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 38 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ciis. 27-29 . 1928 . Amendment. February 6, 1928. [S.J. Res. 38.] [Pub. Res ., No. 7.] February 7, 1928. [H. R. 9142.] [Public, No. 21 .] United States courts. Vol. 44, p. 296, amend- ed . Arkansas j udicial dis- tricts. We stern dis trict. Te xarkan a divi sion. of Louisiana, to construct a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew at or near Point Pleasant, in Morehouse Parish," is hereby repealed . SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 6, 1928 . CHAP . 28.-Joint Resolution Giving and granting consent to an amendment to the constitution of the State of New Mexico, providing a method for executing leases and other contracts for the development and production of any and all minerals on lands granted or confirmed to said State by the Act of Congress approved June 20, 1910, and to the enactment of such laws and regulations as may be necessary to carry said amendment into effect if it is adopted . Been ved by the Senate and House o f R New Mexico .epresentatives o f the Conse nt gi ven to United St ates o f Ameri ca in Congres s assembled, That consent is vote upon proposed amendment to eon- hereby given and granted to the State of New Mexico and the quali- stitutlon of. fied electors thereof to vote upon the question of amending the con- stitution of said State and to amend the same by the adoption of the followin g amendment p roposed by th e legislature of said State at its eighth regular session by H. J. Res. 8, approved March 11, 1927, to be designated as Article XXIV, said amendment being as follows, to wit "ARTICLE XXIV Proposed amend- ment . CONTRACTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF MINERALS ON STATE LAN DS Contracts for de- velopment and protec- "Leases and other contracts, reserving a royalty to the State for State of minerals State lands author oized. n the development and production of any and all minerals on lands Vol. 36, p. 557. granted or confirmed to the State of New Mexico by the Act of Congress of June 20, 1910, entitled `An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States,' may be made under such provisions relating to the necessity or requirement for or the m ode and manne r of appraisem ent, adver- tisement, and competitive bidding, and containing such terms and provisions, as may be provided by act of the legislature; the rentals, royalties, and other proceeds therefrom to be applied and conserved in accordance with the prov isions of sai d Act of Congr ess for the support or in aid of the co mmon schools, or for the at tainment of the respective purposes for which the several grants were made ." Consent t• enact Consent also is given and granted to said State to enact such laws ena ct- ment of effective laws . and establish such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry such constitutional provision into full force and effect should the same be du ly and legall y adopted . Approved, February 6, 1928 . CHAP . 29 .-An Act To amend section 71 of the Judicial Code, as amended, by changing time of holding court at El Dorado and Harrison, Arkansas . Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the United State s o f America in Congress assembled, That section 71 of the Judicial Code, as amended, be amended to read as follows "SEC. 71. (a) The State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, to be known as the western and eastern district of Arkansas. "(b) The western district shall include four divisions, constituted as follows : The Texarkana division, which shall include the territory

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