43-2JudiciaryResolution of the Kansas Legis. [1630] Asks establishment of a U.S. district court for Indian Territory.1875-8

Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 112, 43d Congress, 2nd Session (1875)

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43D CONGRESS, } 2d Session. SENATE. { Mrs. Doc. No.112. RESOLUTION OF THE LEGIS'LATURE OF KANSAS, IN FAVOR OF 1lfw establishment of a United States district cot~rt fo r the Indian Terri-tory. FRnRUAHY 24, 1875.-Referred to the Committee on th e Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Be it resolved by the senate, (the hottse of representatives co1tcu1·ring herein,) That the- honorable the Senate and House of Representa· tives of the United States, in Congress assembled, be, and they are hereby, most respectfully requested to pass a law creating and establish· ing a United States circuit court for the Indian Territory, at as early a day as possible, and locating the place of holding thereof at as near a point as practicable to said Territory, if not within the same, having in view the procuring of suitable persons for grand and petit jurors; the same to have original criminal jurisdiction of all crimes committed there-in, and civil jurisdiction of all matters arising out of transactions be-tween the citizens thereof and between the citizens of said nation and citizens of the United States, with full power to enforce all orders, judgments, and decrees as is given to c6urts of the Territories of t he United States, and such other powers as the Congress may deem just and best, to protect life' and property and to guarantee the free enjoy-/ ment of all legal right in said nation to the citizens thereof, and to the citizens of the United States therein. Be it further resolved, That our Senators be, and hereby are, instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their best exertions to procure the speedy passage of such a law and the early establishment of such a court. Resolved, That the secretary of state be, and hereby is, requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives of the U nited States a'B-d to each of our Senators and members of Congress. Adopted by the senate January 28, 1875. JOHN H. FOLKS, Secretary. Concurred in by the house February 3, 1875. HENRY BOOTH, Chief Clerk. u " 2 DISTRICT COURT FOR THE INDIAN TERRITORY . . I, Tom H. Cavanaugh, secretary of state of the State of Kansast d~ ~ereb.Y certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the ongmalmstrument of writing on file in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the great seal of the State. Done at Topeka, this 15th of February~ A. D.1875. 0 THOS. H. CAVANAUGH, Secretary of State. \ 

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a United States district court for the Indian Territory.

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Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a United States district court for the Indian Territory.

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