Graham guardian., 1909-01-15

governor, surveyor general and at
tornoy general of Arizona; and no
fees shall be charged for passing
the title of the same or for the pre-.
liminary proceedings thereof.
Sec. l3. That all mineral lands
shall be exempted from the grants
made by this Act; but if any por-
ton thereof shall be found by the
Department of the Interior to be
mineral lands, said State is here
by authorized and empowered to
select, in legal subdivisions, an
equal quantity of other unappro-
priated land in said State in lieu
thereof
Sec. IA. That the said State,
when admitted as aforesaid, shall
constitute one judicial district and
one internal revenue district, the
name thereof to be the same as
the name of the State; and the
circuit and district courts therefor
shall be held at the capithl of the
State for the time being, and the
said district shall, for judicial pur-
poses, until otherwise provided,
be attached to the ninth judicial
district. There shall be appointed
for said district one district Judge,
one United States attorney, and
one United States marshal The
judge Of said district shall receive
yearly salary of five thousand
dollars, payable as provided for
by law, and shall reside in the
district. There shall be appointed
clerks of said courts, who shall
keep their Offices at the capital of
said State. The regular terms of
said courts shall be held in said
district at the place aforesaid on
the first Monday in April and the
first Monday in November of each
year, and only one grand jury and
one petit jury shall be summoned
for service in said circuit and dis
trict courts. The circuit and dis.
trict courts for said district, and
the judges thereof, respectively,
shall possess the same powers and
jurisdiction aud perform the same
duties required to be performed
by the other circuit and district
courts and judges of the United
States, and shall be governed by
the same laws and regulations.
The marshal, district attorney, and
clerks Of the circuit and district
courts of said district, and all other
officers and persons performing
duties in the administration Of
justice therein, shall severally pos
sess the powers and perform the
duties lawfully possessed and re-
quired to be performed by similar
officers in other districts of the
United States, and shall, for the
services they may perform, receive
the fees and compensations now al
lowed by law to officers perform
ing similar services for the United
States in the Territory of Arizona.
Sec. Is. That all cases of ap
peal or writ of error heretofore
prosecuted and now pending in
the Supreme Court of the United
States upon any record from the
supreme court Of tho. Territory,
or that may hereafter lawfully be
prosecuted upon any record from
said courts, may Ue heard and de-
termined by said Supreme Court
of the United States. And the
mandate of execution or of further
proceedings shall be directed by
the Supreme Court of the United
States to the circuit or district
court hereby established within
the said State, or to the supreme
court of such State as the nature
of the case may require. And the
circuit, district and State courts
herein named shall, respectively,
be the successor of the supreme
court of the Territory, as to all
such cases arising within the limits