516 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Gus. 176-178. 1997. C°¤¤QP¤°°¤¤°¤° ml Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of °°m°1°`1°D' the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof. 1¤¤·¤•*·¤°¤°·°°•=- Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, February 8, 1897. February s, 1st?. CHAP. 17’I.—An Act To provide an American register for the bark Ceres. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ··c•m.‘*1mk._ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of ,,,g‘§‘,§f”‘},,,‘§'“§‘,2‘§,‘}'.§ Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the bark Ceres,
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'° °of the United States, to he registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Lichtenfels Brothers. Approved, February 8, 1897. \ February s,1M. CHAP. 1'l8.—An Act To constitute a new division of the easternjndicial district ———-t-- of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court. _ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House oéhReprese1•tati·ues of the United &¥:ma:m jun. (States of rlbmeracg inJ0ongreah at thi? ogJei1‘ertson, ll °· 0 range, ew , , n, berty, er an ugus ne, wtsiimimiuvm u Sabine, Polk, and San Sacinto shall constitntea division of the eastern
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T·»¤¤¤ •>f ¤¤¤r¤· Sec. 2. That terms of the circuit and district courts of the United B°"'”‘°"' States for the said eastern district of the State of Texas shall be held twice in each year at the city of Beaumont, on the first Mondays in June and December. 1>m¤s,¤a. Sec. 3. That all civil process issued against persons resident in the said counties of Jefferson, Orange, Newton, Jasper, Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, San Augustine, Sabine, Polk, and San Jacinto, and cognizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts, · respectively, to be held at the city of Beaumont; and all prosecutions for offenses committed in either of said counties shall be tried in the mm appropriate United States court at the city of Beaumont: Provided, P°°‘“"‘“""‘°'·°"" That no process issued or prosecution commenced or suit instituted before the passage of this Act shall be in any way ailectcd by the pro visions hereof. ` nspueyuersmw. Sec. 4. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts for said district shall maintain an office in charge of themselves or a deputy at said city of Beaumont, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction oi' the business of said division. R¤1>•»¤1- Sec. 5. That so much of all acts or parts of acts as are in conilict herewith are hereby repealed. IN THE HoUsE or REPRESENTATIVES, January 22, 1897. The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives in which it originated the bill (H. R. 9469) “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a. clerk for said court," with his objections thereto, the House proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution to reconsider the same; and Reaolred, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Repro sentatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: A. MCDOWELL Olerk.
