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 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 679, 680. 1902. 185 their office for the term of four years, or until their successors are Termappointed and have qualified, and the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of said Territory shall each receive as compensation the sum of four thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 3. That the Territory shall be divided into seven judicial dis- ,,§,°,§f“ j“‘“°’“’ dir tricts, and a district court shall be held in each county, as now provided by law. The sulpreme court of said Territory shall define said judicial districts and s all tix the times and places at each county seat in each district where the district court shall be held and designate the judge who shall preside therein. Each judge, after assignment, shall ,,%,“.,,;,"'1,‘§f°“* i“ °°’° reside in the district to which he is assigned. The supreme court of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any judge to try a particular case or cases in any district or to hold the district court in any other district when the judge of said district is absent from his district or has been of counsel or is of kin to either party to the action or interested or biased or prejudiced in the cause, or if for any other reason said judge is disqualified or unable to hold said court. mc. 4. That the district court in each of said districts shall have -T¤¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤- the same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess. Sm. 5. That the supreme court, or any justice thereof, shall have €,§j“" °' °“°““°“· power to stay the execution 01‘ enforcement of any judgment or final order in any cause taken to said court by appeal or proceedings in error on such terms as may be prescribed by the court or justice granting such stay. Sec. 6. That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall _ Disquauncnuon ot sit as a member of said court or participate in the trial, hearin, or ’“d8°" decision of any case decided by him in the district court or in wghich he has any interest. Approved, May 2, 1902. / · CHAP. 680.—-An Act Authorizing the White River Railway Company to con- May a, 1902. struct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R entatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tgliiethe White River Rail- Wy? Rg¤¤’·Aj§m way Company, a corporation or nized and existing under and by way lciimpixii may virtue of the laws of the State ofggrkansas, its successors and assigns, ""*dg°· be, and the are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a brid e across the Vsdhite River, in the State of Arkansas, at such point on tge roman. boundary line between the counties of Baxter and Marion in said State suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its railway line. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for thepassa ignpwayh wnsou. of railway trains, and, at the option of said railway company, maygg °° °°°b dg°' used for the passage of wa ons and vehicles of all kinds and for the transit of animals and for fgot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be tixed by said railway company and approved by the TOU- Secretary of War. S20. 2. That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its lim- “Ié¤W{¤r}mg;¤¢*¤¤ itations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recogxnized and known W ` as a post route, upon which also no higher charge s all be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said brid e, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in gm United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be dg`,g¤S¤¤P¤· ewgranted to all telegraph and te ephone companies, and the United btates shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches