Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-02
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Full Text ofths Law Witch Gives Dakota
Fourth JsdGs.
Chief Justice Shannon received last night
q certified copy Of the congressional enact
ment giving to Dakota an additional asao-
ciste justice Of the supreme court and Gre
ting from the second district the fourth iu.
dicial district. The Law reads - follows:
An act providing for an additional associate
justice Of the supreme court Of the Terri
tory Of Dakota.
Be Il enacted BY tAe senate aad Ao.ss Of re-
prese~eatises Of tie Uaited Asaees9f America
cungress assesa6led. Tha. hsreailsr the 81.
preme court. Of the territory Of Dakota
shall consist of . chief justice and three a.
sociate justices, any three o whom shall con.
stitu,e = quorum.
Sec 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the presi.
dent to appoint an additional associate JUS
tice Of said supreme court in'the manner
now provided BY Law, Who shall hold his o :
ice for a term Of four years and until his
successor is appointed aud qualified.
Sec 3. The said territory .hall be divided
into four Judicial districts aud q dis,ric,
court shall be held In each district BY one
Of she justices Gf the supr. me court a such
time aud place % may De prescribed BY Law;
each judge after assignment shall reside in
::he district to which he is assigned.
Sec 4. Until changed BY the legislative
assembly Of said territory, the fourth district
Of said territory shall consiat Of the follow.
ing counties, to-wit: Clay, Union, Lincoln,
Minnehaha, Moody, Brookinga, Deuel.,
Grant, Codington, Lake. Wood, Hamilton,
Clark, Greedy. Stone, Turner and McCook,
and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian re.
servation. And the second district shall
consist Of the remainder Of the territory
which nov constitutes said second district,
a defined BY the statutes Of said territory.
Sec. 5. Temporal. ~, and until otherwise
provided by Law, the additional associate
ju tice to be appointed under this act il
hereby assigned 10 said four b district, aud
the times and places now fixed BY the eta.
tutes of said territory for holding courI
therein sha | remain until changed bv Law.
Sec 6. The district court Of raid fourth
judicial district shall have no jurisdic.
ton to try, hear, or determine any
matter or cause wherein the United States
is = party, and no United States grand o,
petit jury shall be summoned In said court
but said fourth district is hereby attached
to and made a part Of the second judicial
district for the purpose of hearing aud de-
terming all matters and causes arieing with.
in said foueth district in which the United
States is q party.
Approved March 3, 1879.
There is left in the second judicial district
after extracting the seventeen counties above
named, the counties Of Yankton. Bon
Homme, Hutchinson. Armstrong, Hanson,
Dawson, Bramb'e. Miner, Kinesbury,
Charles Mix, Douglas, Crasin. Wetmore,
Burchard, Sphinx. Thompson, Mills, Besdle,
McPherson, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand Hyde,
Buffalo, Brule, Hughes, sull,, Potter, Wal
worth, Campbell, Presho, Gregory and
Todd.
The new law reduces the jurisdiction Of
District Attorney Flagg and will render
necessary the appointment ofa district At.
sorney for the fourth district, which is nov
3 portion of Mr.. Flsgg's field.