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 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 394, 395, 396, 397. 1874. 193 sixty-four, said aifidztvits be, and the same are hereby, legalized and confirmed, so as to have the same force and validity as if the provisions of said last-named act had been strictly complied ·with : .P·rov·ided, That nothing in this act shall have the effect or be construed to impair the _ valid and paramount adverse rights of any person or corporation to any ncfdfgwiéagfli of such lands, except in so far as the right of Congress to protect the cept_ P ’ claims or rights of homestead settlers upon lands within the limits of grants of lands to any railroad company may have been reserved in the acts making such grants and be now lawfully existing. Approved, June 22, 1874. v CHAP. 395.-An act to amend an not entitled "A11 act to provide for the payment of J 11110 22, 1B74· horses and other Kroperty 10st or destroyed in the military service of the United States} approved arch third, eighteen hundred and fortymiuo. ix, p. 414. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the act h PW f °¤.* fg' of March third, eighteen hundred and thrty-nine, providing for the pay- m‘§{?f:ry';;:,§§°_ ° ° ment for horses and equipments lost by officers 01- enlisted men in the A f um h military service shall not be construed to deny payment to such officers 129 °g f' WL 'ig °pj or enlisted men, for horses which may have been purchased by them in 4;.;; D0`}, to lm $0,,. States in insurrection ; and payment in any case shall not be refused strucd to deny my- where the loss resulted from any exigency or necessity of the military ’“°“Q1 **3 ¥‘°.‘;]"" ” service, unless it was caused by the fault or negligence of such officers }°(Q;Q‘§0§§'f.y `§,},ff;`§; or enlisted men. . _ . aw. 8120. 2. That no claims under said section or this amendment thereto Claims to he pmshall be considered unless presented prior to the first dey of January, ¤¤¤t¤<1 prior to Jem eighteen hundred and seventy-six. r “”6· Approved, June 22, 1874. · · CHAP. 396.-Au act conferring jurisdiction ugou tho criminal court of the District J""', 22 ISN_ of Columbia, and for ct er purposes. —--——-·¥j Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Roprescntatives of the United _ _ _ States of America, in Congress assembled, That the criminal court of the :I"F‘°‘{* °* ";"D5*‘ District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction of all crimes and misde- ff§§Q'g}‘C3f;;;gi“_’“` meanors committed in said District, not lawfully trieble in any other Addmom powers_, court, and which me required by law to be prosecuted by indictment or conrerr eq u_p O o · jnformatjom ‘ 1 _ courts of Dxstnot. Sec. 2. That the provisions of the thirty-third section of the judiciary i'/$9, <=h· 20, 633, act of seventeen hundred and oightymine shall apply to courts created "°l· ‘¤ P·91· by aet of Congress in the District of Columbia. mr;. S.,1014—1016,p. Approved, June 22, 1874.' CHAP. 397.-Au act to amend the not entitled “Au not to establish a. western judi— June 22, 1374, oio.1 district of North Corcliua". B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United "L ““· I" 217* States of Amerakzw in Congress assembled, That section eight of the act Marsbql for woot-‘ of J uno fourth, eighteen hundred and sovenbytwo entitled "Au act to °F¤ <{!¤*¤°° °f N°**h establish a western judicial district of North O&I`0uIl8”, be amended by C"“`° “‘“‘ adding thereto the following: “There shall also be appointed a marshal of the United States for said western district of North Carolina, who shall be entitled to a salary of two hundred dollars per aqnum · pay- ment to be made quarterly out of the Treasury of the United étates, and in addition thereto the fees of office ailixed by law." Approved, June 22, 1874. Vol. 18, pt. 3-13 -