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 136 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 238-242. 1896. be held at San Francisco, be amended so as to provide that the holding of terms of said circuit and distrmt courts shall be as follows: Beginning on the iirsl: Monday in March, the secong Monday] 11;_Jul% and the iirst Monday in· November in each year- an so muc 0 suc section three as is inconsistent with this provision is hereby repealed. Approved, May 25, 1896. M¤y25. 18% CHAP. 239.-Au Act To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nineteen of the ”""‘_"‘—` Revised Statutes relative to guarantees on proposals for naval supplies. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United N•¤1¤¤pp1u•. States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-seven hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes be, and the same IS hereby, amended_ by adding thereto the followmg: _ _ _ _ ¤•r¢i¤¤i¤h¤¤k¤¤y “Prm:•dcd, That the Secretary of the Navy may, in has dnscretuon, ¥,ZE $f accept, in lieu of the written guaranty required toaccompany at pro- ,m';m§;ng$_ *71% P- posal for naval. supplms, and m hen of the bond roqnnred for she fanthful performance ot a contract for furmshing such supplies, a. cermiied check, payable to the order of the Secretary of the Navy, for the full amount of such proposal or contract, the check to be held by the Secretary of the Navy until the requirements of the proposal or contract shall be complied with and as a. guaranty for compliance with the same." Approved, May 25, 1896. •26,D6. CHAP.240.—AnAtA tho" theSocrotnrg fN• * juli com ndemed L2 cannon to the city of Elmlmngna County, Encisxug for guher pucrposes. n Be it eamcwd by the Sonata and Hmm of Representatives of the United gg¤¤•;a¤¤gl;¤:¤{£· States of America hr Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy m. :41 s¤1¢u¤»‘ be, an he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the city of H¤¤•·’m•¤•·!·¤· Elmwood, (Ifeoria County, Illinois, one pwco of condemned cast-iron cannon an twenty cannon balls for use of said cit:y· and also two condemned cannon and a pyramid’0f cannon balls to the State S0ldiers’ grwme. Home, at Tilton, New Hampshire: Provided, That said delivery shall “p°“'°‘ be made without expense to the United States Government: And procmmm. vidczi, That said {lelivery of said cannon can be made without detriment to the said nova service. Approved, May 25, 1896. M.,·g5, mm,  2:]..-An got Making ono years residence in a Torritorya proreqmsim ua ——— ~ ·-—·· »-·--~· o mug n nvorce em. Be it enacted by the Senate mul House of Representatives of the United renswny. States of America in Congress assembled, That no divorce shall be granted m2]};’\,{3“{'n’ f,§“j‘Q’1{*gg in amy Territory for any cause unless the party applying for the divorce mm-.-u1¤¤¤. shall have resided continuously in the Territory for one year next premma _ ceding the application: Provided, That this Act shall not atiect any P¤¤¢¤¤z¤¤¤¤¤¤· mation duly commenced and pending at the date of the passage thereof. Approved, May 25, 1896. Mnyzs. 1896 _ CHAP. 242.-Au Act Making it unlawful to shoot at or into any railway 1ocomo· ·—‘;’_—" two or car, or at any person thereon, or to throw any rock or other missile at or into any locomonve or car in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Indian rm-nary. States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who, in the sh€0‘{,§,:;“';§‘°r‘;,§,f§; Indian Territory, shall willfully and maliciously shoot at or mso any umn- locomotwe, csboose, postal car, passenger comb, express, or baggage car of any rmlway tram, or at any person thereon, or shall throw any