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 744 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IH. CHS. 174-176. 1895. umn. cggp .. . ‘ hief ‘ustice of United States courts in Territories Y; power tele;]-luimi:’a;I1 ctakeJproof in land cases, and so forth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United erm-sm-sg-. States of America in Oongreea aesembledLThat the chief justice of the ‘f,‘f,",}f,,f’§;',§,‘§{',,°]’,,*§Y court exercising Federal jurisdiction int e Terriforiesshall have power gw to appoint commissioners in the several j\\dl0l8I_d1SliflCtS, te be known when appointed as United States court commissioners. _ Pawn. ow-. ¤¤d•r Sec. 2. That said commissioners shall have power, and It shall be l""“"'°‘ their duty on application by proper person, to administer the oaths in preliminary atlidavits and final proofs required under the homestead, preemption, timber culture, and desert·1and laws in their respective districts, in like manner as provided for in reference to United States Y¤1-¤.1»-in circuit court commissioners, in the Act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Twenty-sixth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and twenty-one. W? f¤¤¤ Mi Sec. 3. That no commissioner shall be appointed who resides within °°°°°’ thirty miles of any local land office, nor shall any commissioner be appointed who resides within thirty miles of any other commissioner. mm. so. 4. That this Act shall take eifect from its passage. Approved, March 2, 1895. lunch 2, ine. CHAP. 175.-An Act To ammd section nine of an Act entitled “An Act to author- -—————- iss the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Com y to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the  Territory, and forother p¤rp¤•¤¤·" Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,Q;*;}`;_'¤*,:;1;n_ States of America in Oongrese assembled, That section nine of an Act as  itgartrs approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, "" méf entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf YK =$.i»-on Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and ` telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," 1 be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words ** within j threeyears alter the passage of this Act,” occurring in the second and. _ third lines of said section, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following words, •‘ prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven;" and by striking out the words “ within one year thereafter,” occurring in the third line of said section, and by substituting in lien thereof the following words, to wit, •* prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine;" so that said section nine, mom whe; so ameandead, shall read as follows: 1 MW I ¤¤¤•¤·¤ct- E0. 9. said railroad' com an shall build at east mi 68 i"' "°"‘°"" of its railroad in said Territory pridr toythe nrst day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and complete main line of the same prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built. That said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all fence, road, and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railroad whenever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said rai1r·oad’s right of way or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same." Approved, March 2, 1895. Much 2. ws- CHAP. 116.-An Act Makin a ria wm provi • expenses of the "';""‘ g;>g;¤”r;:e!p‘t1;>`{’r:‘hzl1)‘istrict tm go1Qri§& feglgretgscal yet;  June thirtieth, BLDG -8lX, ID 0I 0 ])Il1'[|(£. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqwesentativea of the United lpghhgijjggggimbk States of America in Congress assembled, That the half.of the following ' sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in