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 170 ronrr-Maru coxcnnss. sm. 1. ons. 817, 818. 1886. 1886. CHAP. 811.-An t makin a` 'at' t t' fh n t nction of the public building at c1;`ik»i»¤r;,gsv§s:iirr§’i;is, inotild ghiicnrgigguihe limitsoi cost thereoi Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives_ of the United Clarksburg, W. States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled *‘An act V¤··, , for the construction of a court-house and post-office at Clarksburg, West Pumw b°Mi°g' Virginia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,_be umn,;,,,,;;,,. amended by making the limit of cost of the said burlding, including crossed. site, eighty thousand dollars, and that sum is hereby fixed as the limit Wl- 23»P-3¢6· of cost thereof. Y _ _ To smua me Sec. 2. That said extension of limit is made for the purpose of adm•k¤ 6r¤-1>r¤¤f- mitting of a necessary enlargement of the present plan of the said building, and of providing iire-proof construction; and the sum_of thirty-tive App;-sp.-5.um, thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the said building, out oi any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 30, 1886. July 30, Iws, CHAP. 818.·-An act to prohibit the passage of local or special laws in the Terri- -——-——~— tories of the United States, to limit Territoria indebtedness, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Tenitoriallegir States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislatures of the P.- “,.;,,,,,°f;cd ust pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, or .P.,i,1],"_ t at is to say: Granting divorces . Changing the names of persons or places. Laying out, opening, altering, and working roads or highways. Vacating roads, town-plats, streets, alleys, and public grounds. Locating or changing county seats. Regulating county and township alfairs. Regulating the practice in courts of justice. . Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates, and constables. Providing for changes of venue in civil and criminal cases. Incorporating cities, towns, or villages, or changing or amending the charter ot any town, city, or village. For the punishment of crimes or misdemeanors. hhor the asésessment and collection of taxes for Territorial, county, towns ip or ron purposes. Siimmoning and impaneling grand or petit jurors. Providing for the management of common schools. Regulating the rate of interest on money. _ The opening and conducting of any election or designating the place of voting. m]Cl’]h;e lsrilgpptniortgagc of real estate belonging to minors or others e is· The protection of game or ilsh. . Chartering or licensing terries or toll bridges. ‘ Ilemitting lines, penalties, or iorteitures. . · Creating, increasing, cr decreasing fees, percentage, or allowances of pu_blr‘cdoflicers during the term for which said officers are elected or appoint. . Changing the law of descent. Granting to any corporation, association, or individual the right to lay down railroad tracks, or amending existing charters for such purpose. Granting to any corporation, association, or individual any special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise whatever. No special raw In_ all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no wmbe en és t 1:6 special law shall  enacted in any of the Territories of the United $55; "' States by the Territorial legislatures thereof.
 * §_E:°:i). d d to Territories of the United States now or hereafter to be organized shall