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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 1800, 1801. 1904. 547 Sec. 2. That terms of the circuit and district courts of the United Terms at Daven- States for the said southern district of Iowa shall be held twice in each W"` year at the_city of Davenport, Iowa, and that until otherwise provided Slyulaw the ]udges of said courts shall Hx the times at which said courts ll be held at Davenport, of which they shall make publication and give due notice. . Sec. 3. That all civitfrocess issued against persons resident in the Return of pwwss. said counties of Scott, uscatine, Washin ton, and Keokuk, and cog- °°°' nizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectiveéy, to be held at the city of Davenport, Iowa, and all prosecutions for o enses committed in any of said counties shall be tried in the a proplriilate United States courts at the city of Davenport, Iowa: , t no process issued or prosecution commenced or mm. suit instituted before the passage of this Act shall be in any way affected ’°“‘“"* °“““°'· by the provisions hereof. Sec. 4. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts of said dis- Clemtrict shall maintain an office, in charge of themselves or a de uty, at the said city of Davenport, Iowa, for the transaction of the business of said division. Suitable guarters for the maintenance of said clerk’s office and for Q¤¤¤¤¤· gelding said court shall be furnished without expense to the United tutes. Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1801.-An Act To amend the homestead laws as to certain una A 6128, 1¤04· priated and unreserved lands in Nebraska. ppm- [Pu c, No. B3. . ` Be it enacted by the Senate andlbuse of Rq0resen¢atdees of the United 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after sixty §g,!;}_£g¤d¤- days after the approval of this Act entries made under the homestead nnmenein enmes laws in the State of Nebraska west and north of the followin line, to f,‘}fc‘g‘§’,,“{f,'§§.,$l}§{f§,_T’ wit: Beginning at a int on the boundary line between the States of L<>¢¤¤<>¤· South Dakota and l\le(braska where the first guide meridian west of the sixth principal meridian strikes said boundary; thence runnin south along said guide meridian to its intersection with the fourth standard parallel north of the base line between the States of Nebraska and Kansas; thence west along said fourth standard parallel to its intersection with the second guide meridian west of the sixth principal meridian; thence south along said second guide meridian to its inter- `section with the third standard parallel north of the said base line; thence west along said third standard parallel to—its intersection with the range line between ranges twenty- ve and twenty-six west of the sixth principal meridian; thence south along said line to its intersection with the second standard parallel north of the said base line; thence west on said standard (parallel to its intersection with the range line between ranges thirty an thirty-one west; thence south along said line to its intersection with the boundary line between the States of Nebraska and Kansas, shall not exceed in area six hundred and forty acres, and shall be as nearly compact in form as possible, and in no event over two mi1es.in extreme length: Pravided, That there shall be mm. excluded from the provisions of this Act such lands within the territory c;‘l§°.§$?°]° nds °x` herein described as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior it may be reasonably practicable to irrigate under the national irrigation _ law, or by private enterprise; and t at said Secretary shall, prior to lvqsiznmnn or exthe date above mentioned, designate and exclude from entry under °°S‘°”‘ this Act the lands, particularly along the North Platte River, which in his opinion it may be possible to irrigate as aforesaid; and shall thereafter, from time to time, open to entry under this Act any of the