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 660 THIR.TY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. OH. 53, 54. 1863. priations how appropriated for the beneiit of the said Indians shall be expended in <*=XP¤¤d°é· such manner as will, in the judgment of the President, best advance the said Indians in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, and enable them to sustain themselves without the aid of the Government. And in such ex- Discrimination penditure reasonable discrimination may be made in favor of the chiefs iF f*‘2°*' °*` f¤i*h· who shall be found fhithful to the Government of the United States, and m°m°f°' eflicient in maintaining its authority and the peace of the Indians. Said Indians shall be subject to the laws of the United States, and to the criminal laws of the State or Territory in which they may happen to reside. They shall also be subject to such rules and regulations for their government as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; but they shall contract, or be deemed incapable of making any valid civil contract with any person [¤di¤¤¤· other than a native member of their tribe without the con ent of the President of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior shall also Edumi°,,_ make reasonable provision for the education of said Indians, according to their capacity and the means at his command. Approved, February 21, 1863. Feb. 24, 1863. CHA?. LIV'. —An Act to divélc the State of Michi an into two Judicial Districts, and ····"*‘j" to provide for holding the District and &rcuit Courts therein. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Michigan di- States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Michigan be, VldPdi'l*° iw°.i¤· and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts, in the following dicml districts. manner, namely : -· THE EASTERN AND WESTERN DIBTRICTS. Western district. The western district shall embrace all the territory and waters within the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the southwest corner of Hillsdale county, in the State of Michigan, and running from thence north, on the west line of said county, to the south line of Calhoun county; thence east, on the south line thereof; to the southeast corner of said last—named county; thence north, on the east boundary of said county, to the south line of Eaton county; thence east, on said south line, to the southeast corner of Eaton county; thence north, on the east boundary of Eaton county, to the south line of Clinton county; thence west, on the south boundary of said county, to the southwest corner thereof; thence north, on the west boundary of Clinton and Gratiot counties, to the south boundary of Isabella county; thence west, on its south boundary, to the southwest corner of said last-named county; thence north, on the west line of Isabella and Clare counties, to the south boundary of Missaukee county; thence east, on its south boundary, to the southeast corner of Missaukee county; thence north, on the east line of Missaukee, Kalcasca, and Antrim counties, to the south boundary [of] Emmet county; thence east to the southeast corner of Emmet county; thence north, on the east boundary of Emmet county, to the Straits of Mackinac; thence north to midway across said straits ; thence westerly, in a. direct line, to a point on the shore of Lake Michigan where the north boundary of Delta county reaches Lake Michigan; thence west, on the north line of Delta county, to the northwest corner of said Delta county; thence south, on the west boundary of said county, to the dividing line between the States of Michigan and Wisconsin in Green Bay; thence northeasterly, on the said dividing line, into Lake Michigan; and thence southerly, through Lake Michigan, to the southwest corner of the State of Michigan, on a line that will include within said boundaries the waters of Lake Michigan within the admiralty jurisdiction of the State of Michigan; thence east, on the south boundary of the State of Michigan, to the intersection of Ccumlwhm the west line of Hillsdale county. The judicial centre of which district bold. shall be at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent, where the courts of