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Show . rc.- -.< .,. L. ~A7-:-ry-77T. , . . ~. . ~ - . . . . . . . . ~. . ..~ ~ - . , . - - -!<~ , < .' . \ r . .-, . , . . , . ., . . . . -~OMB~IS$IO~&R~OWR D I.. ~.A F.F AIRS; ' -27:I .!; .. ' .~ - % . . . . .. esf+blishing.kepara$ judibid maehinew for ' ; - r justified~byt he results. , . .. ..... -, !, been unable, after easeful attention subject, @ formulSteany plan that appeared to me to really meet the.~. 1 + .:- cirse so as :to warrant me in urging-upon Clangreas the adoption of a - ~ ~ : i- , law @ put it into operation. Neither have I been able thns far to in- . . ~ - , 3 - ,dorse plans looking to this end which have been brought to my attan-. ~ ,? -: tion. Therefore, after ionsideration of the question and oonsulhti6n~ , : '. ~1.- with several Senators and others of Jong experience m Indian aWrs . , .. .- and ~ndian'~legislationI , have concluded that about all 6hat.can at '1. 'present be Cone to relieve the situation is the enlargement and exten-.. , . ~',<: sion of the juri@ictionof the Indiam oonrta, so as to place them on.* : . : : : more &icient md effective basig ' ' s . . ... Therefore, wit% this end& view I have revised and modiied thekeg- : . . . ' ' niations under which the courts were established and have been oper- ,-. I - , : '-: ated.. Some of the important changes proposed in the new regulations ' ,'.- ,:'~ . . are: (1) The reservations are divided into districts, with a judge in eaoh . : -:: ~ .- district; (2) a court.!~b~an c, with aelerk who is required to keep a recr .; ;i,od, is provided 'for, and given jurisdiction over appe,&ls from the sey- ~ ... ;: era1 distriot judges, and exclusive juriediction over all civil.hattRrs >. . ' ; ; .: arising between Indians on Che reservation, and over matters pertain- . ;. - f ,., I I - %, ing to administration upon the estates of deceased Indi'ans; (3) the,. :. >.., several judges are authorized to perform the marriage ceremony .be . .., .:, ?: . . .tween lndiansj and (4) vagrancy is declared to be an offense punish. , , ., ,: able by the court. - , . ~ .. ~ . . .. i The new regulations to which I refer are as follows: . ~..... . , . . i : PUXISHMENT OF CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS . BY INDIANS. T%e attent~ono f Indian agents is apeoially dircated to the fact tha t Indians are . ;'. :. e.nbj& .Ielarw to the juridiction _I the State, Fde r a l , or Teriitorial cnnr$a, a c . ; 1 , cording to the location of their reacrvetiona and to their statna as to citizenship in ~ (. .,.. . - the Unitedstates as followa, vie: . .~ STATE AND TERBITORIAI. COURTS. where the Indians of sny tribe locnted upon R reservation within a'stste or Terri-tory ha& had landa allotted and patented to them un8er any law or treaty of the. . Unite* Staten, they thereby ,boome citizens and pass under the proteotion of the Constitution of the United Statas, and are therefore-entitled to the benefita pf and . subject to the laws, both c i a snd criminal, of the State or Territory in whioh thay reaide. When an Indisn takes up his residenoe separate nnd apart frnnihia tribe and minute habits of civilized life. he likewise becorn- a oitieen., entitled t o ! ail the priviliges and immonitica am1 s"bject to nll the burdens incident upon aoeh eitieeoahip; lmt his rights and intaresr i n trihal or other y r a ~ e r f ayr e not in anv , .'.1 1 - manner imusired Or otherwise affected. (See.86~.6 . act o f ~ e b i n a&8. 1R97: 2k . $1 " ~, ~ ~- , - : st,+& 388,-m.) .. ~ , - - ~ Crimas and misdeme~norsc ommitted by Indians witbin a State and not within im ::. ..: ' 1 . ~.. Indian reservation are punishable in the odnrtsnf such State and in socordanoe with ;. '~ .-;,~ . . , >> . .. , .. , . , . .'. . . . . ,,: |