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 492 FURTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. H. CHS. 345-348. 1887. matters in this section mentioned, and to take steps to foreclose any mortgages or liens of the United States on any such railroad property- Investment G f Sec. 5. That the sinking-funds which are or may be held in_the Treassinking funds. ury for the security of the indebtedness of onther or all of sand railroad . companies may, in addition to the investments now author1zed· by law, be inve ted in any bonds of the United States heretofore issued for tho benefit of either or all of said companies, or in any of tho first-mortgage bonds of either of said companies which have been issued under the authority of any law of the United States and secured by mortgages of their roads and franchises, which by any law of the United States have been made prior and paramount to the mortgage, lieu, or other security of the United States in respect of its advances to either of said companies as provided by law. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1887. 346.-An act nuthorizingthe employment of maibmossengers in the postal -———·*'**j BTV100- Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite:} Mail messengers. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, {11***}*1:;;*3 m°¤*° 8}** and he is hereby, authorized to employ such mail-messenger service as caggsu “‘ °°"““" may be necessary for the carriage of the mails in connection with railroad ' _ and steamboat service, transfer service between depots, over bridges or ferries, between post-ofnoes, post-odioesuud branch ohices or stations, · in cases where by the laws and regulations of the Post-Uiilce Department, railroad companies, steumb0ut_companies, and the masters of vessels are not required to deliver into and take from the post-officos the mails carried on their lines or vessels. Approved, March 3, 1887. Y Mar. 3, 1857. CHAP. 34'I.—Au act providing an additional circuit judge in the second judicial, —---—-——— circuit, and for other purposes. · Bc it enacted by the Sonata and Hom of Representatives of the United, Additional judge States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed
 * 0 M _”PP‘fi“*€d» for the second circuit, by the President of the United States, by and
 * f£Q“d·"‘d‘"‘“l°"‘ with the advice and consent of the Senate, in addition to the present.

' circuit judge, another circuit judge, who shall have the same qunliticw tions and shall have the same power and jurisdiction therein that the present circuit judge, has under exist-ing laws, and who shall be entitled Prot·ico._ to the same compensation as the present circuit judge: Provided, That; _S9¤¤<;* 1}*68** *° the applications und proceedings therein provided for by sections two
 * f,‘;¤°g:°"°“ P‘°' thousand and eleven, two thousand and twelve, two thousand and

R_ Sq gw., 20;;- thirteen, and two thousand and fourteen of the Revised Statutes shall 2014, pp. ssa, sm. be made and taken before the senior circuit judge of the second circuit; but in his absence or inability to act under said sections, or any of them, such applications and proceedings may be made and had before they junior circuit judge in said circuit. ° Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar. 3, 1&8‘7. CHAP. 348.-An act to amend sections twenty-tive hundred and thirty-three, and —·-——-——————— twenty-tive hundred and thirty- four of the Revised statutes, and making Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, s port of entry, in place of Middletown. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite:/I Hartford, Conn., States of America. in Congress assembled, That paragraph three of section ¤w1¤ 1>•>r¤ of emyw twenty-tive hundred and tbirtytlnree of the Revised Statutes of the-
 * gt°‘;f‘n°°I§;‘;’;°d‘;;. United States of America is hereby amended so that said paragraph

Midd]gt0;;v¤_ shall read as follows: R_ S_ sw 2533 ¢*Third. The district of Hartford; to comprise the waters and shores p. 498, amended.of the towns of Saybrook, Clinton, \Vestbrook, Old Saybrook, Essex,