United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 16
Chap. XVI.—An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States, for the district of Arkansas.[1]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,To have the same jurisdiction and power as the several district courts, U. S.
Act of March 30, 1802, ch. 13. That the district court of the United States for the district of Arkansas shall have the same jurisdiction and power in all respects whatever that was given to the several district courts of the United States, by an act of Congress, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and two, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” or by any subsequent acts of Congress, concerning crimes, offences, or misdemeanors, which may be committed against the laws of the United States, in any town, settlement, or territory, belonging to any Indian tribe, in amity with the United States, of which any other district court of the United States may have jurisdiction.
Approved, March 1, 1837.