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Show . . . . . . . :,%. . ; State laws, whether, the Indian charged with c~imoor misrlameanor be a citizen.of - . i. -+ ~ the United State8 or oaf: . ~ -.~ -.~ - , . . . i:,. . . -, GEDERAL W D TERRITORIAL C O ~ ~ T B . .>.- ~ . ..<. . ~~., ~ . Indians committing mnrder, rn_anslleughkr, rape, assault with intent to kill, Ersdn, -.- -bivglmy, or larceny against the person or property of another Indian or other per- - . ,,%. . . . sonwithin a n Indian reservation in a,State aie anhject to the same 1.~6, triable "in . - the same ceurt#andin the same manner andsubjeot to the same penqties as-are . . : :. i- , aU other persons committing aliy of the above crimes within the efclusiue juridic- . ~ .. ... . tien of theunitad Ststas." (See. 9, att of Mareh 3, 1885, 23,Stat?., 385; United - 1:- I . .- - Statas ". Ragma, 118 U. S., 315.) Indians, whether citizens of the United State8 or not, committing any of the .? . . . or imi s~amedin theforegoingregulntion against the person or property of another . . . Indian or other person "within any Territory ofthe UnitedStatas, and either .~.. ~~ , within 6r qithont an Indian res?rrrttion," are subjeot therefor to the lawn of such . . . Territory relating to said crimes, and are triable therefor "in the same courts and :. .. in the same manner'snd aobject 'tc tb same penelties es are all other pybona charged d t h the commission of said crimes respectively." (I%&) ~. In the Indian Territory criminal jnriediotion over mimes against the bwa of the .. .- . . . United States is exercised by the Federd pourts for the Indian Territory, the easd- ,. <~ . ern district of Texas, md the western distriot of Arkansas.. Civil jurisdiction over . ' . all oontroversies, egoept cams over which the tribal conrtahive exclusive jjuisdic- , .... I . tion, is exercised by the United States court for the Indian Territov. (See act of . .. .. ~ , March 1,1889, 25 Stab., 783; also seotioll-533, Revised Statntes~;a lso eat of May 2, . ; 1890, 26 Stets., 81, 93.) , . . . . I n the Territory of Okfaboma the ~e r r i tor i aalo qrts have tEe same Grimins1 juris- . .. , . diction over Indians in that * ~ ~a s iis exterci~sed b~y oo urts of btber Tirritaries , .. , .. . aver Indians residing therein, and in adrIition have jurisdiction over oidM cantre- ~;. ;. versies hetween Indians and citizens of the United States and between Indims of , . different tribes. (8ee act of May 2, 1890,26 Btats., 81.) .~~. - - . . > . , . . ' INDIAN COURTS. - . ' . _. . ~ . . . . .+ .. 1. ~istkat4n.g of rd8ervatian.-Whenever it shaU appear to the Commissioner of -. ' . . ~ndinn'AEairs$ h ~tth e best ihterests of the Indians on any Indian ieservation will - be enbservnd tbereby, aurh reservation shall Le di\ided inw three orlnorq diorricte, each of which ahell be given a name by which it ahnll thereafter be designstc d and known. As far aa orarticahle the county linr. eaiablishe<lb hv t l ~ el n w~ otfh e-State or Territory withinwhich the reservation is locsted ahall be observed in making the division, provided that eaoh distriot shall include, as nearly rly can be, an equal oronortion of the total indim noanlation on the reservation. Allmixed bloods and A ~=~~~ - . . , white persons who are actually and lewfnlly members, whether by birth or adop- ., . . - tion. of nny tribe reaidins on the reservation ahall be countedae Indians. Where E tba iandsokthe rsser~atj&h aps not bsm snrveved;ar where i t is notomcticable to t ~- ~~ ~~~ . , ' ubanrve the State or Trrritorj county linen an the reservation, the lines of :he 4 l i 8 - rriet a l d l be defined by auch nat~lralb ouudnriea as will cnnhle the lndianil tu read-i- l-v" ascertain the aiistriEt i n which thev reside. . . a. .Appintmmtof judges.-There sha"ll beappoi~tedb y the Commissionerof Indian. . Amips for each distriotp peraon-from among tbe Indians: of the reservation who ' shall be stvled "i"u dee of the 16di8,n court." The judges must be men of ioteIIi- - - - genre, integrity, and good moral el~aractera, nd preferenre shall be given tu Indinua ah" read and mite Engliah rasdilg, w a r citironr' dress, and engage iu civilized nuranita. and no narson ahaU be ~li-r ribleto such a-~ -o ointrnsnrw ho in a -p olv"c-a! nist. , , . A Ewh, sadge a l k l he app?$ted +r the term of me year, Ubject, hovever, * ~ P r l i reem~ o val from office for ennsb by the Commissioner of Indian AE+ire; but no . -.~ . . . .. . |