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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 621-623. 1901. 819 in the said eastern division, shall be cognizable within such division, ani all ·prosecutions belgun and 'pending when this Act takes eifect shall be roceeded with asthis Act had not been passed. _ Sino. 5. That all grand and (petit jurors summoned for service-in said J¤r¤r¤- eastern division shall be residents thereof and shall be selected from such counties as the court may direct, and all laws heretofore applicable m{§§¤,g¤1%gggvggig§· to the northern district of Georgia regiulating writs, actions, suits, and ' other pipceedings therein shall app icable to the eastern division of said district hereby created so far as~the same may relate to any right, action, suit, or other proceeding of which the courts of said eastern. division shall have jurisdiction. -· ‘J ' Sec. 6. That this Act shall be of force from and after the thirtieth ERM day of June, nineteen hundred and one, and all Acts and parts of Acts R°P°¤l· inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1901.* CHAP. 622.-An Act To regulate the collection and disbursement of .money February m, 1901. arising from leases made by the Seneca Nation of New York Indians, and for other **-*1*-‘—‘ P\u'P°S°8· Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House ofltqaresentatives of the United States of America in Ocngress assembled, That all moneys which shall N,§$v¤;ggk gg; af belong to the Seneca Nation of New York Indians arisingsfrom exist· conecueuermozieys ing leases or leases that magihereafter be made of lan within the "°g‘,§{°§i°,°§°§‘,{,{‘{,"‘§',{f Cattaraugus, Allegany and `l Sgéings reservations,_shal1 be paid to @*1 A8¢¤¤¥· and be recoverable to the United tes Indian agent forthe New York Indian {gene for and in the name of the said Seneca-Nation:_P1·0cided,. P’*”"*°· That no intgllnerein contained shall be held to validate or confirm any MI¤,§{*“d 1<¤¤¤¤¤¤¤=¢- lease that o erwise may be invalid.·· ·_ ·· Q` Sno; 2. That from the moneys so received from said leases the said w§*;>£*;;;_*¤ by ¤8¤¤* ggent shall annually, on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in ` une, pay over to the treasurer of the Seneca Nation the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for the diggsal bg its council, and shall distribute the balance of said moneys, a r de ucting as hereinafter provided, among the heads of families of the Seneca Nation in like manner and under the same conditions that the annuities paid~to the said nation by the United States are distributed. ` Sec. 3. That thesaid agent shall give bond to the United States in B°““ °*°¥°°°- such sum as may be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and he *'°¥’°'*~ shall make an annual report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the receipt? and disbursement of all moneys arising from said leases, and he s ll receive annually, as additional compensation, the sum of -¢¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤;§i<>¤- two hundred and fifty dollars. _ _ ` Sec. 4. That the treasurer of the Seneca Nation shall annual], on Ofggyeggnggsmr the last Tuesda in A ril, make a written reportto the United Sytates ' Indian agent ofy the Ngw York Indian Algency of all moneys received and disbursed by him as treasurer of said Seneca Nation. Sec. 5. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are Raimihe1;eby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1901. CHAP. 623.-An Act Relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of F°'”'“*“'Y‘2$· ml- Columbia. .. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Ocn ness assembled, That the Metropolitan police ¥}§°,{‘°°°°;§{E,‘Z}""§¥§§j . . . . {V. . . . ¤><> v<> district of the District o Columb1a shall be coextensive with the D1s-