The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
PROPOSED NEW DISTRICTS.
BOUNDARIES As THEY APPEAR IN
THE PENDING ACTS.
IL the state of Washington IL Da-
vided. the Present Federal on
GERS VIII Remain ON the Scaud.
Excepting 4. $. Marshal Ide.


Washinston state as set forth in the two
niAs no" pending in the house and sena e.
/ Cnc Is Tsthered by Congressman Jones
I the other by Senator Wilson. Both ara
ldsniicai Following IS the description ~
The two districts:
The counties OF Stevens, okanoxan.
Spokane, Lincoln. Douglas Adams Frank-
i'm. Walia Walis Garfield Column
Asotln, Whitman. Yakima. Klicaitst ard
AIttI!as including any and all Indian res
aao soch other counties as may be ere
aied IN thai portion Of the state OF WASH
| aasion lying east 81 the Cascade mount =
! aims shall constitute a new district. 10 10
| known "a the eastern district az Washing
/ ton; The remaining counties. Cheha is.
! tA3iI2n. Clarhe, Cowiitx Island Jener-
/ Fierce, san Juan, SNagit Skamania. Sno--
/ hoinssh. Thurston, Wshkiakum and What
/ com. ana such other counties as may Re
/ created In that portion Of the state of
mountains. including any and all Indian
/ reservations in one or more of said coun-
ues shan constitute the western district
| OF Washington.
| The present district court. from and after
! the passage Of this act. will be- known as
+ tue district court OF the western district
/ OF Washington, and all is officers are 10
/ remain in the western district. with the
/ exception OF Marshal Charles w. Idle.
/ whose home Is n Spokane and who prefe .
/ 10 remain there. Consequently the bill
| provides that the present marshal shall be
| the marshal for the new eastern district
/ The president is directed 20 appoint by
and with the consent Of the senate q mar
shall for the western district and a judga
and district attorney Tor The eastern dis
! trict. The new judge 10 be thus appointed
IS empowered 70 appoint a clerk for the
eastern district. The compensation OF the
officials in each district is TO be the same
= a ~ he mrs nj rfff AL
The circuit court Judge of the Ninth
judicial circuit may order The Judges of The
two districts of Washington TO sit together
iii holding the circuit court in either OF
said districts. aud when so sitting the
judge eldest in commission shall preside,
and In case OF disagreement between them
his opinion shall prevail for the time beng:
Provided. however that a certificate OF al
vision may he signed hy them with Ike
effect as in cases provided by law for GER
uhcates of division between circuit ard
district judge.
Crimes and affenses are 10 be eognizahle
only ia the district where committed.
Civil suits not OF a local nature must lie
brought in the division of she western or
eastern district where the defendant or
defendants may reside, but If there are
two or more defendants residing in differ
ent divisions. the action may be brou NJ
in either of the divisions I'M which defend
ant resides. and ali rnesne and final pro-
cess subject TO the provisions OF this act
issued in either ~ said divisions may he
served and executed In either or all OF said
divisions. All issues OF fact in civil causes
triable in any OF he said courts shall be
tried in the division where the defendant
or enc of the defendants r. sides. unless by
consent of both parties the case shall be
removed 20 some ether division.
o Courts b Are to be ds hsd IN sS@I Gte on
the first Tuesday. OF september and April
in each year. and at Waila Walla on the
first Tuesday of December and June In
For the Western district. at Seattle en-
the first Tuesday OF November and May
In each year. and at Tacoma on the first
Tuesday or February and July In each
year.
All suits. prosecutions. process. reeogni-
zanees, bail bonds. and other things pend
ing IN or returnable TO the said CIRCUIT ana
district courts OF the district or Washing
ton are by this act 10 be transferred 20 and
made retufnable TO and have force in the
district and division provided, In the same
manner and with the same effect as they
would have mad had the same been brought
or commenced subsequent 10 the taking
effect OF this act.
No action. suit, proceeding. information.
indictment. recognizance. pail bond. or
other process in either OF said courts, IL Is
provided shall abate or be rendered invalid
by reason OF dividing the stare into two
judicial districts and into divisions or "A
change OF time In holding of the terms Of
said court hut shall BE- deemed TO be re-
turnahle TO. pending, and trlahle In the d.
vision or district and At the terms as above
provided for.
The clerks OF the circuit aud district
courts in each district shall each appoint
a deputy clerk at the place where their re-
spectfVe courts are required To he held. in
the division Of the district IN which the
clerk does not reside. The deputies are TO
ice given all the powers OF the clerk within
the division for which they sre appointed.
provided. that the appointment of such
deputies shall be approved by the court for
which they shall have bs en- respectively
appointed, and may be annulled by such
court at its pleasure: The clerk is held
responsible for the official acts and negli-
eence of his deputy.
The bill now pending I'm both houses Of
congress granting 4 right-of-way 10 the
Spokane Falls & Northern railway. and
for which Senator Wilson has secured 4
favorable report TN the senate, gives that
company the right To construct branch
Of It's line across the Coivile Indian reser-
walton and TO occupy strip Of land 2Dl
feet wide. similar right-of- way rs to
be given for any branches of the branch
line which the company may desire 10
construct. The location az the line is
given as follows:
Commencing AT a point on the line OF
the Spokane Falls & Northern railway
10 Stevens county. Wash. crossing the
Columbia river and running thence west
erly and northwesterly by the most FEAST
BILE route through the northern parr os
said reservation; said line or branches 10
connect at one or more points on the in
ternatlonal boundary line with any road
organized under the laws Of the Dornla-
ion Of Canada or province Of British Co
lufnbia."
The bill specifically grants 10 the COM
pauy all the rights given TO railroads get
ting rignts-ofway througsi the public
lands by the act OF March 2. Is75 and
for the purpose Of this grant and the
construction of said railway all the pro-
visions Of said act are hereby declared
10 be applicable thereto TO the same ex-
tent az though the lands In said reserva-
ton were open 10 settlement and sale"
The report submitted by Senator Wilson
from the committee on Indian affairs
upon this Till says: THE north half of
the CoIwfiie Indian reservation Is now
open 10 mineral entry under the laws OF
the United States, and many valuable
deposits Of mineral have been discovered
there. IL contains a large white popuia-
ton engaged in working the mines and
prospects recently discovered. These
miners and prospectors are greatly handl-
capped by the inaccessibility OF the i9-
ca1ifg. and viii be greatly relieved by the
building of the proposed railway. Thers
are 10 Indians upon the north half or ths
ressryatio ard 10 Indian rights viii be-
presudiceA by the passage of the bin.
The committee therefore recommends its
passage
The senate COMMITTEES on Indian affairs
20 whom referred the bill TO settle
and adjust the accounts OF r. &. Chi
rouse Indian agent at the Tuiaiip agency
Washington. recommended the passage az
she bill Father cfsirouse has been dead
these twenty years, during which time
the government has neglected and refused
tn settle certain accounts which should
have been IN all justice settled at the