SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. 1091 Cnsrrnn Two. °*"*P'*"2· nrsrmcr comz·rs—Jun1sn1eT1oN. . mgg=gggg_¤¤¤¤¤- 1¤· 24. Original jurisdiction. 24. Original jurisdictionTC0ntinued. Par. 1. Where the United States Par. 15. Of suits to récover cerare plaintiffs; and of civil tain offices. suits at common law orin 16. Of suits against nationalequity. banking associations. 2. Of crimes and offenses. 17. Of suits by aliens for torts. 3. Of admiralty causes, seiz- 18. Of suits against consuls ures, and (prizes. and vice-consuls. 4. Of suits un er any law re- 19. Of suits and proceedings in lating to the slave trade. bankruptcy. 5. Of cases under intemal 20. Of suitsagainst the United . revenue, customs, and — States. tonnage laws. 21. Of suits for the unlawful 6. Of suits under postal laws. inclosureofipubliclands. 7. Of suits under the patent, 22. Of suits un er immig;-r the copyriit, and the tion and contract-la trade-mark ws. laws. 8. Of suits for violation of in- 23. Of suits against trusts, terstate commerce laws. monopolies, and unlaw- 9. Of penalties and forfeitures. _ ful combinations. 10. Of suits on debentures. 24. Of suits concerning allot- 11. Of suits for injuries on ac- ments of land to Indians. count of acts done under 25. Of partition suits where lawsof the United States. United States is joint 12. Of suits concerning civil tenant. rights. 25. Appellate jurisdiction under Chinese- 13. Ofsuits againsetapersons hav- exclusion laws. ing knowl ge of con- 26. Appellate jurisdiction over_ Yellowspiracy, etc. stone National Park. 14. Of suits to redress the de- 27. Jurisdiction of crimes on Indian reserprivation, under color of vations in South Dakota. aw, of civil rights. SEc. 24. The district courts shall have original jurisdiction as fol- ¤£{1gi°°'l j`msdi°` IOWQ: . . . . , ppl?‘94?I1ii?cs` 563,629, First. Of all su1ts of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, Usggtssmgshc by brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof authorized by " ‘ law to sue, or between citizens of the same State clamnng lands under mgndgt gpitrgts from grants from d1ll'erent_States; or, where the matter in controversy °'° "‘ “‘ exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars, and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the I Un<1erU¤ire<is¤•¤•co United_ States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their °`"' author1ty,‘ or (b) IS between citizens of different States, or (c) IS S,§{;Lf°““" ‘““*"°“‘ between citizens of a State and foreign States, citizens, or subjects. twithfvreisn States. No district court shall have cognizance of any su1t_(except upon °§gm,,c,,,_Mnpmm_ foreign b1lls_of exchange) to recover upon any promissory note or iswrr ¤¤¤>¤- other chose in action in favor of anly assignee, or of any subseguent holder if Such instrument be payab e to bearer and be not ma e by any corporation, unless such su1t might have been_prosecuted in such court to recover upon said note or other chose 111 action 1f no ass1gnment had been made: Provzded, however, _That the foregomlg gxzvgivrgous provision as to the sum or value of the matter in controyersfy sha P ° not construed to gppjly to any of the cases mentioned 111 the succeeding paragrs.lphs_o t s section. _ _ Second._ O a cr1mes and offenses cogmzable xmder the authority C""“°“"“"°“°“*°* of the United States. _ 'Ijlurd. Of_ all ({1Vll causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, ,,,·§,“Q,§‘§§““d ‘“’“' saving to suntors 111 all cases the right of a common—law remedy where the common law is competent to g1Vt3 _1t; of seizures on land or waters not withm adnnralty and mar1t1me jurisdiction; of all prizes brought mto the United States; and of all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.
