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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 47, 48. 1919. 1181 fund to be des¥nated "The Coos Ba Wagon Road grant fund/’ which fund sha be disposed of in the fbllowing manner: A separate I"“P°“l°’· account shall be kept in the General Land Office of the sales of said lands and timber within each of the two counties of Coos and Doug- c3,‘f,§§°°°D°"“l” las, and after the proceeds from such sales amount to a sum equal to that applied to pay the accrued taxes in that county and a sum e ual to $2.50 per acre for each acre of such land therein title to whimili is revested in the United States pursuant to the provisions of this Act, twently-five (per centum of all other moneys received from said lands shall e pai to the treasurer of the county i.n which the lands sold are situated for common schools, roads, highways, bridges, and port districts, to be apportioned by the county courts for the several purploses above mentioned; and the remainder shall become a part .,.;f,gm‘;°”°d S““°° of the general fund in the Treasury of the United States. The pay- ` ments erein authorized shall be made by the Treasurer of the United States upon the order of the Secreta of the Interior, as the fund _ accumulates in the Treasury: Provided?] That none of the ayments to §°.{§.,°Zfa, prior ,,.,. the counties grovided for in this section shall be madb until the "'°"“ Treasury has een reimbursed in the amount paid to the Southern Oregon Company and also for all taxes paid pursuant to the provisions of section two of this Act. Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereb authorized to °"°m°""°”‘ perfoiém any and all sgzts and tp mallie such rulesfandrregulazliions as ma e necessa an ro er or the urpose 0 carry1ng` e rovisgbns of this Ag into hill fiirce and effeiit; and any person, applicgnt, ,m°°° M m" urchaser, entryman, or witness who shall swear falsely in any afligavit or proceeding required hereunder or under the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior shall be guilty of peryury and liable to the penalties prescribed therefor. Ap ,0, Sec. 7. That the sum `of $12,000 be, and the same is hereby, ap- propriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the `Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, or otherwise, to complete the classification of the ands as herein provided, which amount shall be immediatel available and shall remain available until such classification shall gave been completed. In mc, whm W Sec. 8. 'l`hat this Act shall become effective upon its acceptance SDM br ¤¤¤¤1¤¤r¤ ' by the Southern Oregon Company, in the manner provided y the "‘°"°°"“’°”" first section hereof. Approved, February 26, 1919. CHAP. 48.-An Act To amend section two hundred and sixty-nine of the Act of ’°°"itf’t33· ma March third, nineteen hundredand eleven, entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the ]ud1c1ary." ‘ ‘ Be it cmwtcd the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United States of Ame1•i0I;yin Congress assembled, '{hatqection two hundred and iiiii&iia(¢i.?ii¤%c¤i¤s. sixty-nine of the Act approved_ March_ third, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: N "Sec. 269. All of the said courts shall have power to grant new v§}'§{§{§‘¤,,,m,,,,,, trials, in cases where there has been a trial by yury, for reasons for °**· whichnew trials have usually been granted in the courts of law. On m'fg°¤§,'g"°*m§g'°“§ngP;§ the hearing of any appeal, certiorari, writ of error, or motion for a. rights to in diss new trial, in any case, civil or criminal, the court shaH give judgment ”"°°°’ after an examination of the entire record before the co1u·t, without regard to technical errors, defects, or exceptions which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties? Approved, February 26, 1919.