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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 162, 165, 166. 1909. 641 Sec. 3. That all civil rooms issued against persons residing in said R°‘“"“ °* P'°°°”· counties cognizable begdre the United States court shall be made returnable to the courts of the United States, respectively, to be held at Gadsden, as provided by this Act, and all prosecutions for offenses committed in any of said counties shall be tried in the appropriate United States court at Gadsden: Handed, That no process or prose- Prvwfvv. cutions commenced or suits instituted before the e of this Act ,,;§,'{gil““ °"°“ "°* shall be in any way affected by the provisions liereoi and that all prosecutions heretofore commenced for offenses heretofore committed against the United States in any of the said counties shall be prosecuted and tried as tho h this Act had not been passed. Sec. 4. That it shallxilne the duty of the clerks, marshals, and other c,Al=¤¤;1¤¤<=¤ <>f officers of the northern judicial district to attend said terms of said °ih'° ' court and perform the duties upertaiuing to their positions, and no additional clerk or marshal sh l be appointed in said district; and that the clerks of the circuit and district courts of said northern district shall maintain an office, in charge of themselves or a deputy, at Gadsden, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said division. Approved, February 19, 1909. CHAP. 165.-An Act To withdraw from settlement and certain landsF° 20 lmsme of oamsmas. amy m m [Public, No. 248.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse oflteipresentatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the (public lands $§ll{}’§“‘T,,d, ,,. in section eight, township one south, range two west, an in sections *:3:; 3* S9;-j¤¤g'g; two, four, eight, ten, an twelve, in township one south, ran e three memo vmey. west, San Bernardino base and meridian, in the State of Cahfornia, are hereby withdrawn from settlement and entry and reserved for the purpose of aiding in the conservation of the waters of the San Bernar ino Valley: Provided, That this Act shall not defeat any vested mm mt right which has attached under any pending entry or location. enema. Sec. 2. That any individual or association of individuals or any “g¤°°'W¤¤*¤W¤*°*¤· company or corporation may have the right, under such rules and ` regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may rescribe, to conduct to said lands and to distribute over them any ilbod or waste waters not otherwise appropriated, and to build the necessary engineering works for this purpose, to the end that said flood or waste waters may sink into the sands and gravels of said lands, thereby increasing and mplenishing the supply of underground waters in the San Bernardino al ey. Approved, February 20, 1909. CHAP. 166.-·An Act To amend section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to F°l{{£'§_’m2ga{?»' regulate the keeping of employment agencies in the District of Columbia where fees --——--—-· are- charged for procuring employment or situations/’ approved June nineteenth, [P“l’li°·N°·2‘9-l nineteen hundred and six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ _ States of America in Lbngress assembled, That section eight of an Act §,’,§*,f{§;,‘}f,§’,‘;‘“‘§,;’,’f,; entitled "An Act to regulate the keepin of employment agencies in cir; I 34 30,, the District of Columbia where fees are cgarged for procuring emlploy- meiidea. ’ p' ‘ ment or situations," approved June nineteenth, nineteen hundre and six, be amended to read as follows: F "S1·:c. 8. That the fees charged for the employment of agricultural °°* hands, coachmen, grooms, hostlers, seamstresses, cooks, waiters, waitresses, scrubwomen, nurses (except professional nurses), chambermaids, maids of all work, domestics, servants. or other laborers (except