The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-10
UNITED STATES COURT BILL.
Continued From Yesterday.

COHblnuc0 EIoAh ANSNCAdoSF
SEC. 8. That section six of said act
be amended by adding thereto the
following: THAT nothing contained
in any Act of Congress heretofore
passed applicable to the Indian Ter
ritory shall be constructed 50 as tC
disqualify any member of any Indian
tribe. whether by blood or adoption.
otherwise qualified. for serving as :.
Juror i'm any case. civil or criminal.
in said Indian Territory. but no
person shall be qualified to serve as q
juror who does not understand the
English language.
SEC 9. That section Of said act be
amended by striking out the last
sentence of said section and by in
serting in lieu of said sentence the
following: ''All eases shall be tried
in the court to which the process is
returnable unless Il change of venuc
is allowed. in which case the court
shall change the venue TO the nearest
place of holding court in another dis
trict: and any civil case may. in the
discretion of the court. be removed
for trial to another place of holding
court in the same district. the place
for trial to be fixed where the faireSt
and most impartial decision can be
had and where it shall be most con
venient for all concerned. to he de-
termined by the judge on application
of either party to transfer the ease
from one place to another: Provided,
that all applications for change of
venue, or transfer Of cases, batn civil
and criminal, may be contested by the
opposing party"
SEC 10. That section eleven of said
act of March first eighteen hundred
and ninety-ive. be amended by add
ing thereto the fOlloWing: Provided
that in any case which for any reason
majority of the judges are diSquali-
fled from sitting in said court ol
appeals in the determination of amy
cause in which an appeal or writ of
error has been taken or prosecuted.
the clerk OF said court shall transmit
the record and all the papers iiled in
said court of appeals to the circuit
court of appeals for the eighth circuit
of the United States. and when said
papers are SO received by the circuit
court of appeals they shall be filed
therein and said court shall have The
same jurisdiction and powers to heal
and determine said appeal or writ o!
error as the United States court Ol
appeals in the Indian Territory would
have had said cause been determined
therein. The mandate from the
circuit court o. appeals in cases under
this provision shall be to the court iii
the Indian Territory from which the
appeal or writ of error was taken ol
prosecuted: And provided further.
that no appeal or writ Of error from
the final decision Of said appellate
court shall be allowed in civil eases
unless tine value in controversy eX-
ceeds two thousand dollars"
SEC. II. That section eleven of said
act of March first, eighteen hundred
so as to provide that writs Of error
and appeals from any Judgment Of the
United Sta,eS court in the Indian
Territory shall be allowed. and may
be taken to the court i appeals OF
said Indian Territory under the same
form of procedure as appeals ana writ>
of err r are taken from the circuit
courts Of the United States in the
eighth circuit OF the United States
circuit court of appeals for said cir
cult.
SEC. l.. That section twenty-thrce
hundred and forty-eigDt of Mansfield :
digest of the laws Of Arkansas. here
toforc put in force in the Indian Ter
ritory. be so amended as To read a.
follows:
THAT in all prosecutions in cases
less than felony in United States com
missioners' courts in said Indian Ter
ritory the commissioner may, i'm his
discretion, require ,ne prosecutor, o.
some person for him, to enter int
bond. with good and sufficient surety.
for the payment Of all costs which
may accrue in said prosecution. Nuru
bond shall be given 10 the United
States. and shall REQUIRE the principe
and his surety to bind themselves L,
nav all costs in the case if defendant