Present judge to hold courts in eastern district. Final process, &c., returnable to eastern district. Judge to be appointed for western district. Pay. District attorney and marshal. Pay and duties. to which the said suit shall be removed; and all further proceedings shall be had in said court as if the suit had been originally commenced therein. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the present judge of the district of Michigan be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts in the eastern district of Michigan, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within said district as he now exercises and performs within his present district. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That final process upon any judgment or decree entered in the circuit or district court of the United States for the district of Michigan, and all other process for the enforcement of any order of said courts, respectively, in any cause now pending therein, except causes removed as hereinbefore provided, shall be issued from and made returnable to the proper court for the eastern district of Michigan, and may run and be executed by the marshal of said eastern district in any part of said State. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be appointed a district judge for the said western district of Michigan, who shall possess the same powers and do and perform all such duties in his district as are now enjoined or in anywise appertaining to the present district judge for the district of Michigan; and the district judge of each district shall be entitled to the same compensation as by law is provided for the present judge for the district of Michigan. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That there be appointed one person as district attorney, and one person as marshal for said western district, whose terms of appointment and service, as well as duties and emoluments, shall be the same with those respectively appertaining to the said offices in the district of Michigan. Bond of marshal. And said marshal shall give the same bond that other marshals are required to give, to be approved and recorded as now directed by law: Provided, That the present district attorney of the district of Michigan shall be the district attorney of the eastern district, and retain the charge of all suits already commenced until final termination, unless the President of the United States shall otherwise direct; and the present marshal of the district of Michigan shall be the marshal of the eastern district during their respective official terms. Present marshai and district attorney. Suits, where to be SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all suits hereafter to brought hereafter. be brought in either of said courts not of a local nature shall be brought in the court of the district where the defendant resides; but if there be more than one defendant, and they reside in different districts, the plaintiff may sue in either, and send a duplicate writ against the defendants, directed to the marshal of the other district, on which an indorsement shall be made that the writ thus sent is a copy of a writ sued out of the court of the proper district: and the said writs, when executed and returned into the office from whence they issued, shall constitute one suit, and be proceeded in accordingly. Approved February 24, 1863. CHAPTER LV. AN ACT to establish certain post roads. Feb. 24, 1863. Post roads estab Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of lished in the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be established as post roads: CALIFORNIA. .From Colusa to Bear Valley. From Folsom to Lincoln. From Trinity Centre, via Summerville, Cecilville, and Centreville, to the Forks of Salmon river, in Klamath county. MISSOURI. From Warrenton to Troy. From Warrenton to Pinkney. From St. Charles to Elsah, in Jersey county, Illinois, via Port age de Sioux. From Wellsburg by Chain of Rocks, Bailey's, Chantilly, and Snow Hill, to New Hope, in Lincoln county. From Mount Vernon to Carthage, via Bowei's Mills. From Bristol, Indiana, via Osborn's Corners, to Brownsville, From Wilmot, via Indian Village, Cromwell, to Ligonier. IOWA. From Des Moines, via Adelphia, Vandalia, Bennington, and From Sioux City to the Yancton Agency, Fort Randal, Fort KENTUCKY. From Vanceburg, via Kinny Mills and the mouth of Laurel, to Olive Hill. NEBRASKA. From Omaha City, via De Witt, to West Point. From Omaha City, via Hazleton, to Forest City. California. Missouri. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kentucky. Nebraska. Utah. New York. Ohio. From Frémont, via Jalapa, 'to West Point. From Columbus to Camden. From Nebraska Centre, via Elm Creek, Buffalo Creek, mouth of North Fork of Platte river, and Lodge Pole Creek, to Boulder City, Colorado Territory. From Fort Laramie, via Deer Creek, Platte Bridge, Green River, and Fort Bridger, to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. From Cottonwood Springs, via Republican Fork, to Fort Riley, Kansas. From Plattsmouth, via Plattsford and Forks of Salt Creek, to Camden. From Brownsville, via St. Frederick, Tecumseh, Vesta, and Austin, to Camden. UTAH. From Beaver, via Greenville and Fort Adams, to Minersville. NEW YORK. From Boonville, via East Road, to Port Leyden, and thence, via River Road, to Lyons Falls. From Pittsfield, Pennsylvania, via Freehold and Lottsville, to Broken Straw. OHIO. Pennsylvania. From New England to Amesville. From Greenville, via Clapboard Town, Dill's Station, Beansville, Nevada, Brock, to North Star, in Darke county. PENNSYLVANIA. From Mapleton, the present terminus of route number twentyfive hundred and eighty-three, to Newtown. From Pittsburg to West Middleton. From Germantown to Silver Rock. From New Germantown to Concord. From Quakertown, via Richlandtown, Pleasant Valley, Springtown, and Durham, to Rieglesville. From Pike, via Wyulusing, to Dushore. From Pleasantville, via Tionesta, to Clarion. From New Germantown, in Perry county, to Concord, in Franklin county. From Milton, Northumberland county, to Lewistonville, in the county of Montour. From West Nanticoke, via Harvey's Creek, to Silver Rock. From Stroudsburg, in Monroe county, via Snydersville, Kellersville, and Fennersville, to Brodheadsville. From Kelly's Station, on the Alleghany Valley Railroad, to Cochran's Mills, in Armstrong county. From Reading, via Adams's, Brownsville, and Klop's Store, to Womelsdorp. From New Germantown, Perry county, to Concord, in the county of Franklin. From Wausau to Jenny. WISCONSIN. From Waupacca, via Amherst, to Plover. WEST VIRGINIA. From Kingwood, via Albright, to Portland. COLORADO. From Denver to Bear Cañon, on the headwaters of West Plumb. Creek. From Golden City to Ralston Creek. Wisconsin. West Virginia. Colorado. DAKOTA. From Mankato, Minnesota, via Madalia, Ashipman, Randolph Lake, Stevens Lake, north and south bends of the Des Moines River, Lake Graham, Blue Mound, Sioux Falls, Upper James Crossing, Yankton, Smutty Bear's Camp, Bon Homme, Wannavi, Tuffsville, (or Neshuda,) Philbrick's Crossing, (or Choteau,) and Greenwood, to Fort Randall. From Elkpoint, via Brule Creek and Valley of Big Sioux River, to Sioux Falls City. From Great Salt Lake City, Utah, via Ogden City, Cache Valley, Snake River Ferry, and Bannack City, to Fort Benton. NEVADA. From Chico, California, via Susanville, to Humboldt City. WASHINGTON. Dakota. Nevada. Washington. Construction of act. From Fort Laramie, Nebraska, to Hell-Gate, Washington. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the true intent and meaning of the eighth section of the act entitled "An act making 1861, ch. 73, § 8. appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," shall be taken, deemed, and construed to be directory to the Postmaster General to make the mail service on the route therein mentioned semi-weekly for the period therein provided. Company may oc SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Overland Mail Overland Mail Company now engaged in carrying the United States mail from cupy certain lands, Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Placerville, California, shall have the &c. privilege of occupying the public lands where their stations are fixed at the rate of not more than one for every ten miles of the route on which said company carry the said mail, and shall have pre-emption right therein of any land, not mineral, and not dis Pre-emption rights. posed of or reserved, or to which a pre-emption or homestead claim has not attached when the same shall be brought into market to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres, to be selected contiguous to and to include their improvements; said pre-emption right being in lieu of the same heretofore granted by the twelfth section of the act approved third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending thir1837, ch. 96, 12, tieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight." vol. xi, p. 190. Approved February 24, 1863. Feb. 24, 1863. Territory of Ari zona. Boundaries. CHAPTER LVI. AN ACT to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the present Territory of New Mexico situate west of a line running due south from the point where the southwest corner of the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico to the southern boundary line of said Territory of New Mexico be, and the same is hereby, erected into a temporary government by the name of the Territory of May be divided Arizona: Provided, That nothing contained in the provisions of this act shall be construed to prohibit the Congress of the United States from dividing said Territory or changing its boundaries in such manner and at such time as it may deem proper: Provided, Territorial gov-further, That said government shall be maintained and continued ernment to remain until such time as the people residing in said Territory shall, with the consent of Congress, form a State government, republican in form, as prescribed in the Constitution of the United States, and apply for and obtain admission into the Union as a State, on an equal footing with the original States. hereafter. until, &c. Government, executive, legisla pointed, &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the government hereby tive, judicial. authorized shall consist of an executive, legislative, and judicial power. The executive power shall be vested in a governor. The legislative power shall consist of a council of nine members, and a house of representatives of eighteen. The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, to consist of three judges, and such inferior courts as the legislative council may by law prescribe; Officers, how ap- there shall also be a secretary, a marshal, a district attorney, and a surveyor general for said Territory, who, together with the gov ernor and judges of the supreme court, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and . the term of office for each, the manner of their appointment, and the powers, duties, and the compensation of the governor, legislative assembly, judges of the supreme court, secretary, marshal, district attorney, and surveyor general aforesaid, with their clerks, draughtsmen, deputies, and sergeant-at-arms, shall be such as are conferred upon the same officers by the act organizing the territorial government of New Mexico, which subordinate officers shall be appointed in the same manner, and not exceed in number Acts governing those created by said act; and acts amendatory thereto, together |