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 86 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. held in each county in said district thereof by one of the justices of the supreme court, at such time and place as may be prescribed by law, and each judge after assignment shall reside in the district to '1‘¤r¤¤.¤w.. Mined. which he is assigned. The supreme court shall define said judicial °°°‘ districts, and shall iix the times and places at each county seat in each district where the district court s all be held and designate the ag-¤¤rn¤h¤i wm- judge who shall preside therein. And the territory not em raced in organized counties shall be attached for judicial pur oses to such organized county or counties as the supreme court may d)etermine. The clerk ct www supreme court of said Territory sha 1 appoint its own clerk, who shall °°“"‘ ho d his office at the }pleas1u·e of the court for which he is appointed. cm-n of mma Each district court s all alppoint its clerk, who shall also be the reg· °°‘“"‘“°"f"°%"“°°""“ ister in chancery, and sha keep his office where the court may be . GW-, rmm held. Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals shall be allowed °°'" "‘ in all cases from the final decisions of said district co1u·ts to the supreme court under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, but Jury. in no case removed_ to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed Am.; m, mm in_said court. Wmts of error and appeals from the final decisions of ”F'°"'°°°‘*”·_ said supreme court shall be allowed and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States in the same manner and under the same · regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States, where the va ue of the property or the amount in controversy, to be ascertained by oath or amrmation of either part or other com etent witness, mgssuieees ot as shall exceed Eve thousand dollars; and, each of the said) district courts °°“"" shall have and exercise, exclusive of any court heretofore established, the 831118 jurisdiction in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States as is vested in the circuit and district courts mtmuzu mms; of the United States. In addition to the jurisdiction otherwise con- ferred by this act, said district courts sha 1 have and exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over all offenses against the laws of the United tates committed within that portion of the Cherokee Outlet not embraced within the boundaries of said Territory of Oklahoma as herein defined, and in all civil cases between citizens of the United · States residing in such portion of the Cherokee Outlet, or between citizens of the United States, or of any State or Territory, and any citizen of or plerson or persons residing or found therein, when the value of the t ing in controversy or damages or money claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars; writs of error, bills of exceptions, and pppeals shall in all such cases, civil and criminal, be allowed from e district courts to the supreme court in like manner, and be proceeded with in like manner as in cases arising within the limits of said Territo. For all judicial purposes as herein defined such portion of the Cherokee Outlet not embraced within the boundaries of the Territory of Oklahoma shall be attached to. and be apart of, one of the judicial districts of said Territory as may be designated by the Beryl gfwjvriw- Supreme court. All acts and parts of acts heretofore enacted, con· ELI?.-3.;.Ugm,., ferring jurisdiction u n United States courts held beyond and outside the limits of the i)[%rritory of Oklahoma as herein defined, as to all causes of action or offenses in said Territory, and in that portion of the Cherokee Outlet hereinbefore referred to, are hereby repealed, and such jurisdiction is hereby given to the supreme and istrict Pending mmm. courts in said Territory; but al actions commenced in such courts, and crimes committed in said Territory) and in the Cherokee Outlet, prior to the passage of this act, shall e tried and prosecuted, and proceeded with until finally disposed of, in the courts now having jurisdiction thereof, as if this act had not been passed. The said supreme and district courts of said Territory, and the resplective judges ummm me in- thereof, shall and ma grant writs of mandamus and abeas corpus ”‘“°°"‘“·°“‘ in all cases authorized b law; and the first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said Constitution