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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 75, 92, 93. 1901. 733 and sixty to eighteen hundred and ninety-six in the enforcement of law and order, the care of the deaf, dumb, blind, and insane, and gen- _erally for the rifotection of life, liberty, and property in said county, and the establis ment and maintenance of a government for the inhabitants thereof, or a fair estimate of the same. ° Sec. 4. That to enable him to execute the provisions of this Act the E¤=P1<>Y¢¤a Secretary of the Interior is authorized to employ such persons and ado t such measures as to him may seem roper and necessary. He T°¤“m°¤>’·¤¤¢· is al;o authorized to receive and consider dluly certiiied copies of patents, deeds, -conveyances, transcripts of court records, and certificates from any department of the Government of the United States or the State of Texas, under the seal thereof as to official records therein. He inay also receive and consider depositions of witnesses, and in such cases the United States shall be represented by the Attorney-General thereof, or some person designated by him, and the State of Texas shall be represented by the attorney-general thereof, or some person designated by him; and these officials may appear and represent their respective governments before the Secretaiiy of the Interior in all other matters provided for by this Act. e may also receive and consider any testimony taken b either Iparty in said cause entitled The United States against The State of exas, in the Supreme Court of the United States, reported in One hundred and sixty-second United States, page one, and may receive and consider any testimony which he may consider to be pertinent to the subject of such inquiry. Sec., 5. That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so u§;_=y¤<=¤¤¢¤ of i¤- much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any q `· money in the Treasury not otherwise appropr1ated, to enable the Sec- ° retary of the Interior to properly care for the interests of the United States in making such investigation and in carrying out the purposes of this Act; and he shall report in detail to the Congress at the next session, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable: Provided, That the State of Texas shall defray the expenses of presenting its own case and claims. - Approved, January 15, 1901. CHAP. 92.-An Act To provide for the holding of the circuit and district courts ·T¤¤¤¤ry 16. 1901- of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas. "j—" _ Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of]? esentatehxes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the regular terms of ju§§,Q*{‘§§,§§c$?S‘°’“ the circuit and district courts for the eastern district of Arkansas shall Terms of ¤¤¤¤~ be held at the times and places as follows, to wit: For the western division, at Little Rock on the first Monday in April and the third Monday in October; For the eastern division, at Helena on the second Mondays in March and October; For the northern division, at Batesville on the fourth Monday in May and the second Monday in December. _ Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, January 16, 1901. GHAP. 93.-An Act Making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress J*““m`Y 16· 1901- am mg the several States under the Twe fth Census. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatioes of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, 'llhyat after the third day of ,,,,g§§,‘§$,‘§,§,$§i‘§{'§f§8t§ March, nineteen hundred and three, the House of Representatives membm-