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 82 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 117, 118, 131, 134. 1868. under existing laws, to continue until said boards shall be legally organized. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. F. WADE .Pres¢dent,qf the Senate pro temporc. Indorsed by the President: “Received June 16, 1868." [Norm BY Tum Dmmmmzuw on STATE. - The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States fo1‘.hlS approval,'end not having been returned by him to the House of Congress m which it originated within the time prescribed b the Constitution of the United States, has become a. law without his approvaljl July 8, 1868. CHAP. CXVIII. ——An Ad for holding Terms af the Distrfet Court cfthe United States """"" for the southern District of Illinois at the Czty of Cazro, m sand btale. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _T¢¤¤¤ of diS· States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the ggsghiigrg; terms of the district court of the United States for the southernldistriot trio: of Illinois. of Illinois, now required by law to be held at the city of §pringfleld, terms of said court shall hereafter be held at the city of Cmro, m said State, commencing on the first Mondays of March and October in each year. A1>1·R0v1zD, July 3, 1868.· July 4, 1868- CHAP. CXXXI. —-An Act omfirming the Title to a Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa, Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re reszmmtives 0 the United _ .V_ _. P _ _ Ima of cho States of zimcrzca an Congress assembled, 1`hat all of the tntle of the United Umtid smh? t° States in and to a eex·m.in tract of land in the city of Burlington, Des CGPKHJII Ihfld 1D, , , , Burlington, Memes county, m the State of Iowa, described as being west of lot num- {g'{:·f¤ii]’m°d ber nine hundred and seventy-eight in said city, south of Valley Street, mgm gcggcl west of Boundary Street, and north of Market Street, and which was Bi¤tri<;:.·• originally reserved from sale by the United States and dedicated to public burial purposes, bo, and the same is hereby, confirmed to and vested in the “Independent School District " of said city, to be forever dedicated to and used by said school district for public school purposes and for no other use or purpose whatever. APPROVED, July 4, 1868. July 6» 186** CHAP CXXXIV. —-An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge over the Black River, in Lorain County, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United BlB¤ii{<li£{9 ¤¢Y9¤¤ States of ldmerica in Oangrcas assembled, That it shall be lawful For the Lcsfm é;;;;, county commissioners of the county of Lorain and State of Ohio 1.0 build Ohio. se bridge across the Black River near the village of Black River, in said county, at the point where the county road leading east from said village D*¤W· crosses said stream: Provided, That there shall be placed in said bridge a draw of not less than one hundred and forty feet in width, with a centre abutment not to exceed twenty-five feet wide and ten feet above the tl`l'¤p¤ h'<lflb fltl wa er- me, eavmv a ussave on eau: sx e o tie a utmento not ess ian fifLy—seven feet in width, and so constructed  not to impede the navigation of said river, and allow the easy passage of vessels through said bridve. Act may be Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right to alter or amend reserved. Armovmv, July 6, 1868.
 * “°'°d» &°- this act, so as to revent. or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of smd river by the construetmn of smd bridge, IS hereby expressly