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 276 FIFTY -N1NTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 3235. won. D•*°¤'**¤*“°¤ °‘ Sm. 15. That all a is or writs of error taken from the supreme gs ud mm M court of Oklahoma Tleilfiaitory, or the United States court of appeals in the Indian Territory to the Su reme Court of the United States or the United States circuit court ofp appeals for the eighth circuit, previous to the final admission of such State shall be prosecuted to final determination as though this Act had not been passed. And all cases in which final judgment has been rendered in such Territorial appellate courts which a peals or writs of error might be had except for the admission of uch State may still be sued out, taken, and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the United States or the United States circuit court of appeals under the provisions of existing laws, and there held and determined in like manner, and in either case the Supreme Court of the United States, or the United States circuit court of appeals, in the event of reversal shall remand the said causes to either the State supreme court or other final appellate court of said State, or the United Stpées circuitlppd dlistrict cpartseof lsaid Stpte, sis thp case may · uire:, t the time ow exis ing aw or a mm mowed` :13 writs of error from ap llate courts of ysaid Territories shsslwiilot be enlarged hereby, and admap is and writs of error not sued out from the final `ud ents of saidadourts at the time of the admission of such State slmlfhle taken within six months from such time. _ l,dT*j_';,"f_'.9;_P°”“*”¤ Sec. 16. That all causes (pending in the supreme and district courts n»•¢,p.uc¤. of Oklahoma Territory an in the United States courts and in the - United States court of appeals in the Indian Territory arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States, or affecting ambassadors, ministers, or consuls of the United States, or of any other country or State, or of admiralty or of maritime jurisdiction, or in which the United States may be a party, or between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants from different States; and in all cases where there is a controversy between citizens of said Territories prior to admission and citizens of different States, or between citizen of diderent States, or between a citizen of any State and citizens or subjects of any foreign State or country, and in which cases of diversity of citizenship there shall be more than two thousand dollars in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, shall be transferred to the roper United States circuit or district court for final dis osition: mwnw Proviged, That said transfer shall not be made in any case where the F°“"-*l °°¤’”· United States is not a party except on ap lication of one of the parties in the court in which the cause is pendiing, at or before the second term of such court, after the admission of said State, supported by oath, showing that the case is one which may be so- transferred, the pzoceedings to effect such transfer, except as to time and parties, to the same as are now provided by law for the removal of causes m2:?' l¤ °**°“** from a State court to a circuit court of the United States; and in causes transferred from the appellate courts of said Territories the circuit court of the United States in such State shall first determine such appellate matters as the successor of and with all the power of _ said Territorial appellate courts, and shall thereafter proceed under its c,,R,,$,",§’§'cl’,*[,,‘}§l’,$,,°{_§‘,‘@ origmaldjurisdiction of such causes. All final jud ments and decrees ¤hpi·•·•¤¤¤. rendere in such circuit and district courts in sucgi transferred cases may  reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States or by the United States circuit court of appeals in the same manner as is now prcjvidpd bww with reference to existing United States circuit and is ric cou. S,B,°j,"f,__"§‘Q_‘}“‘*°“ °‘ Sec. 17. That all cases pending in the supreme court of said Terri- 1~»¢,p.1¤¤. tory of Oklahoma and in the United States court of appeals in the Indian Territory_ not transferred to the United States circuit and district 00l|.I'tS·1Il said State of Oklahoma shall be proceeded with, held, and determined by the supreme or other final appellate court of such State as the successor of said Territorial supreme court and appellate