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 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 193, 194, 195. 1879. 473 CHAP. 193.-An act granting Americéan registry to the Canadian steam ferry-boat March 3, 1879. €l10\'H». ;*——-———· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Ferry-boat Goury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to gant an American ¤¤V=¤- _ _ registry to the Canadian steam ferry·boat Geneva, now owned by B. YV. t A{“°“°““ ’°8‘“‘ Folger and M. H. Folger citizens of the United States, and residing at cr °' Cape Vincent, New York, upon the payment, into the United States Treasury, of the duties legally chargeable upon said vessel. Approved, March 3, 1879. CHAP. 194.-An act providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme March 3, 1879. court of the Territory of Dakota. ——-—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the supreme Dakota. court of the Territory of Dakota, shall consist of a chief justice and three S¤1¤‘¤¤¤¤ courtassociate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to appoint an additional _Additiona1 assoassociate justice of said supreme court, in manner now provided by law, °*“*°° J“***°°- who shall hold his office for t-he term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualied. Sec. 3. The said Territory shall be divided into four judicial districts, ,1 udioial disand a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices mmof the supreme court, at such time and place as may be prescribed by law; each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. Sec. 4. Until changed by the legislative assembly of said Territory, Fourth district. the fourth district of said Territory shall consist of the following counties, to wit: Clay, Union, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Brookings, Duel, Grant, Codington, Lake, Wood, Hamlin, Clark, Greeley, Stone, Turner, and McCook, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian reservation. And the second district shall consist of the remainder of the Territory which Second district. now constitutes said second district, as defined by the statutes of said Territory. Sec. 5. Temporarily, and until otherwise provided by law, the addi- Assignment or tional associate justice to be appointed under this act is hereby assigned MW J¤¤¤<>·>· to said fourth district, and the times and places as now fixed by the statutes of said Territory for holding court therein shall remain until chan ed by law. SE?). 6. The district 001111} of said fourth judicial district shall have no Jurisdiction in jurisdiction to try, hear, or determine any matter or cause wherein the f<>¤¤‘*h d¤¤*¤°’¤· United States is a party, and no United States grand or petit jury shall be summoned in said court; but said fourth district is hereby attached to and made a. part of the second judicial district for the purpose of hearing and determining all matters and causes arising within said fourth district in which the United States is a party. Approved, March 3, 1879. CHAP. 195.-An act to provide for taking the tenth and subsequent censuscs. March 3, 1879. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a census of the population, Tenth Census. wealth, and industry of the United States shall be taken on or for the date, June first, eighteen hundred and eighty. Sec. 2. That there shall be established in the Department of the ln- Census Office. terior an office to be denominated the Census Office, the chief officer of which shall be called the Superintendent of the Census, whose duty_ it shall be, under the direction of the head of the department, to superm-