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 122 F ORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 225, 226. 1884. July 5, 1884. CHAP. 225.-An act to limit the time within which prosecutions may be instituted "”?‘·*";—* against persons charged with violating internal revenue laws. ‘ Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Representatives of the United Pmseeugionq for States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall be prose- _f}?;f5;gL’;;$§§¤8 cuted, tried or punished for any of the various offenses arising under la WB pmmmtgg the internal revenue laws of the United States unless the indictment is unless indictment, found or the information instituted within three years next after the comem., is found with- mission of the oiiense, in all cases where the penalty prescribed may be ";;3‘;°f’ Y°‘“`°»°*°·? imprisonment in the penitentiary, and within two years in all other P °° cases: Provided, That the time during which the person committing the oiiense is absent from the district wherein the same is committed shall not be taken as any part of the time limited by law for the commence- Promo. ment of such proceedings; Provided further that the provisions of this act shall not apply to offenses committed prior to its passage: And providedfurther that where a complaint shall be instituted before a Commissioner of the United States within the period above limited, the time shall be extended until the discharge of the Grand Jury at its next session within the district: And provided further that this act shall not apply to offenses committed by officers of the United States. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conilict with this act be, and are hereby repealed. Approved, July 5, 1884. July 5, ]g34_ CHAP. 226.-Au act to validate and cure defects in certain scts of the legislative ————-é—- assembly of Washington Territory. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Am, of legis]? States of America in Congress assembled, That all those certain acts tive assembly of passed by the legislative assembly of the Territory of Washington at fbv Tvrifvry vf its ninth biennial session, commencing Monday, Qctober first, eighteen Erhzf P**,5 t 9 "· hundred and eighty-three, and ending November twenty-ninth eighteen ein de ective, b . _ ’ cured, and wm undred and eighty-three, namely. Brmed. An act: to correct errors and supply detects in the code of Washington · Kn act amending chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the code, relative to the construction and maintenance of dikes and ditches; An act to prohibit the sale of toy pistols, iire-arms,`and tobacco to children under the age of sixteen years; _ A11 act in relation to prosecuting attorneys, defining their duties, and fixing their compensation; An acc to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the hospital for " the insane for the iiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three; An act. to provide for holding a term of the district court at Port Townsend; An act to enable the county comniissioners of Yakima County to build certain bridges in Yakima County; An act to legalize certain ordinances and proceedings of the city of Seattle in condemning a stripaof land for a public street; An act to provide for the payment of bills for printing blank commissions for general officers, commissioners of deeds, and nomries public, for use of the executive department; An act to establish the county-seat of Garheld County at Pomeroy; Notwithstanding the omission of the enacting clause or the date of the governor’s approval, the misdating of such approval or other defect; or other irregularity. are hereby validated and confirmed as of November t,wenty-eightb, eighteen hundred and eighmythree, when they are supposed to have been approved. ·