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 836 FIFTY-FIFTH CON GBESS. Sess. IH. Cns. 152-155. 1899. thousand dollars; one half of said sum to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States. _ For the removal of snow and ice, to bedisbursed under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds in and around Washington, District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. Approved, February 11, 1899. February D,1899. CHAP. 153.-An Act To amend an Act granting to the Saint Louis, Oklahoma ‘*"""“‘_“ and Southern Railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United rmemeeaeamsr. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act granting to the §·,§’},‘{;pf{_"‘,‘;";;’{§','},;"}j‘, Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Companya right of way wu A ¢r¤¤p resi through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other 3{§'L€,{°1.,1q'?°,Q,‘}'{,,€Ifi purposes, which took effect on March twenty~eighth, eighteen hundred V¤L 2*4*89 and ninety- six, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: “The time for completing the survey of the entire line of said road and tiling a map of the same with the Secretary of the Interior and constructing the first fifty miles, and the completion of the remaining sections thereof, shall be, and is hereby, extended two years from the dates specified in aid Act." Approved, February 13, 1899. February 14,1sea CHAP. 154.-Au Act To amend section twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, ·————··; relative to the apportionment and election of Representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nepreeeemme in States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-seven, of °‘§‘§,f°}·v,,,,,,, M the Revised Statutes of the United States of eighteen hundred and chineeingocvlvunfvr. seventy-eight, be amended so as to read as follows: ‘“§`}°§]?“,,,;,_ 2q_ ,_ 5_ “Al1 votes for Representatives in Congress must be by written or ·-··¤·*·¢ . printed ballot, or voting machine the use of which has been duly authorized by the State law; and all votes received or recorded contrary to this section shall be of no effect." Approved, February 14, 1899. Febrllfy IMI8W- CHAP. 155.—An Act To provide for the holding of terms of the district and cir- "‘—"‘_""""‘ cult courts of the United States at Hammond, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United u_{c=;;¤¤·¤¤J¤¤*¤*·l•*i·· States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be two terms nm. er wm at each of the United States district and circuit courts for the district of H°*"”'°"“· Indiana held in the city of Hammond, Indiana, in each year irom and after the passage of this Act; said terms to begin on the third Tuesday in April and October and continue as long as the business may require. J¤¢¤¤*¤* Mum"- Sec. 2. That the clerk of the district and circuit courts for the dis- ‘ trict of Indiana, and the marshal and district attorney for said district, shall perform the duties appertaining to their offices, respectively, for said courts, and said clerk and marshal shall appoint deputies, who shall reside and keep their omces at Hammond, Indiana. Said deputies shall keep in their offices such records as appertain to their offices, and said deputy clerk shall keep in his office full records of all actions, proceedings, and judgments in said courts. oem building- Sec. 3. That each of said courts shall be held in a building to be provided for that purpose by the county or city authorities without expense to the United States. Approved, February 14, 1899.