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or by imprisonment by hard labor. Exclusive original jurisdiction was given by the act of 1889 to the courts of the United States, sitting at Paris, Texas, of all such offenses committed within the portion of the Indian Territory annexed to the eastern district of that State, of which jurisdiction was not given to the court established in and for the Indian Territory. (Cook v. United States, 138 U. S. 157.)

Jurisdiction of courts generally.-The United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, the western district of Arkansas, and the district of Kansas, and such other courts as may be authorized, shill have concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising within the Indian Territory,_ between the Indian nations or tribes and the Southern Kansas R. Co., without distinction as to citizenship of the parties. (23 U. S. Stats. 73; Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas R. Co., 135 U. S. 641.)

CONCURRENT JURISDICTION, INDIAN TERRITORY.— The United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, the west ern district of Arkansas, the district of Kansas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railway shall be constructed (23 U. S. Stats. 72.) Said courts shall have like jurisdiction without reference to the amount in controversy over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within the limits of said Indian Territory without distinction as to citizenship of the parties so far as may

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necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. (23 U. S. Stats. 72.)

DIVISION OF EASTERN DISTRICT.-The counties of Lamar, Fannin, Red River and Delta, and all that part of the Indian Territory attached to the said eastern judicial district by the provisions of this act, shall constitute a division of the eastern judicial district. (25 U. S. Stats. 786, sec. 18.)

WESTERN DISTRICT.-From and after the passage of this act, the territory embraced in the following named counties, as now constituted, shall compose the western judicial district of said State, namely: Calhoun, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, Bee, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Duval, Encinal, Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, De Witt, Lavaca, Gonzales, Wilson, Karnes, Atascosa, Frio, Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Washington, Lee, Burleson, Milan, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Hays, Comal, Kendal, Blanco, Burnett, Llano, Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Edwards, Kimball, Mason, Menard, El Paso, Presidio, Tom Green, Crockett, Pecos, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Lampasas and Aransas.1. (20 U. S. Stats. 318.)

1 Aransas was added by 21 U. S. Stats. 198.

VIRGINIA.-The State of Virginia is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Virginia. The western district includes the counties of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Floyd, Franklin, Frederick, Fluvanna, Giles, Gray

son, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highlan 1, Lee, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Patrick, Page, Pulaski, Pittsylvania, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Shenandoah, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe and Warren. The eastern district includes the residue of said State. (Rev. Stats. sec. 549.)

INDIAN NATIONS ATTACHED. -The Chickasaw nation and portions of the Choctaw nation within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at Red River on the southeast corner of the Choctaw nation; thence north with the boundary line between the said Choctaw nation and the State of Arkansas to a point where Big creek, a tributary of the Black Fork of the Kimishi river, crosses the said boundary line, thence westerly with Big creek and the said Black Fork to the junction of the said Black Fork with Buffalo creek; thence northwesterly with said Buffalo creek to a point where the same is crossed by the old military road from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Boggy Depot, in the Choctaw nation; thence southwesterly with the said road to where the same crosses Perryville creek; thence northwesterly up said creek to where the same is crossed by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railway track; thence northerly up the center of the main track of the said road to the South Canadian river; thence up the center of the main channel of the said river to the western boundary line of the Chickasaw nation, the same being the northwest corner of the said nation; thence south to the boundary line between the said nation and the reservation of the Wichita Indians; thence continuing south with the boundary line between

the said Chickasaw nation and the reservations of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians to Red river; thence down said river to the place of beginning; and all that portion of the Indian Territory not annexed to the district of Kansas by the act approved January 6th, 1883, and not set apart and occupied by the five civilized tribes, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be annexed to and constitute a part of the eastern judicial district of the state of Texas, for judicial purposes. (22 U. S. Stats. 400; 25 U. S. Stats. 786, sec. 17.)

The public land strip, west of the one hundredth meridian, bounded on the south by Texas, on the west by New Mexico, and on the north by Colorado and Kansas, was anuexed by the act of 1889 to the eastern district of Texas for such judicial purposes as by that act appertained to the court held at Paris in that district. (Cook v. United States, 138 U. S. 157.)

WASHINGTON.-DIVISION OF DISTRICT.-For the purpose of holding terms of the district court, said district shall be divided into four divisions, to be known as the eastern, southern, northern and western divisions. (26 U. S. Stats. 45.)

EASTERN DIVISION.-The counties of Spokane, Stevens, Okanogan, Douglas, Lincoln, Adams and Kittitas, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the eastern division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Spokane Falls. (26 U. S. Stats. 45.)

SOUTHERN DIVISION.-The counties of Whitman, Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Walla-Walla, Franklin, Yakima, and Klickitat, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the southern division, the court

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for which shall be held at the city of Walla Walla. (26 U. S. Stats. 45.)

NORTHERN DIVISION.- -The counties of Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan Island, Snohomish, Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and King, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the northern division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Seattle.

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WESTERN DIVISION.-The counties of Pierce, Mason, Thurston, Chehalis, Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clarke, and Skamania, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, shall constitute the western district, the court for which shall be held at the city of Tacoma. (26 U. S. Stats. 45.)

WISCONSIN.-The State of Wisconsin is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Wisconsin. The western district includes the counties of Rock, Jefferson, Dane, Green, Grant, Columbia, Iowa, La Fayette, Sauk, Richland, Crawford, Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe, Adams, Juneau, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Clark, Jackson, Eau Claire, Pepin, Marathon, Wood, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Saint Croix, Trempealeau, Douglas, Barron, Burnett, Ashland, and Bayfield. The eastern district includes the residue of said State. (Rev. Stats. sec. 550.)

§ 17. Effect of alteration of judicial district on pending actions and proceedings.-Transfer of causes.

ALABAMA.- All civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit or district courts in said

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