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PUBLIC LAW 280-AUG. 15, 1953

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. State jurisdiction over criminal offenses.

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be modified so as to apply to service performed by employees in positions covered by the Wisconsin retirement fund. " (2) All employees in positions covered by the Wisconsin retirement fund at any time on or after January 1, 1951, shall, for the purposes of subsection (c) only, be deemed to be a separate coverage group; except that there shall be excluded from such separate coverage group all employees in positions to which the agreement applies v^ithout regard to this subsection. "(3) The modification pursuant to this subsection shall exclude (in the case of employees in the coverage group established by paragraph (2) of this subsection) service performed by any individual during any period before he is included under the Wisconsin retirement fund. "(4) The modification pursuant to this subsection shall, if the State of Wisconsin requests it, exclude (in the case of employees in the coverage group established by paragraph (2) of this subsection) all service performed in policemen's positions, all service performed in firemen's positions, or both." SEC. 2. For the purposes of section 218(f) of the Social Security Act (relating to effective dates of agreements), the amendment made by the first section of this Act shall take effect as of January 1, 1951. Approved August 15, 1953. Public Law 280

August 15, 1953 [H. R. 1063]

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CHAPTER 505

AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the States of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin, with respect to criminal offenses and civil causes of action committed or arising on Indian reservations within such States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1151 of such title the following new item: "1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country-"

SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting in chapter 53 thereof immediately after section 1161 a new section, to be designated as section 1162, as follows: "§ 1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country " (a) Each of the States listed in the following table shall have jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the areas of Indian country listed opposite the name of the State to the same extent that such State has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within the State, and the criminal laws of such State shall have the same force and effect within such Indian country as they have elsewhere within the State: "State of California Minnesota Nebraska Oregon Wisconsin

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Indian country affected All Indian country within the State All Indian country within the State, except the Red Lake Reservation All Indian country within the State All Indian country within the State, except the Warm Springs Reservation All Indian country within the State, except the Menominee Reservation

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