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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1849. 401 owner of a Spanish or French land claim, or any part thereof, in the ¤¤*b};>i;=¢dd*¤ ¤¤· State of Arkansas, which was submitted for adjudication to the Supe·  e Q; sgfjfg rior Court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and by that court con- emma. iirmed, being a bonajide subsequent purchaser for a valuable consideration, is hereby authorized to enter, within one year from the passage of this act, the land covered by said claim, or less quantity thereof; to be embraced in any legal subdivision, at the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe: Provided, however, That the owner aforesaid shall be an proviso_ 0ccupanfor cultivator of said land. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, after the lapse of two Aftertwcyears, years from the approval of this act, the sale of the lands embraced by E°;‘I‘}fs a1;°;;;"§g the decrees of the Superior Court of Arkansas, which were on bills of s01d_ y review reversed, and which the President was, by the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, required to reserve from sale, which may then 1832, ch. 72. remain the property of the United States, shall no longer be reserved from sale by the President of the United States, and that the same may be brought into market under the existing laws. Armovzu, March 3, 1849. Cen. CXIV. -.6:: Act far the better Organization of the District Court of the M¤~¥<=b 3, 1649- United States within the Stale of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqaresentatives of the ’ United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the more Suze or Louisconvenient transaction of business in the courts of the United States i’“"· Piggy within the State of Louisiana, the said State shall be, and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts, in the manner following, to wit: the parishes of Sabine, Desoto, Caddo, Natchitoches, Bossier, Rapides, Claiborne, Jackson, Catahoula, Caldwell, Ouachita, Union, Morehouse, Franklin, Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia, St. Landry, Avoyeiles, Calcasieu, St. Mary, St. Martin, Vermillion, and Lafay- ette, shall compose one district, to be called the western district of w,,;,,,, dg,. Louisiana; and all the remaining part of the said State shall compose ¤‘i¤¢- another district, to be called the eastern district of Louisiana; and all _E¤stem diecriminal actions or civil suits, either in law or equity, which have *”°"· arisen in the western district, or against persons residing therein, or concerning lands situated therein, together with all process, writs, recognizances, and records, belonging thereto, shall be transferred to the western district; and all civil suits hereafter instituted against persons residing in said western district, or suits concerning lands situated in the same, in the courts of the United States, shall be in said district; and there shall be held annually in said district one stated session of the court at each of the following places, to wit: at Opelcusas, on the Pl¤¢¢¤¤twhi¤h first Monday in August, for the parishes of St. Landry, Calcasieu, f1‘;{‘;':un“‘{‘,$1y_f},Q‘: St. Mary, St. Martin, Vermillion, and Lafayette; at Alexandria, on the western district. first Monday in September, for the parishes of Rapides, Avoyelles, 1850,ch.28. Natchitoches; at Shreveport, on the first Monday in October, for the _ parishes of Caddo, Sabine, Desoto, Bossier, and Claiborne; at Monroe, on the first Monday in November, for the parishes of Ouachita, Jackson, Union, Morehouse, Franklin, Catahoula, Carroll, Madison, Ten- 538, Bild Concordia; and a person learned in the law, residing in said Judge _ for Western district, shall be appointed by the President of the United ;°§;°;“ (?g£* States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, judge PP WET6g]? with a. salary of two thousand doiiaxs pe! Blmum, pity8h1B semi- Hi, muy, °·¤¥}¤ Y. with the same powers and duties as the district judge of the Rovers, and du· United Smes for the district of Louisiane, ap it now exists, and such “°°· ¤§ are conferred on him, or required of him, by this ect; who is Von. IX. Pun. -51