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88 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. On. 182. 1890. V for by the legislative assembly, but not more than two of the jgdges rouum ummm- or inspectors of election in any election precinct shall be mem rs of “°"· the same olitical party, and the candi ates of each political party who may Ihe voted for at such election may designate one person who shall be present at the counting and canvassing of the votes cast in each precinct. _ · N5,';';';, ,§’w,f'**°*°° ‘ The supreme and district courts of said Territory shall have the same wer to enforce the laws of the State of Nebraska hereby extendedlto and put in force in said Territory as courts of like jurisdic- - tion have in said State; but county courts and justices of the peace N-gfggggyigz °* shall have and exercise the jurisdiction which is authorized by said _ novae. laws of Nebraska: Provided, That the jurisdiction of justices of the “'"“““°“· ace in said Territory shall not exceed the sum of one hundred doll:rs, and county courts shall have jurisdiction in all cases where the _ _ sum or matter in demand exceeds the sum of one hundred dollars. d,?,;'-:°f,$gr¤”·wn9”"*,g· Sec. 12. That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the district va-me between nl- courts in the Territory of Oklahoma over all controversies arisin ,‘§ln“},'{,’ °‘ °‘"”°"°'“ between members or citizens of one tribe or nation of Indians and the members or citizens of other tribes or nations in the Territory of Oklahoma, and any citizen or member of one tribe or nation who may commit any offense or crime in said Territory against the person or property of a citizen or member of another tribe or nation shall be subject to the same punishment in the Territor of Oklahoma as he would be if both parties were citizens of the United States; and anynpzrson residing1in the Territory of Oklahoma, in whom there isblood, sha have the right to invoke the aid of courts therein for the {protection of his person or property, as

Mm though he were a citizen o the United States: Provided, That noth-

. ing in this act contained shall be so construed xm to give jurisdiction to the courts established in said Territory in controversies arisin lxpswieen Indians of the same tribe, while sustaining their tribi re e on.

  • °°°*'¤°Y··*¤· Sec. 13. That there shall be appointed for said Territory a rson

learned in the law, who shall act as attorney for the United States, and shall continue in office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President. Said attorney shall receive a salary at the rate of two hundred and fifty Mu·um1,eu·. dollars annually. There shall be appointed a marshal for said Territory, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all process issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as circuit and district courts of the United States; he shall have the power and perform the duties and be subject to the same re ulations and pgnalties imposed by law on the marshal of the United States, and entitled to a salary at the rate of two hundred dollars a year. There shall be allowed to the attorney, marshal, clerks of the supreme and district courts the {eesé hl same fees as are prescribed for similar services by such persons in cmp. iéf p, isi; xm’ gzipfér Sixteen, t1tle Judiciary, of the Revised Statutes of the United tes. ,hg¤;;*r¤j;jg§:¤¤¤ by _ Sec. 14. That the governor, secretary, chief·justice, and associate ammo-. sic. justices, attorney, and marshal shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a pointed by the President of the United States. The governor and Secretary to be appointed as H0" ·1¤¤"¤¢<i- aforesaid shall, before they act as such, respectively take an oath or aihrmation before the district judge, or some justice of the peace, or other officer in the limits of said Territory duly authorized to administer oaths and aflirmations by the laws now in force therein, or before the Chief-Justice or some associate justice of the Su reme Court of the United States. to support the Constitution of the lllnited States and faithfully to discharge t 19 duties of their respective offices, which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by