Chapter 1429. To provide for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes March 3, 1905. [[S. 7184](/us/bill/58/s/7184).] [[Public, No. 162](/us/pl/58/162).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con
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CHAP. 1429.— An Act To provide for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Arizona, and for other purposes March 3, 1905. [[S. 7184](/us/bill/58/s/7184).] [[Public, No. 162](/us/pl/58/162).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, ArizonaAdditional associate justice supreme court of. That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Arizona shall consist of a chief justice and four associate Justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, but three justices must concur in order to reverse a judgment or other determination of a district court.
Sec. 2. Appointment. That it shall be the duty of the President to appoint, in the manner now provided by law, one additional associate justice of said Term of office.supreme court, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Sec. 3. Five judicial districts. That the said Territory shall be divided into five judicial districts, and a district court shall be held in each district by one of the justices of the said supreme court, at such time and place as is or may be prescribed, and the said district court in each of said districts shall have the same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess, or such as may hereafter be conferred upon it by law.
Sec. 4. Division and assignments. That the chief justice and his associates are hereby vested with power and authority, and are hereby directed, to divide the said Territory into five judicial districts and to change the same from time to time as may seem to them expedient, and to designate the justices who shall preside therein, and to fix the time and place for holding the district court in each of said districts, and to fix the times for holding courts in the respective counties of each judicial district in the exercise [R.
S., sec. 1874, p. 331](/us/rs/s1874/p331).of the authority conferred upon the said justices by section eighteen hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Each justice, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. Sec. 5. Assignments. That the supreme court of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any justice to try any case or cases in any district, or to hold any term of court in any district. Sec. 6.
Restriction. That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall sit as a member of said court in, or participate in the trial, hearing, or decision of any ease decided by him in the district court or in which he has any interest. Sec. 7. Pending cases. That this Act shall not affect civil or criminal cases or proceedings of any nature commenced prior to its passage in any of the several district courts of said Territory, but they shall be tried, deter-mined, or disposed of in the respective courts where the same are pending as if this Act had not been passed.
Approved, March 3, 1905.