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 44 FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 52, 53, 54, 55. 1879. vent any judge from ordering the names of jurors to be drawn from the boxes used by the State authorities in selecting jurors in the highest courts of the State ; and no person shall serve as a petit juror more than one term in any one year, and all juries to serve in courts afterthe p,.,,,,;_,,,_ passage of this act shall be drawn in conformity herewith: Provided, That no citizen possessing all other quahfdeations which are or may be prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit juror · in any court of the United States on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Report of ex— Sue. 3. That the Attorney-General shall include in his annual report P°“‘“**“"°“· a statement of all payments or expenditures during any fiscal year out of any appropriation fund subject to requisitions by him. Approved, June 30, 1879. June 30, 1879. CHAP. 53.-An act for the relief of William Nephew King, junior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United W. N. King, jr. States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to allow William R e s ii o r e d to Nephew King, junior, to withdraw his resignation, and to restore him to N ‘* ***1 A“*“l"“‘>'· the Naval Academy at Annapolis as a cadet-midshipman in the Navy of e the United States. _C1ass and post S100. 2. That upon the withdrawal of the said resignation and the » "°“· l'GSCO1`2l$l0ll of the said William Nephew King, junior to the Naval Academy of the United States, he shall be placed in such class as the Secretary of the Navy may deem expedient and designate; and that the position and place of said William Nephew King, junior, shall forever illO1'0Hllt0l`b(5 as if no such resignation had ever been accepted. Repwls. Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act be. and for this particular case the same are hereby, repealed. ’ Approved, June 30, 1879. Juno 30, 1879. CHAP. 54.-An act relating to vessels not propelled by sail or internal motive ———-—————-———-— power of their own and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ Eiir<~llir¤cnt_ and States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of title nity. Exceptions. as to require the payment of any tee or charge for the enrolling or licensing of vessels, built in the United States and owned by citizens thereof, not propelled by sail or by internal motive power oi their own. and not in any case carrying passengers, whether navigating the internal waters of a state or the navigable waters of the United States, and not engaged in trade with contiguous foreign territory, nor shall this or any existing law be construed to require the enrolling, registering or licensing of any flat boat, barge or like craft for the carriage of freight, not propelled by sail or by internal motive power of its own, on the rivers or lakes of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1879. · June 30, 1879. CHAP. 55.—·—An act to authorize the Secretary of Wa»r to release certain lands of '""_"’"‘—"""" the United States to the people of the State of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Plattsburgh, N. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wa·i· he Y-RCMJSG of cw authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to release to the people of mm, and in, to the State of New York, their successors and assigns, a right of way, not- Smk, of New york exceeding six rods in width, upon and across the land owned and possessed by the United States, in the town of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, for railroad purposes, and also a lot or piece of land in the northeast
 * ""`“"" "* ""““‘“*‘- of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be so construed