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 F1F'I`Y—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 1792, 1793. 1904. 543 Sec. 3. That the said Territory shall‘be divided into six judicial msg; j“‘“°”*1 dit districts, and a district court shall be held in each district by one of ` the justices of the supreme court at such time and place as is or may be prescribed by law. Each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. A _ _ Sec. 4. That the present chief justice and his associates are hereby ,,,gQ‘,Qf"°““““ “”ig“‘ vested with Tpower and authorit, and they are hereby directed, to divide said erritory into six judcial districts, and make such assignments of the judges ppovided for in the first section of this Act as shall, in their judgment, meet and proper: Provided, That one of said §{,Q",§§Q_,0um,R,,,_ jucéges shall reside and hold a district court in the city of Roswell. well. 1:0. 5. That the said district court shall have jurisdiction, and the ·'“’”‘“°“°“- same is hereby vested, to hear, try, and determine all matters and · causes that the courts of the other districts of the Territory now possess; and for such purposes two terms of said court shall be held ,,};,‘f"° “"““ *“““" annually at such places within said district as may be designated by the chief justice and his associates, or a majority of them; and grand and petit jurors shall be summoned therein in the manner now required bv law. · ~Sec. 6. That all offenses committed before the passage of this Act P°“‘““g °’”°°· shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect (except as to the number of judges) as if this Act had not passed. Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1793.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the cou- `Agll ¤» 1904- struction of a bridgp across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee/’ approved [ · R' 288**] April twenty-fourt, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. [rubuc, No. 225.] Be it enacted by the Semzte and House 0 f Representatives of the United _ _, _ _ States of America in Cbngress assembled, That an Act entitled "An §,}§§§§‘p*§c$g;,°'·,, Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi Mg;¤rjhi¤éT•¢¤¤· 9, River at Memphis, Tennessee," approved April twenty-fourth, eight- amsimd.°` p' " een hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows, namely: ‘*That the Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company, M§,{’,;f,°§;‘R,‘§}f§_,,,;QQ,* a corporation created and organize under and by virtue of the laws Bridge Gompamfmuy of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and the same bm"' are hereby, authorized and empowered to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge over the Mississippi River from or near the town of Hopefield, in the State of Arkansas, to or near the taxing district of. Shelby County, commonly known as the city of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of passen er and freight railway trains and vsgons and vehicles of all kinds, tgor the transit of animals, and, at the option of the _ company by which it may be built, for foot passengers: Provided, {.°[,j{'f"°°· That said bridge company shall charge and receive such reasonable rates of toll for the passage of railway trains of all kinds, for the passage of passengers traveling upon said railway trains, for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers crossing said bridge as may be approved from time to _ _ time by the Secretary of War: Pr0vz`dedfurther,'That such reasonable wg,‘},‘,,§,‘,Y;‘,,§°§d§“,{jf rates of toll so approved by the Secretary of Wrar shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five cents for each passenger over said bridge by passengers upon railway trains crossing the same. Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws in coniiict with this Act be, R‘*P€°‘· and the same are hereby, repealed. . Approved, April 28, 1904.