the judiciary," approved March 3, 1911, be, and it is, amended so as to read as follows: New York judicial Northern district. Terms. Rensselaer County Eastern district. Terms. Southern district. Terms. Concurrent jurisdic tion of eastern and "SEC. 97. The State of New York is divided into four judicial districts. districts, to be known as the northern, eastern, southern, and western districts of New York. The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington, with the waters thereof. Terms of the district court for said district shall be held at Albany on the second Tuesday in February; at Utica on the first Tuesday in December; at Binghamton on the second Tuesday in June; at Auburn on the first Tuesday in October; at Syracuse on the first Tuesday in April; and, in the discretion of the judge of the court, one term annually at such time and place within the counties of Rensselaer, Saratoga, Onondaga, added. Saint Lawrence, Clinton, Jefferson, Oswego, and Franklin, as he may from time to time appoint. Such appointment shall be made by notice of at least twenty days published in a newspaper published at the place where said court is to be held. The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Richmond, Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, with the waters thereof. Terms of the district court for said district shall be held at Brooklyn on the first Wednesday in every month. The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester, with the waters thereof. Terms of the district court for said district shall be held at New York City on the first Tuesday in each month. The district courts of the southern and eastern districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction over the waters within the southern districts. counties of New York, Kings, Queens, Nassau, Richmond, and Suffolk, and over all seizures made and all matters done in such waters; all processes or orders issued within either of said courts or by any judge thereof shall run and be executed in any part of said waters. The western district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates, with the waters thereof. Terms of the district court for said district shall be held at Elmira on the second Tuesday in January; at Buffalo on the second Tuesdays in March and November; at Rochester on the second Tuesday in May; at Jamestown on the second Tuesday in July; at Lockport on the second Tuesday in October; and at Canandaigua on the second Tuesday in September. The regular sessions of the district court for the western district for miralty proceedings at the hearing of motions, and for proceedings in bankruptcy and the Buffalo. trial of causes in admiralty, shall he held at Buffalo at least two weeks in each month of the year, except August, unless the business is sooner disposed of. The times for holding the same and such other special sessions as the court shall deem necessary shall be fixed by rules of the court. All process in admiralty causes and proceedings shall be made returnable at Buffalo. The judge of any district in judges. the State of New York may perform the duties of the judge of any other district in such State upon the request of any resident judge entered in the minutes of his court; and in such cases such judge shall have the same powers as are vested in the resident judge." Approved, January 21, 1920. 154272°-20-3 R. S., sec. 542, p. 91. Western district. Terms. Bankruptcy and ad Interchange of January 23, 1920. [H. R. 9089.] [Public, No. 122.] Fort Smith, Ark. Jail granted to. CHAP. 51.-An Act Releasing the claim of the United States Government to the block or square of land in the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, upon which is situated the old Federal Jail, to the city of Fort Smith for a site for a convention hall, community building, or other public purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Site of old' Federal States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent granting, remissing, releasing, and quitclaiming all right, title, claim, and interest of the United States of America in and to the block or square of land in the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, bounded by Second and Third Streets and Rogers and Parker Avenues, fronting three hundred feet on Second and Third Streets and two hundred and ninety and twenty-five one-hundredths feet on Rogers and Parker Avenues, upon which is situated the old Federal Jail, being a part of section eight, township eight north, range thirty-two west, to the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, in trust, for a site for a convention hall, community building, or other public purposes: Provided, however, That if said land shall not be used for such purposes it shall revert to the United States. Proviso. Approved, January 23, 1920. January 24, 1920. [H. R. 2980.] [Public, No. 123.] Ordnance limitation removed. CHAP. 53.-An Act To increase the efficiency of the Military Establishment of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Army. sergeant States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1110, Revised Statutes, and the first proviso of section 12 of the Act entitled "An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, be, and the same hereby are, repealed. R. S., sec. 1110, p. 204, repealed. Vol. 39, p. 174, repealed. Approved, January 24, 1920. January 24, 1920. District of Columbia. Commissioners to have exclusive jurisdiction. ed. Vol.34, p.314, amend Provisos. Existing rules ratified. CHAP: 54.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1906, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 2, 3, and 4 of an Act entitled "An Act to classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1906, is hereby amended to read as follows: SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint, assign to such duty or duties as they may prescribe, promote, reduce, fine, suspend, with or without pay, and remove all officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, according to such rules and regulations as said commissioners, in their exclusive jurisdiction and judgment (except as herein otherwise provided), may from time to time make, alter, or amend: Provided, That the rules and regulations of the fire department heretofore promulgated are hereby ratified (except as herein otherwise provided) and shall remain in force until changed by said commisAppointments here- sioners: Provided further, That all officers, members, and civilian employees of such department, except the chief engineer and deputy chief engineers, shall hereafter be appointed and promoted in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,' approved January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, in the same manner as members of the classified civil after under civil serv- Chief engineer. Deputy chief en Original appoint service of the United States, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided further, That the chief engineer of the fire department shall hereafter be selected from among the deputy chief engineers, the battalion chief engineers, the fire marshal and the superintendent of machinery; the deputy chief engineers shall hereafter be selected gineers. from among the battalion chief engineers, the fire marshal, and the superintendent of machinery: Provided further, That all original ap- ments and promotions. pointments of privates shall be made to class one; privates who have served one year in class one shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class two, and privates who have served two years in class two shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class three. Such transfers shall not be subject to the provisions of such Act of January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof. Whenever vacancies occur in classes two or three which can not be filled by such transfers, the commissioners may appoint additional privates in class one equal in number to the positions vacant in classes two or three; and any moneys appropriated for the payment of the salaries for such vacant positions shall be available to pay to such additional privates of class one the salaries of their grade.' Additional privates. Classification of offi Vol.34, p.314, amend Provisos. "SEC. 3. That the fire department of the District of Columbia shall cers, etc. consist of one chief engineer, two deputy chief engineers, all of whom ed. shall have had at least five years of experience in some regularly organized municipal fire department; such number of battalion chief engineers as said commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; one fire marshal; such number of deputy fire marshals, inspectors, and clerks as said commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; such number of captains, lieutenants, and sergeants as said commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; one superintendent of machinery; and such number of assistant superintendents of machinery, pilots, marine engineers, assistant marine engineers, marine firemen, privates of class three, privates of class two, privates of class one, hostlers, and laborers as said commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress: Pro- Veterinary service. vided, That the chief engineer of the fire department of the District of Columbia shall have the right to call for and obtain the services of any veterinary surgeon employed by the District who at the time shall not be engaged in a more emergent veterinary service for the District: Medical service by Provided further, That the police surgeons of said District are required police surgeons. to attend, without charge, the members of the fire department of said District, and examine all applicants for appointment to, promotion Transfers in, and retirement from said 'fire department: Provided further, That grades. the engineers and assistant engineers in the fire department shall be transferred to the position of privates of class one, two, or three, respectively, depending on whether their length of service on August 1, 1919, was one, two, or three or more years; but such transfers shall not be subject to the Act entitled 'An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,' approved January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, Additional privates and the authorized number of privates in the various classes is hereby authorized. increased to provide for such transfers, and for additional privates equal in number to the vacancies existing in the positions of engineer and assistant engineer at the time this amending Act becomes effective." "SEC. 4. That the annual basic salaries of the officers and members of said department shall be as follows: Chief engineer, $4,000; deputy ed. chief engineers, $3,000 each; battalion chief engineers, $2,400 each; fire marshal, $2,400; deputy fire marshal, $2,000; inspectors, $1,660 each; chief clerk, $2,400; clerk (who shall be a stenographer and to new Vol. 22, p. 403. Salaries increased. Vol. 34, p.315, amend typist), $1,660; captains, $1,900 each; lieutenants, $1,760 each; sergeants, $1,700 each; superintendent of machinery, $2,500; assistant superintendent of machinery, $2,000; pilots, $1,700 each; marine engineers, $1,700 each; assistant marine engineers, $1,660 each; marine firemen, $1,460 each; privates of class three, $1,660 each; privates of class two, $1,560 each; privates of class one, $1,460 each; hostlers, Increase to date from $1,080 each; laborers, $1,000 each. Every officer and member of the fire department of the District of Columbia at the time this amending Act becomes effective shall, in addition to the salary received by him for his period of service between August 1, 1919, and the time this Act becomes law, receive for such period the difference between such salary and the salary payable to him under the provisions of this Act for a period of equal duration." August 1, 1919. ed. Service restrictions. Membership in organizations advocating strikes, forbidden. Discharge for violation. Conspiring to obstruct operation of Punishment for. Appropriation for increased pay, etc. p. 88. SEC. 2. Section 5 of such Act of June 20, 1906, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No member of the fire department of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself or any subordinate, component, or affiliated organization of which holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands. Upon sufficient proof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia that any member of the fire department of the District of Columbia has violated the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to immediately discharge such member from the service. "Any member of the fire department of the District of Columbia department, unlawful. who enters into a conspiracy, combination, or agreement with the -purpose of substantially interfering with or obstructing the efficient conduct or operation of the fire department of the District of Columbia by a strike or other disturbance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both." SEC. 3. For the payment of the increased salaries authorized in Public Laws, Istsess., this Act for the positions provided for in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1919, and for the payment of the salaries designated herein to the additional number of men in the various classes of privates authorized in this Act, one-half of the amount necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, to supplement the amounts appropriated for the salaries of the officers and members of such fire department in such Act of July 11, 1919. Half from District revenues. Post, p. 837. Age limits for original police or firemen appointments. SEC. 4. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments may be made. Approved January 24, 1920. CHAP. 55.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919," approved July 9, 1918. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919," approved July 9, 1918, as constitutes the fifth section under the subheading "Medals of honor, distinguished-service crosses, and distinguished-service medals (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 871), be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Only one issue to a Bar, etc., for subse "That no more than one medal of honor or one distinguished- person. service cross or one distinguished-service medal shall be issued to any one person; but for each succeeding deed or act sufficient to justify quent deed. the award of a medal of honor or a distinguished-service cross or a distinguished-service medal, respectively, the President may award tended. a suitable bar or other suitable device, to be worn as he shall direct. Silver star for citaAnd for each citation of an officer or enlisted man for gallantry in tion in orders. action, published in orders issued from the headquarters of a force tending authority excommanded by, or which is the appropriate command of, a general officer, not warranting the award of a medal of honor or distinguishedservice cross, he shall be permitted to wear, as the President shall direct, a silver star three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter." Conflicting laws re SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are pealed. rescinded. Approved, January 24, 1920. CHAP. 56.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States," approved August 27, 1888, as amended March 2, 1889. January 27, 1920. State or Territorial for disabled soldiers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section I of an Act homes entitled "An Act to provide aid to State or Territorial homes for Vol. 25, pp. 450, 975, the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States," amended. approved August 27, 1888, as amended March 2, 1889, is hereby amended to read as follows: Federal aid to. extended to all wars. Amount increased. Ascertainment number of inmates. of "That all States or Territories which have established, or which Service of inmates shall hereafter establish, State homes for disabled soldiers and sailors of the United States who served in the Civil War or in any previous or subsequent war who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, provided such disability was not incurred in service against the United States, shall be paid for every such disabled soldier or sailor who may be admitted and cared for in such home at the rate of $120 per annum. "The number of such persons for whose care any State or Territory shall receive the said payment under this Act shall be ascertained by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers under such regulations as it may prescribe, but the said State or Territorial homes shall be exclusively under the control of the respective State or Territorial authorities, and the board of managers shall not have nor assume any management or control of said State or Territorial homes. Control of State or Territory exclusive. Proviso. Reduction for sums from pen sions. "The board of managers of the national home shall, however, have Inspection, etc. power to have the said State or Territorial homes inspected at such times as it may consider necessary, and shall report the result of such inspections to Congress in its annual report: Provided, That no State shall be paid a sum exceeding one-half the cost of maintenance of each. soldier or sailor by such State: Provided further, That one-half of any received sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for. Intoxicants forbidThat no money shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home den." that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating liquors are sold: Deduction for money Provided further, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner collected from inmates. from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained." Approved, January 27, 1920. Exception. |