Chapter 194.
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CHAP. 194.— An act providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Dakota. March 3, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That hereafter the supremeDakota.Supreme court. court of the Territory of Dakota, shall consist of a chief justice and three associate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to appoint an additionalAdditional associate justice. associate justice of said supreme court, in manner now provided by law, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
Sec. 3. The said Territory shall be divided into four judicial districts,Judicial districts. and a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices of the supreme court, at such time and place as may be prescribed by law; each judge, alter assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. Sec. 4. Until changed by the legislative assembly of said Territory,Fourth district. the fourth district of said Territory shall consist of the following counties, to wit:
Clay, Union, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Brookings, Duel, Grant, Codington, Lake, Wood, Hamlin, Clark, Greeley, Stone, Turner, and McCook, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian reservation. And the second district shall consist of the remainder of the Territory whichSecond district. now constitutes said second district, as defined by the statutes of said Territory. Sec. 5. Temporarily, and until otherwise provided by law, the additionalAssignment of new justice. associate justice to be appointed under this act is hereby assigned to said fourth district, and the times and places as now fixed by the statutes of said Territory for holding court therein shall remain until changed by law.
Sec. 6. The district court of said fourth judicial district shall have noJurisdiction in fourth district. jurisdiction to try, hear, or determine any matter or cause wherein the United States is a party, and no United States grand or petit jury shall be summoned in said court ; but said fourth district is hereby attached to and made a part of the second judicial district for the purpose of hearing and determining all matters and causes arising within said fourth district in which the United States is a party.
Approved, March 3, 1879.