, 1889-05-10
H SENATE BILL.
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making donations of lands for such pur-

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lands for purposes Of internal improve
men made to new states by the eighth
section of the act of Sept. 4. lS4I, which
act is hereby repealed as to the state OF
Wyoming, and in lieu of any claim or de-
mand by the said state, under the act of
Sept. %, 1850, and section 2,479 OF the
revised statutes, making a grant Of swamp
and overlooked lands to certain states,
which grant it is hereby declared is not ex-
tended to the state of Wyoming, and in
lieu of any grant of saline lands to said
state, the following grants of land are
hereby made, to wit:
To the state of Wyoming: For the es-
tablishment and maintenance of ~atscien-
tifc school. 100000 acres; for state nor
NAL schools, 100000 acres; for state
charitable, educational, penal, and re-
formatory institutions, 300, 900 acres
Mono OF the lands granted by this act
shall be sold for less thnn $40 per acre.
Sec. 15.-That the state Of Wyoming
hail not be entitled to any further or other
grants Of land for any purpose than as
expressly providedin this act. And the
lands granted by this section shall be held,
appropriated, and disposed of exclusively
for the purposes herein mentioned in such
manner as the legislature of tho state
may provide.
Sec. 16.-That all mineral lands shall
be exempted from the grants made by
this act. But II section sixteen and
thirty-six, or any subdivision or portion of
any smallest subdivision thereof in any
township shall be found by the depart
ment of the interior to be mineral lands,
said state is hereby authorized and en-
powered to select, in legal subdivision, an
equal quantity of other unappropriated
lands in said state, in lieu thereof, for the
use and the benefit Of the common schools
Of said state.
SEQ. 1I.-That all lands granted in
quantity or as indemnity by this act shall
be selected, under the direction of the
secretary of the interior, from the sur
veyed, unreserved, and u~nappropriated
public lands OF the United States within
tho limits OF the state entitled thereto.
And there shall be deducted from the
number Of acres Of land donated by this
act for specific objects to said state the
number of acres heretofore donated by
congress to said territory for similar oh
iects.
Sec, l8.-That the sum of $40, 600, or
so much as may be nscessary, is hereby
Appropriated, nj of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
said territory tor defrsYing the expense of
the said convention and for the payment
of the members thereof, under the same
rules and regulations and at the same
rates as are now provided by law for the
payment of the territorial legislatures.
Any money hereby appropriated not nee
essary for such purpose shall be covered
into the treasury of the United States.
Sec. l9.-That the said state, when
admitted as aforesaid, shall constitute a
judicial district, the name thereof to be
the same as the name of the state; and
the circuit aud district courts therefor
shall be held at the capital of the state
for the time being, and the said district
shall, tor judicial purposes. until other
wise provided, be attached to the eighth
judicial circuit There shall be appointed
for said district one district Judge, one
United States attorney and one United
States marshal. The judge of said dis
trict shall receive a yearly salary of So
500, payable in four equal install
ments, on the first days of January,
April, July and October OF zach year, and
shall reside in the district. There shall
be appointed clerks of said courts in each
district, who shall keep their offices at
the capital of said state. The regular
terms OF said courts shall be held in said
district at the place aforesaid on the first
Monday in April and the first Monday in
November of each year, and only one
grand jury and one petit jury shall be
summoned in both said circuit and dis
trict courts. The circuit and district
courts for said district, and the Judges
thereof, respectively, shall possess the
same powers and jurisdiction and perform
the same duties required to be performed
by the other circuit and districts courts
and Judges of the United States, and shall
be governed by the same laws and regula-
tons The marshal, district attorney and
clerks of the circuit and district courts
of said district, and all other officers and
and persons performing duties in the
administration of Justice therein. shall
sevcrally possess the powers and perform
the duties lawfully possessed and re-
quirvd to be performed by similar officers
in other districts Of the United States;
and shall. for the services they may per-
form, receive the fees and compensation
allowed by law to other similar officers and
persons performing similar duties in the
state Of Oregon.
bee. 20. That all cases Of appeal or writ
Of error heretofore prosecuted and now
pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States upon any record from the
supreme court of said territory, or that
may hereafter lawfully be prosecuted upon
any record from said courts, may be heard
and determined by said Supreme Court of
the United States. And the mandate of
execution or Of further proceedings shall
be directed by the Supreme Court of the
United States to the circuit or district
court hereby established within tho said
state from Or to the supreme court of such
state, as the nature of the case may re-
auire. And the circuit, district and state
courts herein named shall, respectively,
be the successor of the supreme court of
the territory, as to all such cases arising
within the limits embraced within the
jurisdiction of such courts, respectively,
with full power to proceed with the same,
and award mesne or enal process therein;
and that from all judgments and DEGREES
of the supreme court of the territory mem
toned N this act, in any case arising
within the limits of the proposed state
prior to admission, the parties to such
Judgment shall have the same right to
prosecute appeals and writs OF error to the
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