SPECIAL CANCELING DIE FOR POSTMASTER AT NEWARK,

N. J.

MAY 18, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. BLACK, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. J. Res. 193.]

The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred House joint resolution No. 193 authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to provide the postmaster at Newark, N. J., with a special canceling die for the Newark two hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration, having considered the same, report it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

64TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( 1st Session.

SPECIAL CANCELING DIE FOR POSTMASTER AT SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS.

MAY 18, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. BLACK, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. J. Res. 203.]

The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the House joint resolution No. 203, authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to provide the postmaster at Southbridge, Mass., with a special canceling die for the Southbridge one hundredth anniversary celebration, having considered the same, report it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

64TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session.

CHANGE OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS IN OKLAHOMA.

MAY 18, 1916.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. MORGAN of Oklahoma, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 14471.]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 14471) to amend an act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," begs to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the bill do pass.

The proposed amendment makes one amendment to the Judicial Code, and only one, it being the change of the date July 1, 1910, to July 1, 1916. The act of March 3, 1911, prescribes the boundary lines between the eastern and western districts of Oklahoma, and provides that they shall be along county lines as the several counties appear on July 1, 1910. Subsequent to the enactment of this legislation, under a provision of the State constitution, the people in the eastern part of Caddo County voted to withdraw from that county and annex themselves to Grady County. This proceeding was regularly complied with and the changes in the county boundaries were made.

Therefore, as the law now stands, Grady County, as it originally stood, is in the eastern district, while the part added thereto from Caddo County is in the western district. This makes an awkward situation, and the members of the bar of Grady County have asked that this be changed. It only affects a small strip of territory; it is a desirable change to make from every viewpoint, and no objection from any source is known. Your committee is of the opinion that the legislation is proper from every viewpoint.