Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-03-07
THE NEW LAW ENTIRE.
PRACTICALLY. THE MORGAN
AMENDMENT.
A Measure Intended to Place JUS
tice in Reach of all STUDY It's
Provisions and Preserve for Fu-
ture Reference.

action was taken by the house upon
Feb 2Sth and upon the 2nd day of
March the measure was signed by
the president and became a law:
The committee of conference on
the disagreeing votes of the two
houses on the amendments
OF the house to the bill (S. 2l73) to
amend an act entitled, "an act to
establish a aUnited States court in
the Indian Territory, and for 9th
er purposes, approved March l,
1889, and an act entitled ian act
to provide a temporary govern
ment for the Territory of Okla.
homa, to enlarge the jurisdiction
Of the United States court in the
Indian Territory, and for other
purposes, approved May 2, 1890;
ito provide for the redislricting OF
the Indian Territory for judicial pur.
poses, for an additional Judge and
more United States commission
ers and TO prescribe the jurisdiction
duties and authority of such judges
and commissioners, and for other
purposes, having met, after full
and free conference have agreed to
recommend and do recommend
their respective houses as follows:
That the senate recede from its
disagreement to the amendments
of the house and agrees to the same
with an amendment, as follows.
Strike out all after the enacting
clause and insert:
"That the Territory, known as
the Indian Territory, now within
the jurisdiction of the United
States court in said Territory, is
hereby divided into three judicial
districts, to be known as the north
ern, central and southern districts,
and at least two terms of the Unit
ed States court in the Indian Ter.
ritory shall be held each year at
each place of holding court in each
district at such regular times as
the Judge for such district shall
fix and determine.
The northern district shall con.
sist of all the Creek country, all of
the Seminole country, all of the
Cherokee country, all of the coun-
try occupied by the Indian tribes
in the Quapaw Indian Agency and
the town site of the Miami Town
site Company, and the places OF
holding courts in said distric;
shall be at Vinita, Miami, Table.
quah and Muscogee.
The central district shall consist
of all the Choctaw country, and
the places of holding courts in said
district shall be at South McAles-
ter, Atoka, Antlers, and Cameron
The southern district shall con-
sist of the Chickasaw county, and
the places of holding courts IN said
district shall be at Ardmore, Pur-
cell, Pauls Valley, Ryan and
Chickasha.
SEC. 2. That there shall be ap.
pointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, two additional judges OF
the United States court in said In
dian Territory, who shall hold
their respective offices for the term
OF four years from the date OF their
appointment unless sooner remov.
ed as provided by law, one OF
whom shall be the judge of the
northern district and the other
shall be the judge of the southern
district; and the judge Of the
United States court now in office
shall, from and after said appoint
ments, be the judge for the central
district, and shall hold his office
for the term for which he was ap.
pointed; and during the period OF
their service said judges shall re.
side in the judicial districts for
which they are appointed; and
said judges OF the northern and
southern districts shall each take
the oath of Office required by law
to be taken by the judges of the
district courts of the United States.
The Judge for each district shall
be paid a salary OF So, 600 per an.
mum, and allowed his necessary
expenses when holding court away
from home, the same to be paid
from the treasury of the United
States in like manner as the salar-
les and allowances Of the judges OF
the United States district courts.
If the appointment Of said judges
or any Of them, shall not be made
during the present session
the president of the United
States shall be. and is here
by, empowered TO make
such appointment during the re-
cess of the senate by granting com
missions which shall expire at the
end Of their next session.
The judges shall have within
the judicial districts for which
they are appointed, all such au.
thority, both in term time and
vacation, as TO all matters and
causes, both criminal and civil,
pending or that may be brought in
said districts, and shall have the
same experimenting control over
commissioners courts therein, and
the same authority in the Judicial
districts, TO issue writs of habei is
corpus and prohibition, injunction
mandamus, certiorari, and Other
remedial and final process as il
now by law vested in the judge o.
the United States court in the In.
dian Territory, or in the circuit
and district courts OF the United
States. The judge Of each district
is authorized and empowered tC
hold court in any other district fol
the trial of any case which the