Court has the power to declare a treaty void, it will exercise it only in a clear case. (Ware v. Hylton, 3 Dall. 199.) The validity of a treaty is necessary and voluntary. The necessary validity is of a judicial nature, and the voluntory of a political nature. (Jones v. Walker, 2 Paine, 688.) The word "treaty" is applied to Indians as well as to other nations. (See Supplement, post, 319; Worcester v. Georgia, 6 Peters, 518; Turner v. Missionary Union, 5 McLean, 314; Fellows v. Denniston, 23 N. Y. 429.)

§ 21. Ofenses, where cognizable.

§ 32. Offenses punishable by death.

§ 33. Offenses on the high seas.

§ 31. Offenses begun in one district and completed in another.

§ 13 (530) Judicial districts.-The United States shall be divided into judicial districts as follows: (Rev. Stats. sec. 530.)

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§ 14 (531). States constituting one district. The States of California,1 Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont,

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and West Virginia, each constitute one judicial district. (Rev. Stats. sec. 131; 19 U. S. Stats. 61.)

1 California resolved into two districts. (24 U. S. Stats. 308.)

2 Colorado. (21 U. S. Stats. 76.)

3 Iowa resolve 1 into two districts. (22 U. S. Stats. 172.)

4 Kansas, certain portion of Indian Territory annexed. Stats. 400.)

5 Kentucky district divided. (25 U. S. Stats. 389.)

6 Louisiana, resolved into two districts. 21 U. S. Stats. 507.)

(22 U. S.

§ 15. Newly admitted States.-The following newly admitted States shall constitute each one judicial district, the name thereof to be the same as the name of the State: Idaho,' Montana,2 North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming."

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1 23 U. S. Stats. 217. 2 25 U. S. Stats. 692.

3 26 U. S. Stats. €7.

4 26 U. S. Stats. 14.

5 23 U. S. Stats. 45.

6 26 U. S. Stats. 225.

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When Congress enacts that a judicial district shall consist of a State, the boundaries of the district will afterward very as those of the State vary. (Re Devoe Manuf. Co., 108 U. S. 40.)

§16. Division of states into districts. -States constituting more than one United States judicial district are as follows: Alabama, Arkansas, California,3 Florida, Georgia,5 Illinois, Iowa,' Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, 10 Missouri,11 New York,12 North Carolina,13 Ohio,14 Pennsylvani,15 South Carolina,16 Tennessee, Texas, 18 Virginia, Wisconsin.20

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1 Three districts, the southern, the middle, and the northern. (Rev. Stats. sec. 532)

2 Two districts, the eastern and the western. (Rev. Stats. sec. 533.)

(20 U. S. Stats. 280.) (Rev. Stats. sec. 535.) (Rev. Stats sec. 530) (22 U. S. Stats. 172. (21 U. S. Stats. 507.)

3 Two districts, the northern and the southern. (24 U. S. Stats. 309.) 4 Two districts, the northern and the southern. 5 Two districts, the northern and the southern. 6 Two districts, the northern and the southern 7 Two districts, the northern and the southern. 8 Two districts, the western and the eastern. 9 Two districts, the eastern and the western. (Rev. Stats. sec. 538.) 10 Two districts, the northern and the southern.

11 Two districts, the eastern and the western. (20 U. S. Stats. 35.) 12 Th ee districts, the northern, the eastern, and the southern. (Rev. Stats. sec. 541.)

(Rev. Stats. sec. 543.)

(Rev. Stats. sec. 544) (Rev. Stats. sec. 546.) (Rev. Stats. sec. 545)

13 Two districts, the eastern and the western. 14 Two districts, the northern and the southern. 16 Two districts, the eastern and the western. 15 Two districts, the eastern and the western. 17 Three districts, the eastern, the western, and the middle. (Rev. Stats. sec. 517.)

13 Three districts, the northern, the eastern, and the western. (Rev. Stats. sc. b4.)

19 Two districts, the eastern and the western. (Rev. Stats. sec. 549.) 2) Two districts, the eastern and the western. (Rev. Stats, sec. 550.)

ALABAMA.-The state of Alabama is divided into three districts, which shall be called the southein, middle and northern district of Alabama.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.-The southern district includes the counties of Mobile, Washington, Baldwin, Clarke, Marengo, Wilcox, Monroe and Conecuh.

MIDDLE DISTRICT.-The middle district includes the counties of Montgomery, Aulanga, Coosa, Chambers, Randolph, Macon, Russell, Barbour, Pike, Henry, Dale, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Butler, and Tallapoosa. (Rev. Stats. sec. 532.)

NORTHERN DISTRICT.-The northern district includes the remaining counties of the State, and also the counties of Sumter, Greene, Pickens, aud Hale, detached from the southern district, and Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Shelby and Talladega,

detached from the middle district, and attached to the northern district. (23 U. S. Stats. 18.)

SOUTHERN DIVISION. The southern division shall include the counties of Sumter, Greene, Haie, Peckens, Tuscaloosa, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Blount, Bibb, Shelby, Saint Clair, Etowah, Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, Cherokee, and De Kalb. (23 U. S. Stats. 18.)

NORTHERN DIVISION. -The

remaining counties in said northern district shall constitute the northern division thereof. (23 U. S. Stats. 18.)

ARKANSAS.-The State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. The western district includes the counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, Polk, Sevier,1 Little River,' Howard,' Montgomery, Yell, Logan, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Carroll, Boone, and Marion, and the country lying west of Missouri and Arkansas known as the Indian Territory. The eastern district includes the residue of said State.

533.)

(19 U. S. Stats. 230; Rev. Stats. sec.

1 The counties of Sevier, Little River, and Howard were withdrawn from the western, and added to the eastern district. (24 U. S. Stats. 83.)

DIVISION OF EASTERN DISTRICT. The eastern district shall be, and is hereby divided into two divisions, to be known as the eastern and western divisions of the eastern district of Arkansas. The eastern division shall consist of the following counties, to wit: Mississippi, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, Clay, Craighead, Poinsett, Greene, Cross, Saint Francis, and Monroe, and the western division of the remaining counties in said district; but no additional