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 672 FIFTIET H CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 168. 169, 171. 1889. J¤¤¤‘¤· Sec. 'G. That all grand and etit jurors summoned for_ service in . said northeastern division shall be residents of such div1sion. Mw- Sec. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, February 15, 1889. February 15, 1889. CHAP. 169.-An act to amend section five hundred and ffty-five, Revised Stat- """‘—"""_"" utes, relating to the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the manenercoiuipbm UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That section Eve ' ,,,r{,'§;}‘2§,$,$£,§°m°` hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States of America, relating to the District of Columbia, be, and it is here- · by, amended by strikin out the word " nine "· and mserting the mximmuncmssu. word "fifteen’ in lieu thereof, so that the same shall read; “The Ré8Skf1éj’ééd*“·°“· stock, propert, and concerns of such company shall be managed by p“ ’not less than three or more than fifteen trustees. who shall respectivel be stockholders, and a majorit citizens of the District, and shag, except the first year, be annually elected by the stockholders, at such time and place as shall be determined by the by-laws of the company." Approved, February 15, 1889. _ February 16, IM. CHAP. 1'l1.—An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers ··—‘·‘·‘*-w`- in the Executive Departments. ‘Be it enacted by the Senate and House g Representatives of the ummm-e Dev¤¤· Un-ited States of America in Congress assemb d; hat whenever there mmosazsou or use shall be in any one of the Executive Departments of the Government less v¤r>=·r¤· an accumulation of files of pa ers, which are not needed or useful in ~ the transaction of the current lmsiness of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest, it shall be the duty of the Revert w ¤•>¤¤¢¤¤- head of such Department to submit to Congress a report of that fact, accompanied by a concise statement of the condition and character of such papers. And upon the submission of such report, it shall be the Examination by duty of the residing officer of the Senate to appoint two Senators, °°“"“’°‘°°· and of the Slpeaker of the House of Relpgesentatives to appoint two ·_ ’ Representatives. and the Senators and presentatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee, to which shall be referred such report, with the accompanying statement of the condition and character of such papers, and such joint committee shall meet and examine such re ort and statement and the papers therein described, and Ewa.-_ submit to the Senate and House, respectively, 8 report of such examination and their recommendation. And if they report that such files of papers, or any part thereof, are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such Department, and have no ermanent valne or historical interest, then it shall be the dut of such; head Sale, em of the Department to sell as waste paper, or otherwise dlspose of such liles of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting prvoposals therefor, and receive and pa the proceeds gliereof mtg the reasury of the United States, and, make report ereo to ongress. Approved, February 16, 1889.