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 SIXT Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 76, 81, 82. 1910. 233 day in January, March, and May, on the third Wednesday in June and on the second Wednesday in October and December," be amended so as to read " exclusively for the trial and disposal of criminal cases, and matters arising and pending in said court, on the iirst Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November." Approved, March 3, 1910. CHAP. 81.-An Act To authorize the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com- M¤1‘¢h 5·1910·' pany to reconstruct, maintain, and operate its railway bridges across the Escambia [S· °°5l·l Bay, Choctawhatchee River, and Apalachicola River, in the State of Florida. [Public, No. 76.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statee0_fAmerica in Congressassembled, That the Louisville and N ashville· Cf 02 ga; ¤,g>t;geeB :,153 Railroad Company is hereby authorized to reconstruct, operate, and Apaimnicoia nvm, maintain its bridges on the line of railroad between Pensacola and F§',§‘l,“;,,m,, ,,,,6 Riyer Junction in the State of F lorida,_to wit: . First, its existing ggygggggégggg bridge over Escambia Bay; second, 1i.S existing bridge over Choctawhatchee River; third, its existing bridge over the Apalachicola River; all in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An _V°1·3*·P·8*· Acf to re late the construction of bridges over navigable waters," apgoved §arch·twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. fc. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°°°m°¤'— expiessly reserved. Approved, March 5, 1910. CHAP. 82.-An Act To amend section two of an Act entitled "An Act to regu- umn 5,1910. late the practice in certain civil and criminal cases in the western district of Arkansas? _ [H- R· 1801*} Public, No. 77. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatioes of the United [ I States of America in Oongreas assembled, That section two of an Act ,ug{§:}‘f,°;;§,,,‘j{;°”‘°” entitled "An Act to re ulate the practice in certain civil and criminal von. sa. p. 201, cases in the western gstrict of Arkansas," a proved June second, °°"’"°°d‘ nineteen hundred and six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 2. That the defendants in criminal cases now or hereafter cr,Tn§;g;{°;·;§_°,g*,*;;’g pending in the district courts of the Harrison or Texarkana divisions Smith mvnmn. of the western district of Arkansas and who are incarcerated at Fort Smith to await trial because of their inability to furnish bail and who desire to plead ‘guilty’ may, on their written motion showing those facts and liled in the case, in vacation, and upon the order of the judge, duly signed and filed in the case, have their cases transferred to the Fort Smith division of the western district of Arkansas, to the end that trials may be had and sentences imposed as in other cases of like nature; and prisoners bound over to answer to indictments in the Tri¤1=<>¤¢m¤¤fer· Harrison or Texarkana divisions of the western district of Arkansas for offenses committed in those divisions and who are incarcerated in the jail at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for inability to furnish bail, and who desire to plead ‘guilty’ to such offenses, may on their own motions have their cases submitted to a grand jury of the Fort Smith division for indictment and final disposition in the courts of that division, or 1n_proper cases may plead to informations filed in the proper court in said division and have their cases disposed of as other cases of like nature when the offense was committed in the Fort Smith division. When a transfer is ordered, as provided in this section, the clerk shall m§§}§*§§°¤,§,_?PQg‘§_ °‘ make out and forthwith send a certified copy of the record entries, together with the indictment and all the ori 'nal pa rs, to the clerk ‘ of the court to which such case is transferred: who shiill tile the same, and thereupon the case shall be proceeded with as other cases of like