The Portland daily press., 1873-04-11

ed for the wear ending June thirty i've thousand
| and seventy-tour, a sum not eAcee
Sac g. That no consular o certcae for goods,
States shall hereafter gslhpped from countries ada
wares, merchanSifssI es Which have passed con-
| Ia+a .fYer purchase 1oI st tJtga
| sniaeo rop,sd February ~, 1910
Appio TGrNERAL NATURE-No. A.
,, 80 define the limits of the collection district
\ AN Al Teehe in the State of Louisianr, and for
| other purposes.
s,asatlves of fhe United States OF America in 1nn-
1ress assembled That all that portion of the Stato ~
Louisiana described as follows, to wit, comm
at the town OF Plaquemne, i'll the parish of
thence down the western bank of the Mississnn; M
CT to the town OF Donaldsonville in the nar;sh IF
oee ann theaee down the Bayou Laiourche anS
aion the cosSt 6ank to the sea- thence westerly
50 ifth TO the mouth OF the Sabine River and slnn,
,Ner: tnence up the said Sabine river and along hi
of panh 70 point due west from the said tow
" anu thence to the place of beginning
snan pc ami the same is hereby, constituted ane
Created the collection district of the Teche.
3ac. mat the collector of said district shall re-
sue at brashear, in the parish of Saint Mary which
Is hereby made the port OF entry of the Teche anc
snail be entitled to receive salary of one thousand
dollars yearly said salary all expenses to The
| United States for house-rent and storage.
| Approved, February 70, 1873.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. 42.]
AN ACT for the relief OF S. P. Jocelyn.
Be il enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
r,ress Gsss1abied That upon the occurrence of
cancy of the grade of first lieutenant in his regiment
Second Lieutenant S. P Jocelyn, twenty first infant
nv shall be entitled to promotion to the grade of first
tenant, with date of commission and relative rank il
the a. my held by him the thrty-frst day of De
| cember. eighteen hundred and seventy: Provided
That this act grants back pay additional pay il
any manner whatsoever.
| Approved, February %, 1873.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. 43.]
AN ACT to amend an act entitled San act to provide
Mold infr iron toftl Tho TT,,s4o
| the western district Of Missouri, approved Jun,
eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-t
Be It enacted By tie Senate and House of Repre
sentatiees of the United States Of America in Con
gress assembled That the circuit court of the Unite,
States in and for the eastern district of Missouri
which was created by the act of which this act il
amendatory, Is hereby vested with full and complete
jurisdiction to hear, determine, and dispose Of ac
cordmg to the usual course of judicial proceedings
all s1its, causes, motions, and other matters which
we're pending i'll the late circuit court of the Une(
States in and for the districts of Missouri at the tim
the act of which this act is amendatory took effect
and also all other matters which have since arisen tina
pertain to said suits or causes and also to make al
| orders ami issue Of all processes which said LAST
named court might have done if it had not ceased
sxis and said circuit court n and for said easter
and authority to do all and singular that may in tn
due cou se OF judicial proceedings pertain to an.
of said SUITS causes, unfinished business as fun.
the said circuit court in and for the districts o
Missouri might have done if said act had never beer
| passed.
i
issued out of said circuit court OF the United Statc
in and for the district of Missouri which service was
had after the act of which this act is amendatory
| took effect and all levies, seizures and sales made
Hereunder also all service, seizures eVes and sale:
under any @ az erebV Vi
Valid and all said processes are TO be deemed return
able to said circuit court of the United States in and
for the eastern district OF Missouri as of the return
| day thereof
SEC 8. That either of said United States circuit
courts in and for the eastern and in for the western
L 1tctri of nr6a
other matter pending therein, and commenced prio
to the creation of said court, to be transferre
for trial determination to the other of said crcui
courts when in the opinion Of the court said transe
ought to be made and the court towich said transe
is made shall have as full authority and jurisdic
ton over the same from the date the certified tran
script of the record thereof is filed if the same ha
been originally pending therein
SEC. 4. That the clerk of said circuit court in an
for the eastern district of Missouri and his
in office, shall have the custody of all records books
papers, and property belonging or in any wise PIPER
tanning to said circuit court of the United States il
and for the districts of Missouri and as such custo
dams and the of the clerk of said last
named court, they are hereby invested with the
powers and authority with respect thereto as Thu
clerk thereof had during the existence of said last
named circuit court Said circuit court of the United
States in and for the eastern district of Missouri
hereby made the Of said circuit court Of TIN
Urited States in and for the districts of Missouri
to all SUITS causes. and unfinished business therein
IN any wise pertaining thereto except as herenbefo
provided.
SEC S. That hereafter thc-e shall be two regula
stated terms each year Of the district Of tn
United States in and for the eastern district of Mis-
souri, commencing the first Mondays, respectively
of May and November in lieu of those now fixed b,
law; and no action, suit, proceeding, process ii
said court shall abate be rendered invalid by
of this act, but all of the not previously dis
posed Of otherwise provided for by special order
said court shall be deemed returnable to- pending
and iabe at the next OF said district court
tablished by this act which may be held after thi
act takes effect: Provided, however, That nothin
| herein contained shall be construed to repe Il tn
powers heretofore granted for ordering special
journed terms Of said court the powers and dute
Of the judge of said court in vacation and at cham
| bers.
Approved, February %, 1873
| GENERAL NATURE-No. A.
AN ACT to enforce the stipulations of the cenven
ion with Venezuela, of April twenty-ifth, eight
cen hundred and sixty-six, and the payment of ad
| Indicated claims.
| Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
| sentotiueS Qfthe United States Of america in Con
| 5reSS assembled That the adjudication of claims b
the convention with Venezuela of April twenty fifth
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, pursuant to tn
terms of said convention is hereby recognized a
final and conclusive and to be held valid and sub
sisting against the republic of Venezuela.
| Approved, February 25, 1873.