The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27
Public. No. al

AN ACT to amend act entitled An act to divide the
State of Arkansas into two judicial DISTRICTS, approved
March the third eighteen hundred and rifty-one.
Be enacted by tile Senate and House of heDyesqtces
9f tile United States Of An@ica IN C6nq,es assa5d
That upon conviction of offenders in the judicial
district of the State of Arkansas for offences to which,
punishment by confinement in the penentiary is annexed
it shall be lawful for the before whom convictions
have may be had to sentence copvcts to UNDERGO i'm
in the penitentary house of the State situated
in the eastern Judicial district, in the same manner as
though the penitentiay house situated in the
JUDICIAL district OF the State of Arkansas and the
ties of Sewer and Sebastian in the said State hereby
added to- and made part of the western judicial district
oEG. Il Ana oe n 1Mther e1acted That when any per-
district of Arkansas of any offence committed after the
passage OF this act the punishment part of the punish
ment whereof is imprisonment by the laws now existing
the said punishment part of the punishment shall be
confinement and Imprisonment with hard labor for the
same length OF time and shall be carried into effect
provided in the preceding section.
SEC. 8. AndJeh uthe,. enacted That nothing contain
ed in the twenty section of entitled IAN act to
regulate intercourse with the Indian tribes and
peace on the frontiers approved hreth of June, eigh
teen hundred and thirty shall be construed to extend
or apply to said Indian country of the laws enacted for
the twentieth section of the said act which provides for
the punishment of offences therein specified shall be
srued to extend to any Indian committing said offences
the Indian country, to any Indian committing any of
ence IN the Indian country who has been punished by the
local law of the tribe any where by treaty stp
ulaons, the exclusive jurisdiction such offences may
now or hereafter be secured to said Indian tribes, epect
vey and any thing in said inconsistent with this act
be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec Andbe1 further enacted That any white person
who shall hereafter set fire. attempt to set fire. to any
house. clubhouse, cabin, stable other building in said
Indian country to whomsoever belongings and any Indian
who shall set fire to any house. ouhouse cabin stable,
other building, in said Indian country, belonging
lawful possession of white person. in whole or in part
and whether the same be consumed not shall be deem
ed guilty of felony and shall be punished by confinement
ana Imprisonment, with hard labor for not than
twenty-one nor less than two years
SEC and be further enacted That any white person
who shall make an assault upon Indian other per-
son. or any Indian who shall make assault upon white
person, within said Indian country with gun, rifle
sword pistol knife, any other deadly weapon with in
tent to kill MAIN the person assaulted shall be deem
ed guilty of felony and SHALL conviction be punished
with confinement and imprisonment with hard labor for
not more than five years nor less than one year.
Sec G. And be further enacted That il all criminal
cases upon Indictment for offences COMMITTEE in said In
dian country prior to the creation of said western district
of Arkansas pending in the circuit of the Uni
ted States for the eastern district of Arkansas process for
witnesses residing to be found in said western district
may issue to the marshal of said district and be
executed by him in any part of said western district and
nat the fees of all witnesses summoned shall be paid
by the United States.
Approved 81 March, 1854.