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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1039-1041. 1888. 497 or cause the same_to be taken, from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing of, or of aiding in the circulation or disposition of the same, shall, for each and overy offense, be fined upon conviction thereof not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years, or bot-h, at the discretion of the court. And all offenses committed under the section of which this is amendatory, prior to the approval of this act, may be prosecuted and punished under the same in the same manner and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed; Provided, That nothing in PWM0- this act shall authorize any person to open any letter or sealed matter Fmmm mma of the first-class not addressed to himself. " Approved, September 26, 1888. CHAP. 1040.—An act to change the time of the sessions of the circuit and district September 26, 1888. courts for the W'estern Division of the Western District of Missouri. Y` é;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the terms of M?SS°*!*’i~Y"¤S*¢¤‘¤juthe circuit court of the United States for the Western Division of the dl°m°hSm°t‘ Western District of Missouri shall begin and be held at Kansas City C.'{m¤S et K¤¤S¤¤ in said State on the first Mondays in March and September annually. I y` That the terms of the district court of the United States for the Western Division of the Western District of Missouri shall begin and be held at Kansas City in said State on the first Mondays in May and October annually. That the terms of both the circuit and district courts of the United im§¤i¤* -l¤¤<>Ph Dive States for the Saint Joseph Division of the Western District of Mis- ` souri. shall begin and be held at Saint Jose h in said State on the first Mondays in April and November annually. That the terms of both the circuit and district courts of the United °°¤*’“ DM$*°¤· States for the Central Division of the Western District of Missouri shall begin and be held at Jefferson City in said State on the third Mondays in April and November annually. _ That the terms of the district court of the United States for the gvughem Divign. Southern Division of the Western District of Missouri shall be held 100;.658: $?i;i.5` ’ P at Springfield in said State on the third Mondays in May and October V°‘· 2* P- *25- annuall. All acyts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. All process issued from the clerk’s offices of said courts when Return ¤f process. this act takes effect shall be taken and considered as returnable to the term or terms hereby established in lieu of the term or terms existing at the time such process was issued. Approved, September 26, 1888. CHAP. 1041.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations SBPWMMF26-1888- for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and W harbors, and for other purposes," approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four. Be it enrwtezl by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U ni/wl Sta/es of A merica in Congress assembled, That section seven l`{¤ifedStatescana1s. of the "A<·t making appropriations for the construction, repair, and °l· *3* *’· 1** preservation of certain pu ilic works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four he, and the same is hereby, amended, so that the same shall reaitas fOUOTli: l llb tl d t fth S t fW t Re lt s °° {EC. 7. at it S 1a 6 19 ll Y O 6 €CI'6 Sify O ar 0 pro- gun ions or use Scribe such rules and regulations in respect to the use and adminis- 3§§x§§§°§mg’CH tration of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, the Sa1nt_ Marys Falls Canal, the Louisville and Portland Canal, and the Saint Clair Flats STAT L—voL xxx'-—32