The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-25
aF EoFFrcIAL. Ye S. -Ha
Laws Of the United states,
PASSED AT THE 3p SESSION OF 4lsr CONGRESS-.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatires OF the Uzited States Of America en-
Congress assembled That the probate courts of tho
Territory of IDAHO in their respective counties in
addition to their probate jurisdiction, be, and
they hereby, authorized to hear and deter
mno all civil causes wherein the damage or debt
claimed does not exceed the sum of five hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, and such criminal
cases arising under the laws ofthe Territory as do
not require tho intervention of grand jury
Frorided, That they shah not have jurisdiction
in any matter in controversy, when the title,
boundary, or right to the peaceable possession of
land may be in dispute, in chancery divorce
cases.: And dprouided further, That in all cases an
appeal may be taken from any order, Judgment,
or decree of said probate courts to the district
court
sEc.-2 4ad be 1T further enacted, That all acts
hereby repealed Prerided, That this act shall
not affect any suit pending in the district courts
of saia Territory at the ! time n, Of its passage
Speaker of the House Of Repres ese,,tntfre@.
| SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Viee -Iresideat IF the United States and
/ r. Eresfde,,t of the Senate.
| Approved December 49, 1870
u S. GRANT
/ AN ACT granting to the Utah Central Railroad
! Company right of way through the public
lands for the construction of railroad and
telegraph.
BE il enacted dy the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentotires Of the United States Of America Com
gress assembled That the right Of way through the
| public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted
/ to the Utah Central Railroad Company, corpo-
ration created under the laws of the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of Utah, its successors
and assigns, for the construction of railroad
! and telegraph from point at or near Ogden ty !,
| in the Territory of Utah, to Salt Lake City, in
said Territory and the right, power, and an
thority is hereby giycnto said corporation to take
from the public lands adjacent to the line of said
road material of earth, stone, timber, and so
forth, for the construction thereof. Said way is
granted to said railroad to the extent of two hun
dred feet in width on each side of said railroad
where it may pass through the public domain,
including all necessary ground for station-buil-
dings, work shops depots, machine shops, switch
side tracks, turntables, and water stations
Prorided, That within three months from the
passage of this act the said Utah Central Rail-
road Company shall file with the Secretary of the
Interior map to be approved by him, exhibit
ing the line of the railroad OF said company,
the same has been located aud constructed Pro-
rided further, That said company for like trans
portation and telegraphic service. And it shall
be the duty of the Utah Central Railroad Compa-
ny to permit any other railroad, which has been
or shall be authorized to be built by the United
States, or by the legislature of the Territory of
Utah, to form running connections with its road
on fair and equitable terms.
SEc.2. And be ii further enacted, That the
United States make the grants herein and that
the said Utah Central Railroad Company accepts
the same, upon the express condition that the
said company shall not exercise the power given
by section ten of chapter sixteen of the laws of the
Territory of Utah, approved February nineteenth.
eighteen hundred and sixty -ninc and upon the
further express condition that if the aid company
make any breach of the conditions hereof, then
IN such case, at any time hereafter, the United
States by its Congress, may do any aud all acts
and things which may be ncedfal aaa necessary
for the enforcement of such conditions.
SEC. 8. And be IL further enacted, That said
Utah Central Railroad shall re post route and
military road, subject to tho of the United
States for postal, military, naval, and all other
Government service, and also subject to such
regulations Congress may impose, restricting
the charges for such Government transportation.
Sec. f. And be 1t further enacted, That the
acceptance of the terms, conditions, and imposi-
tions of this act, by the said Utah Central Rail
road Company, shall he signifed in writing under
the corporate seal of said company, duly execuh
pu rsuant to the direction of its board of drec
tors first had and obtained, which acceptance
shall be made within three months after the pas
sage of this act ind shall be served the Prcsi-
dent of the United States and if such acceptance
and service shall not be made, this grant shall
be void.
SEC S. And be ii further enacted, That Con-
gress may at any time. having due regard for the
rights Of said Utah Central Railroad Company
add to, alt r. amend, repeal this act
| Approved, December 3. 1870.
/ AN ACT to amend an act entitled 'sAn act to
reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes, -
approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
/ seventy.
/ Be il ty the Senate and House of Repre-
scntafires of The United States Of America Il,
/ Congress assembled, That so much of section TWEEN
ty of the act to reduce internal taxes, aud for
! other purposes, approved July fourteen, eighteen
hundred and seventy. relates to sugar, be
amended so [thatl it will road
On all sugar not above number seven, Dutch
standard in color one and three-quarter cents per
i pound.
On all sugar above number seven, and mol
above number ten, Dutch standard in color, two
| cents per pound.
On all sugar above number ten, and not above
number thirteen, Dutch standard in color, two
| and onc-quarter cents per pound
! On all sugar above number thirteen, and moi
/ above number sixteen, Dutch standard in color
| three and one-quarter cents per pound.
On all sugar above number sixteen, and no
| above number twenty, Dutch standard in color
three and ene-quarser cents per pound.
On all sugar above number twenty, Dutch stan
dard in color, aud on all refined Loaf lump
crushed, powdered, and granulated sugar, fou
cents per pound Proridcd, That the Secretary o
the Treasury shall, by regulation, prescribe and
require that samples from packages of sugar shai
as 10 ascertain riur qunii,y Of suSh sugar
aud the weights of sugar imported in casks OF
boxes shall Be marked distinctly by the custom
house igher, by scoring the figures indelibly on
each package Aad prorfded further, That all
sirup of sugar, sirup Of sugar cane Iuicc, meaoa'
concentrated melada, or concentrated moiasssz,
entered under the name of moiasses, shall pc
forfeited to the United States 9aiIE
! Approved, December 22, 1870.
AN ACT in relation to certain territorial peni-
tcntinres.
| "a BE az enacted by the iSsndfe ana fIouse y Acp-
| reseufafires Of The United States Of America in
/ Conoress assenbfcd, That the pcnitentiary which
has been, or may hereafter be, erected by the
United States in any organized Territory thereof,
shall when the same is rcady for the reception of
conyicts, be placed under the care and control of
the marshal Of the United States for the Territory
or District in which penitentiary may be situate.
SEC. 2. And be Il further enacted, That it is
hereby made the duty Of the Attorney General of
| tho United States TO prescribe all needful rules
and regulations for the government of such peni-
tentiary, and tho marshal having charge thereof
shall cause them to be duly and faithfully cxecut
| ed and obeyed. The reasonable compensation
of such marshaI and Of his deputies, for their
services under this act and said regulations, shall
be fixed by the Attorney General; and IL and
| the expense incident ia ths subsistence and em-
| ployment Of offenders against the laws Of the
United States, who have been ormay hereafter be
sentenced to imprisonment in such penitcntiary.
shall be chargeabic and payable out Of the