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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 665, 666. 1890. 227 provided by law, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Sec. 3. That the said Territor shall be divided into five judicial. Tcrriwry Qividcd districts, and a district court shall be held in each district by one of me hm °”°"°°S‘ the justices of the supreme court, at such time and place as is or may Terms, ew. be prescribed by law. Each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. Sec. 4. That the present chiefijustice and his associates are hereby Supreme court to vested with power and authority, and they are hereb directed, to man d""S‘°“’°°°‘ divide said erritory into five judicial districts, and? make such assignments of the judges provided for in the first section of this act as shall in their judgment be meet and proper. Sec. 5. That the said district court shall have jurisdiction, and the Jurisdiction. same is hereby vested, to hear, try, and determine all matters and causes that the courts of the other districts of the Territory now possess; and for such purposes two terms of said court shall be held . annually, at such places within said district as ma be designated by the chief-justice and his associates, or a majority oty them ; and grand ·¥¤¤¤¤· and péatlit jurors shall be summoned therein in the manner now require aw. Sec. G? That all offenses committed before the passage of this act 0¤¤¤=c¤- shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect (except as to the number of judges), as if this i act had not passed. Approved, July 10, 1890. > CEA?. 666.-An act toqprovide for the disposal of certain abandoned military July 10, 1890. reservations in Wyoming erritory. ·—————-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all public Public lmids. lands now remaining undisposed of within the abandoned military iblllllrigilgld °tm°ilii:rf; reservations in the Territoiéy of Wyroming, known as Forts Fetter- m$"¤¤¤¤¤ *¤ ww man, (post), Laramie, San ers, and Stee e (post), militar reserva- Fgrts remai-men, tions, and that portion of the Fort Bridger reservation heretofore §*‘¥,,'Q,‘}§“},’;_d*`§;,’,§gg’,’°· abandoned for military purposes, and which are not otherwise occu— l ` pied or used for any public purpose, are·hereby made subject to dis- Umm- homestead posal under the homestead law 0n3v: Provided, That actual occu- ’““,J.;0,,,,,,,_ pants thereon upon the first day of anuary, eighteen hundred and ninety, if otherwise qualified, shall have the preference right to _ make one entry not exceeding one quarter section under either of ce?-tr:ill°m¤2€3nrigd`g¤il{ the existing land laws, which shall include their respective improve- P¤¤'»¤· ments: Provided further, That any of such lands as are occupied for Town site me mm town-site urposes, and any of the lands that may be shown to be °"“‘ *““°“· valuable for coal or minerals; such lands so occupied for town-site purposes, or valuable for coal or minerals, shall be disposed of as now provided for lands subject to entry and sale under the town-site, coal, or mineral land laws, res ectively: Provided further, That this act m{j¤,g$¤icg£¤m~r- shall not apply to anjy subdivision of land, which subdivision may in- S" `"”°"°' clude adjoining lan s to the amount of one hundred and sixty acres, on which any buildings or improvements of the United States are situated until the Secretary of the Interior shall so direct: Provided Vol. 25,p. iss. " farther, That the passage of this act shall not be construed to amend F‘i¤:¤-hnichcry md or repeal the act approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred gum ' and eighty-eight, entitled "An act granting certain lands in the Territory of yoming for public purposes? Approved, July 10, 1890.