864 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 432, 433. 1910. June 1910. QI;}. 43 .- f l of absence to homestsaders on lands to be [8· 57**] irrigated und; thd oiliieeilvclisof June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and [rusuc, No. au.] two.- , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat2}ves of the United §&',§,‘g§d“g’,§ ,,,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That all qualified entrymen gr. •11¤v¤d1:•dV¤¤¤· who have heretofore made bona tide entry upon lands proposed be vzitgjiilnm. °°‘ irrigated under the provisions of the Act 0 June seventeenth, nine— teen hundred and two, known as the national irrigation Act, may, upon application and a showing that theg have made substantial improvements, and that water is not availa le for the irriiation of their said lands, within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, obtain leave of absence from their entries, until water for irrigation is turned into the main irrigation canals from which the land is to be irrigated:
mama Provided, That the period of actual abmnce under this Act shall not
¤¤•1¤5¤¤¤¤<¤- be deducted from the full time of residence required by law: Approved, June 25, 1910. _ Jug %5°g31¤· of %g:nI:i);33.——An Act For the establishment of a probation system for the District [Public, Ro. Im.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House oéhliepresentatioes of the United ¥*,E‘°§,‘°f,*}f,‘,Q°",‘,';‘,,*,g‘;-I States of Amenba in Congress assembled, at the supreme court of the authorised. District of Columbia in fneral term may ap mt one probation oiBcer, at a salary of one thousand eight hundrego dollars per annum, · ‘ and as many volunteer assistant probation officers, male or female, as occasion may require; and that the police court of the District of Columbia may appoint one chief probation officer, at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and one assistant probation olhcer, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, and as many volunteer assistant probation officers, male or female, M>v<>i¤¤¤¤¤*· as occasion may require. All suc probation officers and 'assistants shall be appomted for a term of two years and may be removed by the m¥g>1¤¤t¤¤r •¤¤i•1=· respective courts appomting them. _ All such volunteer probation ' officers shall serve without compensation, and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be ed to them by said courts. ,_,fgjg°°;,}*g¤m;,{,g Sec. 2. That said supreme courtuilgl have power in any case, iggén ¤cr¢•i¤ of- except those iuvolving treason, homicide, rape, arson, kidnaping, gr g, second conviction of a felony, after conviction or after a plea of guilty of a felony or misdemeanor and after the imposition of a sentence thereon but before commitment, and the said police court shall have hke power, after a conviction or a plea of guilty in any case of misdemeanor, to [place the defendant upon probation, provided that it shall appear to t ie satisfactionof the court that the ends of justice and the best mterests of the public as well as of the defendant would be subserved therebiy, and may suspend the imposition or execution of the sentence, as the case may be, for such time and upon such terms as it ¤cQ;{¤¤= v¤*¤•¤¤¤ ¤!· may deem best and place the defendant in charge of a probation · ogiccr. The probatnoner shall be provided by the clerk of the court with a written statement of the terms and conditions of his probation at the time when he is placed thereon. He shall observe the rules prescribed for his conduct by the court and report to the probation lqgieielr lasrdgecteck No person shall be put on probation except with e nsen . I“'°°**¤*“°“ °‘ Sec. 3. That the probation officers shall careful} ' casa. 1}] cases referred to them by the court, and make reco5inm¢l:’1(i<lt1gt?lll>i1(l_sal:g the court to enable it to decide whether the defendant ought to be placed under probation, and_shall report to the court, from time to gzlictzzgntqlyé bglfletqggedbgy zt,l§opch1n§l$l clages in their care, to the a a imes · _ stances and conduct ofyprobationers. Y Omed of the cmmm
