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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 827 § 3239. THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS Any defendant indicted under sections 875, 876 or 877 of this title, An te, p.741. with respect to communications originating in the United States, shall, upon motion duly made, be entitled as of right to be tried in the district in which the matter mailed or otherwise transmitted was first set in motion, in the mails or in commerce between the States. § 3240. CREATION OF NEW DISTRICT OR DIVIION Whenever any new district or division is established, or any county or territory is transferred from one district or division to another district or division, prosecutions for offenses committed within such district, division, county, or territory prior to such transfer, shall be commenced and proceeded with the same as if such new district or division had not been created, or such county or territory had not been transferred, unless the court, upon the application of the defend- ant, shall order the case to be removed to the new district or division for trial. The transfer of such prosecutions shall be made in the manner provided in section 119 of Title 28. § 3241. JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES UNDER CERTAIN SECTIONS The District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the Canal Zone and the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, committed within the territorial juris- diction of such courts, and jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon the high seas. § 3242. INDIANS COMMITTING CERTAIN OFFENSES; ACTS ON RESERVATIONS All Indians committing any of the following offenses, namely, mur- der, manslaughter, rape, incest, assault with intent to kill, assault with a dangerous weapon, arson, burglary, robbery, and larceny on and within any Indian reservation, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, shall be tried in the same courts, and in the same manner, as are all other persons committing any of the above crimes within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. § 3243. JURIsDICTION OF STATE OF KANSAS OVER OFFENSKS COMMrTrED BY OR AGAINST INDIANS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS Jurisdiction is conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses com- mitted by or against Indians on Indian reservations, including trust or restricted allotments, within the State of Kansas, to the same extent as its courts have jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within the State in accordance with the laws of the State. This section shall not deprive the courts of the United States of jurisdiction over offenses defined by the laws of the United States committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations. CHAPTER 213.-LIMITATIONS Sec. 3281. Capital offenses. 3282. Offenses not capital. 3283. Customs and slave trade violations. 3284. Concealment of bankrupt's assets. 3285. Criminal contempt. 3286. Seduction on vessel of United States. 3287. Wartime suspension of limitations. 3288. Reindictment where defect found after period of limitations. 3289. Reindictment where defect found before period of limitations. 3290. Fugitives from justice. § 3281. CAPITAL OFFENSES An indictment for any offense punishable by death may be found at any time without limitation except for offenses barred by the pro- visions of law existing on August 4,1939.

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