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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 394,395. 1904. 59 h Cw. 3d9;1.—A11 Tpoaénend the Act of Congress of March eleventh, nineteen 1{g1’¤§4é4}£_>0iiun an wc, re g omesteads. - - · · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R{€resentati1ves of the United inline, No- 37-] States of America in Congress assembled, at an Act entitled "An Qlilgg Q‘},§*,,me,,d_ Act to amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the ¤-64- nmgteerp hpndred and two, be, and the same IS hereby, amended to rea as 0 ows: · "That section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised ,,,,§§g_§§?· ”“·P· "21· Statutes asf tl? lljnited States be, andthe same is hereby, amended so as to re as o ows: ` " ‘ Sec. 2294. That hereafter all proofs, affidavits, and oaths of any ,0f;"§§‘j,*:‘m°,*f*,§§;’“P,j‘v kind whatsoever rméuired to be made by applicants and entrymen <¤¢<=..m¤y be made. under the homestea, preemption, timber-cu ture, desert-land, and tirpber apd gitppe Acts, may, in addition to those now authoripjedtgg ta e suc a vits proofs and oaths be made before any ni States commissioned or cominissioner of the court exercising Federal jurisdiction in the Territory or before the judge or clerk of any court _ _ of record in the county, parish, or land district in which the lands ,d%‘§§‘}” fwd p“‘“h are situated: Provided, That in case the affidavits, proofs, and oaths {rpqgiggitsmkeu out hereinbefore mentioned be taken out of the county in which the land oseoumy. is located the applicant must show lg aflidavit, satisfactory to the Commissioner of the General Land {lice, that it was taken before the nearest or most accessible officer qualified to take said ailidavits, proofs, and oaths in the land districts in which the lands applied for are locatedi but such showing by  need not be made in making final proof of the proof be ta en in the town or city where the newspaper is mpublished in which the nnal proof notice is printed. The ,{§{‘§,,f““ °*’°°’°‘ proof, a davrt, and oath, when so made and duly submribed, or which may have heretofore been so made and duly subscribed, shall have the same force and eil`ect_asif_ made before the register and receiver, when gdansmitted to them with the fees and commissions allowed an requir by law. That if any witness making suc proof, or any _ P¤¤•¤>’ M him applicant making such affidavit or oath, shall knowingly, willfully, or wud"` corruptly swear falsely to any material matter contained in said proofs. ailidavits, or oaths he shall be deemed guilty cfdperjury, and s all be liable to the same pains and penalties as if he ha sworn false? before the register. That the fees for entries and for final proo s, when *’°°°’°’ °“"‘°’·°‘°· made before any other officer than the register and receiver, shall be as follows: _ " ‘ For each ailidavit, twenty-five cents. " ‘Fo1éi each depositipn of c aimant or witness, when not prepared by the officer twenty- ve cents. . " ‘I•`or eadhl deposition of claimant or witness, prepared by the officer one dollar. “ ‘dny officer demanding or receiving agreater sum for such service ,`_§*;gfY *°*‘ *¤°°S¤· shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.’ " Approved, March 4, 1904. . .- T 11 t 1, ws t , d th a llat M¤=¤1¤4.193¤- ,.r$£§i°..§?£m fill éiféef .‘L’3`3i§aZ£” 2E5Eé Z¤“£‘€auZ.§2’{°{¤ its Zssfémplémi _Q5W _ of Texas. [Public, So. 38.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House OfRri?I'68€7lldléU68 of the Crnéted States of America in Congress assembled, That all appeals, writs of !Q;;fQ§;'gg$r;‘;Q{£; error, and other a llate proceedings which may hereafter be taken or up ciszrlppc Be prosecuted from th; circuit or district courts of the United States from ,,,0,§’{"§Z‘, be §},,,,d','f{ the courts at Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. m the eastern pidicial MW °*l°·*¤=‘· district of Texas, to the court of appeals of the fifth circuit s all be