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 98 FHFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 182. 1890. wise concerned in an lottery or scheme of chance, by acting as owner or agent in saidy Territory, for or on behalf of any lottery or _ scheme of chance, to be drawn, paid or carried on, either out of or within said Territory, every such person shall be deemed gmlty of a Ammemeum. misdemeanor, and, on conviction hereof, shall be fined for the first ¥’¤¤¤*¤¤ offense, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and for the second offense shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five hundred dollars and not exceeding five thousand, and he may be imfrisoned, in the Jurivvction, to eu- discretion of the court, not exceeding one year. nd jurisdiction ‘°'°°’°°°“ to enforce the provisions of this section is hereby conferred upon the United States court in said Indian Territory, and all persons therein, including Indians and members and citizens of Indian tribes and nations, shall be subject to its provisions and nalties. Q|¤r¤¤¤d•1¤¤¤¤= Sec. 38. The clerk and deputy clerks 0 said United States court "'"' shall have the power within their respective divisions to issue marriage licenses or certificates and to solemnize marriages. They shall Marriage Bonuses, kegp copies of all marriage licenses or certificates issued by them, °‘°· an a record book in which shall be recorded all licenses or certificates after the marriage has been solemnized, and all persons authorized by law to solemnize marriages shall retui·n the license or certificate, after executinglthe same, to the clerk or deplulty clerk who issued nétcgmn-¤•>¢»·¤i»·»¤ it, tptgether with `s return thereon. They s l also be ex—oHicio· °‘ reco ers within their respective divisions, and as such they shall perform such duties as are required of recorders of deeds un er the said laws of Arkansas, and receive the fees and compensation therefor which are provided in said laws of Arkansas for like service ; aww Provided, That all  heretofore contracted under the laws or tribal customs of an dian nation now located in the Indian mu marriages Territory are hereby declared valid, and the issue of such marriages '°¤ “‘ shall be deemed legitimate and entitled to all inheritances of prop- ' erty or other  the same as in the case of the issue of other forms of lawfu marriage : Provided fwrther, That said chapter ommmum or as- one hundred and three of said laws of Arkansas shall not be con- ? l"' “""“"’· strued so as to interfere with the operation of the laws governing marriage enacted by any of the civilized tribes, nor to confer any authorit upon any onicer of said court to unite a citizen of the— United States in marriage with a member of any of the civilized nations until the preliminaries to such marriage shall have iirst been arranged according to the laws of the nation of which said Indian x personis a member: And provided further, That where such mar- Record. riage is required by law of an Indian nation to be of record, the certincate of such marriage shall be sent for record to the proper officer, as provided in such law enacted by the Indian nation. UI MMI ¤¤¢¤¤ wm- Sec. 39. That the United States court in the Indian Territory shall have all the powers of the United States circuit courts or circuit Q¤¤¤¤¤•¤¤¤, sp court gudTs to appoint commissioners within said Indian Territory, °°"‘""°“°' °°°‘ who s all e learned in the law, and shall be known as United States commissioners ; but not exceeding three commissioners shall be apumnsuou. pointed for any one division, and such commissioners when appointed shall have, within the district to be designated in the order P¤*¤¤¤- appointing them, all the powers of commissioners of circuit courts. tf3v vmcio ¤¤¤¤·1e¤, 0 the United States. They shall be ex officio notaries public, and “ ° shall have power to solemmze marriages. The provisions of chapter ninety-one of the said laws of Arkansas, regulating the jurisdiction c;L¤•¢¤¤¤¤¤f¤¤¤v¤••*¤- and procedure before justices of the peace, are hereby extended over the Indian Territory ; and said commissioners shall exercise all the powers conferred by the laws of Arkansas upon justices of the mkimfr vf i¤rMi¤- peace within their districts; but they shall have no jurisdiction to ' try any cause where the value of the thing or the amount in controversy exceeds one hundred dollars. Aw¢¤l¤- Appeals may be taken from the final jiidgnent of said commissioners to the United States court in said dian Territory in all