Volume 18 , Issue 43

The Morgan Amendment, 1895

In The Weekly Chieftain, out of Vinita, Oklahoma. The news article was dated 7 March 1895, Thursday, page 2, with these headlines: "The New Law Entire." practically, the Morgan Amendment. A measure intended to place justice in reach of all.

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In the senate, February 26, 1895, Senator Vilas presented the report of the conference committee which was given below and it was upon the following day adopted. The same action was taken by the house upon February 28th and upon the 2nd day of March the measure was signed by the president and became a law:

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendments of the house to the bill (S.2173) to amend an act entitled, "an act to establish a United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1889, and an act entitled "an act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved May 2, 1890; "to provide for the redistricting of the Indian Territory for judicial purposes, for an additional judge and more United States commissioners and to prescribe the jurisdiction duties and authority of such judges and commissioners, and for other purposes," having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend their respective houses as follows."

That the senate recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the house and agrees to the same with an amendment, as follows.

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: "That the Territory, known as the Indian Territory, no within the jurisdiction of the United States court in said Territory, is hereby divided into three judicial districts, to be known as the northern, central and southern districts, and at least two terms of the United States court in the Indian Territory shall be held each year at each place of holding court in each district at such regular times as the judge for such district shall fix and determine.

The northern district shall consist of all the Creek country, all of the seminole country, all of the Cherokee country, all of the country occupied by the Indian Tribes in the Quapaw Indian Agency, and the town site of the Miami Townsite Company, and the places of holding courts in said district shall be at Vinita, Miami, Tahlequah and Muskogee.

The central district shall consist of all the Choctaw country, and the places of holding courts in said district shall be at South McAlester, Atoka, Antlers, and Cameron.

The southern district shall consist of the Chickasaw country, and the places of holding courts in said district shall be at Ardmore, Purcell, Pauls Valley, Ryan and Chickasha.
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