The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
DAKOTA NEWS.
DAKOTA.

NORTH DAKOTA.
H BILL CREATING A TERRITORY.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Feb. L.
Senator Cameron's bill for the organization
of the territory of North Dakota Droyides
that:
That portion of the Territory Of Dakota com.
EM erfh gb at a POI point so On the the Red R River of tie
crosses the same; thence south along the west
boundary line Of the State of Minnesota to the
said 46th deg. of north latitude dest to a't tbss
eastern boundary line Of the Territory OF Mon.
cana, thence north along said boundary line to
east along said degree to the place of berinning-
pc ORGANIZED into a temporary government BY
the name, of the Territory of North Dakota.
AIter the usual provisions for the %Organiza-
lion of the new territory, including a legisla-
1--WE council of fifteen members and q house
OF representatives of thirty members. su.
preme court, district court, probate courts
and justices of the peace, it is provided that
All laws passed by the Legislative assembly and
government Of said Territory Of North Dakota
shall be valid and binding, without being snb-
az sove 70 senEre e. sa aSi H Is aisgpyov 81 Ns saas
Dakota shall have power to call the leg
%lslative assembly together by proclamation
presenting the reasons therefor to the president
Of The United States, and his approval thereof
y been duly given. 1t is also provided that
-. ou!.oos 4AOCTSS VI pIOCCeUlQHS. CIVIL Or
criminal, and all indictments and criminal
proceedings which shall be pending and unde.
termlned in the courts of the Territory Of Da-
Dakota when this act shall take effect, shall b.
su ted and determined il the district Courts
counties or districts where any such proceedings
may be pending. All bonds, recognizances and
obligations 5ggaa of any kind Whatsoever, valia
Dakota. shall be valid under this act.
md all crimes and misdemeanors against
the laws in force within said limits may be Re-
covered, the same as they would have been under
The laws IN force in the Territory of Dakota Of
me time this act shall go into operation. That ali
'nlts and actions which have been removed from
.ppeal or otherwise to the supreme court Of tbs
territory OF Dakota, and which shall be unde.
'ermined there at the time this act shall go intc
z the supreme court and Transferred t.
the supreme court created by thl:
ansl d ssern t. be in th p10 ss%s m. with tn Z
they might haye been in the supreme court o.
the territory of Dakota. Provision is made that
i Lcs. tbe %co 1pSa the ot taking 6sm effect of w shis
worth, Potter, Foulk. Edmunda, MCPHERSON
BOW, Sphinx CLARK, Day, Coddington, Grant
and the 6isseton and Wahpeton Indian reserya.
don in the Territory of Dakota, and all that por-
lion Of said territory between the forty-sixth
parallel Of north latitude and the seventh stand
I'd parallel lying east of the Missouri river,
AAuAA COnSG1OuUC JIG
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
+ said territory until changed or altered by the
legislative assembly of said Territory of Dakota,
md subdivisions in said district shall be and
'emain as is now or may hereafter
provided by law and the counties Of the union.
s1oody Lake, Kingsbury, Hamlin and Deuel.
hall constitute the Fourth judicial district Of
IF the territory, and the district court for said
md district courts of the United States for said
district shall be held at Sioux Falls, at the times
liked by the laws Of said territory, for the gen
eral terms of court in said county of Minnehaha
md the jurisdiction'o Of the district court of the
Eourth judicial district in all cases arising under
The constitutions of the United States, shall
extend over, and include as a part thereof, the
counties of Clark, Coddington, Grant, Day, and
I'll that portion of the sisseton and Wahpcton
reservation south t OF the 18th parallel Of north
north of said reservation and said county of Day,
and the jurisdiction of the district court Of the
kota, in al cases arising under the constitution
Of the United States, shall extend over and
include as a part thereof the counties OF
Campbell, Walworth, and Potter, and all that
portion Of said territory lying north. Of said
counties Of Campbell, Mcpherson, and Brown
bly, Of said Territory of Dakota, and all suits,
actions and proceedings and indications now
pending or commenced in the Second judicia
abate, but shall be heart, tried and
determined in the district court Of said
Second judicial district. The CHIEF
justice Of the Territory of Dakota and auditor
and treasurer of said territory, or any two Of
them, are required to meet at the capital Of said
territory within sixty days after the taking
effect OF this act, and to reappotion the members
Of the counci and house of representatives
Of said territory upon the basis of the vote 70,
delegate in congress for the year 1882, as near as
may be, as shown by the official returns Of the
election of that Year, and when such
reappointment is completed they shall
forthwith file their report Of the
same witnd secretary of the said territory, and
within ten days thereafter tile governo,
of said territory shall issue such procla.
nation for an election of such mem,
bers Of the legislature, so apporntioned
as aforesaid, specifying in said proclamation
the apportionment so made to the different sec.
tions, and which election shall be held at the
time and place as provided by law, and the re-
turns thereof canvassed as provided by the laws
Of said Territory of Dakota.