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 164 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 56, 57. 1857. Purchase ofma- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the mint, tcrinls th°’·`°f°r· under the instruction of fhfé S€0!`€t3¥’Y of th? T!‘925\1!'_Y, shall, from fima to time, purchase from the bullion fund of the mint the materials necessary for the coinage of such cent piece, and transfer the same to the proper operative officers of the mint to be manufactured and returned in coin. Former laws And the laws in force relating to the mint and the coinage of the precious ¤¤*=¤¤d¢d*<>¤¤°h metals, and in regard to the sale and distribution of the copper going, °°"ts' ghall,so far as applicable, be extended to the coinage herein provided fm-; Profits- Pywidgd, That the net profits of said coinage, ascertained in like mammas is prescribed in the second section of this act, shall be transferred to the treasury of the United States. Suchcentsmny Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful to pay 0ut be p=¤i·! <>¤¤ ¤¤d the said cent at the mint in exchange for any of the gold and silver ming °"‘“'"“‘“°d·8”‘ of me United States, and also in exchange for the former copper wins issued: and it shall be lawful to transmit parcels of the said cents, from time to time, to the assistant tressurers, depmitarics, and other odicars of the United States, under general regulations proposed by the director of the mint, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for exchange To ba mid out as aforesaid. And it shall also be lawful for the space of two years from for certain coins the passage of this act and no longer, to pay out at the mint the cents M °1d mw f°’ aforesaid for the fractional parts of the dollar herciubefore named, at f{$n’;;°;tend6d their nominal value of twenty-five, twelve-aud—a-half and six-mum. 1859, ch. 80, 52: quarter cents, respectively. PM, P· 422- Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That hcreaffizr the director of the 0t.é1‘QQ;;1_  mint shall make his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, up mmm to be made to the thirtieth of June in each year, so that the same may appear in his ¤P *0 J“¤° 8°· annual report to Congress on the Hnances. Approved, February 21, 1857. pcb_ gl, 185; Cxnr. LVI.I.—An Act to divide the State of Texas inln hoo Judicial Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Texas glividpd States of America in Omzgress assembled, That the State of Texas be $3:;;* -?“d‘°‘“l and the same is hereby divided into two judicial districts, in the following ` manner, to wit.: All the territory of the State of Texas embraced in the counties of Ncwmu, Jasper, Jefemon, Orange, Tyler, Polk, Liberty, Galveston, H3.l'I'iS, Montgomery, Austin, Fort Bend, Bmzoria, Colorado, Wharton, Matagorda, Lavacca, Jackson, Calhoun, Dewitt, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Starr, Webb. and Hidalgo, as they existed in eighteen hundred and fifiy-two, shall compose one district, to be called the eastern district of Texas; and all the remaining part of the territory of the said State shall compose another district, to be called the western district of Texas. Terms of Court. S20. 2. And be it fin-tizer enacted, Tha: them shall be held in each year four terms of the district court of the eastern district of Texas, two of which terms shall be begun and held at Galveston on the ihst Mondays in December and May, respectively; and the other two shall bfé begun and held at Brownsville on the 61st Mondays of March and October, respectively; and fopr terms of the district court of the western district of Texas shall ba held in each year, two of which terms shall be begun and held at Austin on the first Mondays of January and June, respcctively ; and the other two shall be begun and held at Tyler on the firs: Mondays of March and November, respectively; and the said courts are hereby authorized to hold adjourned terms when the business of the said courts shall, in the opinion of the judge or judges, require it. _um:¤;¤rr&f°&_ Sec. 3. And be dz fwzher enacted, That an suits and proceedings of p ‘ whatever name or nature pending in the district court of Texas, at any of the Places at which terms of the said courts were enjoined to be held, and whmh said places maybe within the eastern district of Texas, shall be