The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-09
UNITED STATES COURT BILL.

House Of Representatives of the
United States of America i'm Congress
assembled, that the act entitled "An
act to provide for the appointment of
additional judges of the United States
court in the Indian Territory. and for
other purposes, approved March first.
eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, be.
and the same is hereby. amended a.
hereinafter provided.
SEC. ,. That section two of said act
be so amended as to provide that the
United States marShals for said cout
may each give bond as provided there
in in the sum of not less than ten
thousand dollars, nor more than fifty
thousand dollars. as the Attorney
General of the United States may
require.
SEC. 3. That section two of said act
be further amended so as to provide
as follows: The United States mar
shall in each of the three judicial dis
tricts in the Indian Territory may
appoint one chief deputy marshal
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thousand dollars per anRum. and each
marshal may appoint six deputy mar
shals in his district, each of whom
shall receive salary of one thousand
two hundred dollars Per annum and
his expenses as now provided by law:
and each of said marshals may appoint
as many other deputy marShalS as he
may deem necessary for the enforce
ment of law and the suppression Of
crime, and such deputies shall receive
for their services the compensation
allowed the United States marshals
by sections eight hundred and twenty
nine and eight hundred and thirty of
the Revised Statutes Of the United
States: Provided, that no such
deputy marshal shall receive a greater
compensation than one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. T. That section three of said act 4
be SO amended as to authorize each Of I
the clerks of the United States court
in the Indian Territory 10 appoint I
one deputy clerk for the courts held [
at Musk0gee. South McAleSter and
Ardmore, who shall receive salary
of one hundred dollars a month. and
one other deputy clerk at each of said
places who shall receive salary of
sixty dollars month, each OF whom
shall perform the same duties and be
subject to the same provisions Of law
as the other dpnutv clarL-S
SEC. ). That section four of said act
be so amended as to authorize the
judge of said court for the northern
district to appoint two additional
United States commissioners and two
additional United States constables
for said district. who shall receive the
same salaries, have the same powers.
and be subject to the same provisions
OF law as the commissioners and CON
stables heretofore appointed: and said
judge is authorized to reform the com
districts so as to provide
for eight districts in the manner re-
Iuired in this act.
SEC. s. That the second DroyiSo of !
section four of said act be amended .
ma reenacted so as to read as follows: Il
Provided, that in all cases where the /
avs of the United States and the $
'rlmInal laws of Arkansas have 0
provided for the punishment of the v
anne offenses, the laws of the United
states shall govern as to said offenSes !
Xcept for the crime of larceny and i
he offenses mentioned i'm division
ighteen, entitled larceny and en-
excitement, of said chapter fortv-fiye
Mansfield's Digest of the general n
avs OF Arkansas, the punishment for
1hlch shall be that prescribed Dv the
AVIS OF the state of Arkansas: but ,s
the offenses in said division which
re not felonies as defined bv the said
laws of Arkansas. concurrent
with the United States Dc
1urt is conferred upon the United ia
tates commissioners in their resnec-
We districts in said territory. any
W in force in said territory Indian, e.
the contrary Notwithstanding. A
SEC. 7. That the third prnviso Of tn
ction four of said act he amended co
ID reenacted so as 10 read as fol- vi
rs: Provided that no appeal sila
allowed in civil cases where til. 9.
lue in controversy, exclusive Cf to
IT'S, does not exceed twenty dollars : du