at Raleigh. an additional c erk, who shall reside and keep his office at Wilmington and he clerk both of the district and circuit court held at Wilmin rton. and who shall have the custody and control of the records of said courts. shall give the same bond required of the clcrk of circuit and district courts of said district. and shall receive the same fees and compensation for services performed by clerks of such courts now fixed by law." Approved. April 15. 1902. ____A§fll U-190*- dalG§AIQt5B0.-—An Act Providing for an additional circuit judge in the second judi· [Public. xo. vs.] _ ¤¤V¤¤ - Be 22 enacted by {be Senate and House rgfR» »n4se12fatice.s of the [United
States of Amereea in Cbngress ussemb/n/. That there shall be in the
seconden-cnn.] g ’ second circuit an additional circuit judge. who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. and shall possess the same qualifications and shnll have the same powers and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present circuit judges. Approved, April 17, 1902. ‘
