Statutes at Large, page three hundred and ninety-four), and the provisions of said Act, in so far as they relate to such surveys and the preference right of selection, are hereby extended to the said State of Arizona. The fees to be paid to the register and receiver for each final location or selection of one hundred and sixty acres made hereunder shall be one dollar.
Territorial grants confirmed to State.
Sec. 30. That all grants of lands heretofore made by any Act of Congress to said Territory, except to the extent modified or repealed by this Act, are hereby ratified and confirmed to said State, subject to the provisions of this Act: Proviso.
Pending litigation.Provided, however, That nothing in this Act contained shall, directly or indirectly, affect any litigation now pending and to which the United States is a party, or any right or claim therein asserted.
Judicial district created.
Courts.
In ninth circuit.
Sec. 31. That the said State, when admitted as aforesaid, shall constitute one judicial district, and the circuit and district courts of said district shall be held at the capital of said State, and the said district shall, for judicial purposes, be attached to the ninth judicial circuit. Judge, attorney, and marshal.There shall be appointed for said district one district judge, one United States attorney, and one United States marshal. The judge of said district shall receive a yearly salary the same as other similar judges of the United States, payable as provided for by law, and shall reside in the district to which he is appointed. Clerks.There shall be appointed clerks of said courts, who shall keep their offices at the capital of said State. Terms.The regular terms of said courts shall be held on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in October of each year. Jurisdiction.The circuit and district courts for said district, and the judges thereof, respectively, shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction and perform the same duties required to be performed by the other circuit and district courts and judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations. The marshal, district attorney, and the clerks of the circuit and district courts of said district, and all other officers and persons performing duties in the administration of justice therein, shall severally possess the powers and perform the duties lawfully possessed and required to be performed by similar officers in other districts of the United States, and shall, for the services they perform, receive the fees and compensation now allowed by law to officers performing similar services for the United States in the Territory of Arizona.
Determination of pending appeals and writs of error.
Sec. 32. That all cases of appeal or writ of error and all other proceedings heretofore lawfully prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States or in the proper circuit court of appeals upon any record from the supreme court of said Territory, and all cases of appeal or writ of error and all other proceedings heretofore lawfully prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States upon any record from a district court of said Territory or, in any matter of habeas corpus, upon any return or order of a district judge thereof, and all and singular the cases aforesaid which, hereafter shall be so lawfully prosecuted and remain pending in the Supreme Court of the United States or in the proper circuit court of appeals, may be heard and determined by the Supreme Court of the United States or the proper circuit court of appeals, as the case may be. And the mandate of execution or of further proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme Court of the United States or the circuit court of appeals to the circuit or district court hereby established within the said State, or to the supreme court of such State, as the nature of the case may require. Succession of courts.And the circuit, district, and state courts herein named shall, respectively, be the successors of the supreme court and of the district courts of said Territory as to all such cases arising within the limits embraced within the jurisdiction of said courts, respectively, with full power to proceed