The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-22

States. whether surveyed or unsurveyed,
INIT shall be reserved for designated pur-
poses only.
Sec. IL. That the proceeds OF the SAFE . OF
said section 13 reserved AS a1oresaiu, Lo'
the support of the University OF OKiaho,
ma and the state normal scnoo',, anu
agricultural and mechanical cosiegs'
shall constitute permanent iuuu,
to be safely Invested ana ne,n NY NY
said state, the income Thereon 10 oe
used exclusively for the equal Deneh1 oi
said institutions. The schools atoresaiu,
proyided for in this act, shall therealIeI
remain nnder Jhe exclusive control OF said
state, and no part of the proceeds aristna
from the sale or disposal OF any lanus mere
;n granted for educational purposes Shall
be used for the support OF any relisIou'
nr sectarian school. college or university
Sec. IL. That said state, when admitted,
shall constitute one judicial district under
the name Of the district OF Oklahoma; anu
the circuit court and district courts there-
of shall, be held at the capital OF such state
for the time being; and said district shaii'
for judicial purposes, until otherwise pro,
yided, be attached to the Eighth Juoiciai
circuit. There shall be appointed for sald
district one district judge. one United
states attorney and one United States
marshal. The Judge of said district court
shall receive yearly salary OF so,ooo, pay
able in four equal instaliments, Oh the
1st day of January, April, July ana Oc-
tober of each year, and shall reside I'D Tue
district There shall be appointed cierhS
of said courts of said district, VINO shall
kren their offices at the capital of SAID
.tate. Regular terms of said court shall
be held at the place aforesaid, on the
first Monday in April and the
first Monday in November, in each
gear. The circuit and districb
courts of said district and the Judges
shereof, respectively, shall possess Inc
same powers aud jurisdiction, ana per-
form the same duties required TO Ds per
formed by the other clicult ana oistrlcO
courts and Judges of the United States,
and shall be governed by the same laws
and regulations. The marshal, district at
torney and clerk of the circuit ana olsCric1
courts of said district, and ali other ofncers
and persons performing duties ID the ao-
ministration of justice therein, snail sew
srally possess the powers and perform Tue
duties lawfully possessed and requ uireu 10
he perforned by the similar officers In
other districts of the United States, and
shall. for the service they may perform.
receive the fees and compensation allowed
by law to other similar officers ana per-
sons performing similar duties in the state
Of Nebraska. >.
Sec l3. That all cases of appeals or writ
OF error heretofore prosecuted and no"
pending in the supreme court OF the
United States or the circuit court OF ap
peals fo- the Eighth circuit, and upon any
record of the supreme court OF SAID terri
tory or the United States court for the IN
dian Territory, or that may hereafter law
fully be prosecuted upcn any record from
either of said courts, may be heard and
determined by said supreme court OF the
United States and the said circuit court ol
appeals, and the mandate of execu
ton or other proceedings shall be
directed by the supreme court OF the
United States or said circuit court o1
appeals, to the circuit or district courl
hereby established within the said state
succeeding the territory from which such
record is. or may be. pending, or to the
supreme court of said state, or other state
court therein established, as the nature Of
the case may require.
Sec. IA. That the said circuit and dis
trict courts and the said court herein
named shall, respectively, be the success
ors Of the courts of said territory, aud the
United States court for the Indian terri
tory, described in the first section of this
act, with full power to proceed with the
same and award mesne or final process
therein.
Sec. is. That in respect 10 all cases.
the supreme or district courts Of said ter
ritory at the time of the admission into
the Union of said state, and arising with
in the limits of snch state whereof the
circuit or district court, by this act estab-
lished, might have had jurisdiction under
the laws of the United States, had such
courts existed at the time of the com
mencement of such cases, the said circuit
and district courts, respectively, shall &c
the successors of said supreme and dis
trict courts of said territory; and in re-
spect TO all other cases, proceedings and
matters pending in the supreme or dis
trict courts of said territory, or in the
United States court for the said territory,
ut the time of the admission OF such
state into the Union, arising within the
limits of said proposed state, the courts oi
such state shall, respectively, be the sue
cessors of said supreme ana district terri
torial courts and the United States court
for the said territory, and all the files,
records indictments and proceedings re-
latinc to any such cases shall be transfer
red to such circuit, district and state
courts respectively, and the same shall be
proceeded with therein in due course oi
law, but no writ, action, indictment, cause
or proceeding now pending, or that prior
to the admission of said state shall b,
pending, in any territorial court in said
territory or the United States court for The
said territory. shall abate by the admiS
sion of any such state into the Union, bu,
the same shall be transferred and proceed,
ed with in the proper United States cir
cult, district or state court, rs ths cas'
may be; provided however, that in al
civil actions. causes and proceedings il
which the United States is not party
transfer shall not be made to the circui
and district courts of the nited State:
except on written request OF one OF The
parties to such action or proceeding filed
in the proper court; and in the absence o
such request such cases shall be proceeded
with in he proper state courts.
Sec l6. That the constitutional con
veution may by ordinance. provide for th,
election of officers for full state govern
ment including members of the legisla
ture and two representatives in the Fifty
third and Fifty-fourth congress: but sail
state government shall remain in abeyanc,
aptil the state shall be admitted into tn,
Union, as provided in this act. In cas-
the constitution of said proposed stat,
pe ratified by the people, but not other
wise, the legislature thereof may assem- bic
organize and elect two senators Of tn,
United States in the manner now pre-
.Cribed by the laws of the United States
and the governor and secretary of state o
said proposed state shall certify the elec
lion of the senators and representatives il
the manner required by law, and whe,
such state is admitted inSo the Union III
senators and representatives shall be en-
Titled TO be admitted TO seats in congress
and to all the rights and privileges of sen
Rtors and representatives of other states il
the congress of the United States: and tn
officers of the state government formed il
pursuance of said constitution, as Pre-
vded 10y said constitutional couyeu
tion, shall proceed 10 exercise n
Ia f.,r, Of nah Sfns.
laws in force made by said territory at III
time Of its admission into the Union shal
be in force in said state, except rs modifie
or changed py this act, or by the constitu
fion of the state; aud the laws Of tn
United States, not locally inspplcablc
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