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An Act To Confer Jurisdiction On The States Of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, And Wisconsin, With Respect To Criminal Offenses And Civil Causes Of Action Committed Or Arising On Indian Reservations Within Such States, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress Aug 1953

An Act To Confer Jurisdiction On The States Of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, And Wisconsin, With Respect To Criminal Offenses And Civil Causes Of Action Committed Or Arising On Indian Reservations Within Such States, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This act, dated August 15, 1953, also knows as United States Public Law 83-280, confers jurisdiction on the States of California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin, with respect to criminal offenses and civil causes of action committed or arising on Indian reservations within such States, and for other purposes, except where noted.

This act also gives the consent of the United States to the people of any State "to amend, where necessary, their State constitution or existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal impediment to the assumption of civil and criminal jurisdiction in accordance with the …


Omnibus Judgeship Bill, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives Jul 1953

Omnibus Judgeship Bill, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This excerpt from a report dated July 28, 1953, from the United States (US) House Committee on the Judiciary was written to accompany US Senate Bill 15 which provides for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges. The bill approves the addition of one temporary district judge in North Dakota's northern district to assist with an increased caseload. The report indicates that the increase case load is due in part to an increase in land condemnation cases due to the Garrison Dam project. US Senate Bill 15 also provides for the appointment of one additional fifth circuit judge and …


Providing That No Further Funds Shall Be Appropriated For The Further Construction Of The Garrison Dam Until An Investigation Be Made By A Special Committe Of The House Of Representatives, Us Congress Apr 1953

Providing That No Further Funds Shall Be Appropriated For The Further Construction Of The Garrison Dam Until An Investigation Be Made By A Special Committe Of The House Of Representatives, Us Congress

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This resolution, dated April 20, 1953, begins by outlining the complaint that the US Corp of Army Engineers, acting on its own and in violation of several stipulations of the original act authorizing the construction of the Garrison Dam, has decided to increase the water pool area by 6,000,000 acre-feet and the raise the surface height of the pool by twenty feet. This has required the construction of dikes that were not part of the authorized project, and led to the acquisition of more land around the reservoir, which the Corp has been acquiring using tactics that deprive the owners …


Attorney Contracts With Indian Tribes, United States Congress, Us Senate Jan 1953

Attorney Contracts With Indian Tribes, United States Congress, Us Senate

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This report, dated January 16, 1953, from the United States (US) Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs provides the findings from an investigation of attorney contracts and other contracts with Indigenous nations in the US. One section of the report addresses the actions of James E. Curry who had dealings with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation when they were seeking representation over the construction of the Garrison Dam.


A Validation Of The Glueck Social Prediction Scale For Proneness To Delinquency, Richard E. Thompson Jan 1953

A Validation Of The Glueck Social Prediction Scale For Proneness To Delinquency, Richard E. Thompson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Problem Of Narcotic Drug Addiction, M. J. Pescor Jan 1953

The Problem Of Narcotic Drug Addiction, M. J. Pescor

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Current Notes Jan 1953

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases Jan 1953

Abstracts Of Recent Cases

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


An Improved Density Gradient Technique And Its Application To Paper And Cloth Ash, Charlotte Brown, Paul L. Kirk Jan 1953

An Improved Density Gradient Technique And Its Application To Paper And Cloth Ash, Charlotte Brown, Paul L. Kirk

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Ink Writing On Documents By Means Of Paper Chromatography , James W. Jr. Brackett, Lowell W. Bradford Jan 1953

Comparison Of Ink Writing On Documents By Means Of Paper Chromatography , James W. Jr. Brackett, Lowell W. Bradford

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Prevention And Reduction Of Injuries In Traffic Collisions, William W. Harper Jan 1953

Prevention And Reduction Of Injuries In Traffic Collisions, William W. Harper

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Books Received Jan 1953

Police Science Books Received

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Schools And The Delinquency Problem, Edward H. Stullken Jan 1953

The Schools And The Delinquency Problem, Edward H. Stullken

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1953

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Current Notes Jan 1953

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Publications Received Jan 1953

Publications Received

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Postwar Japanese Police, Harry Emerson Wildes Jan 1953

The Postwar Japanese Police, Harry Emerson Wildes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Value Of Roentgenology In The Identification Of Mutilated And Burnt Bodies, Robert B. Elliott Jan 1953

The Value Of Roentgenology In The Identification Of Mutilated And Burnt Bodies, Robert B. Elliott

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The First Polygraph, Fred E. Inbau Jan 1953

The First Polygraph, Fred E. Inbau

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Critical Times In Murder Investigation (Time Of Assault, Incapacitation, And Death), Richard Ford Jan 1953

Critical Times In Murder Investigation (Time Of Assault, Incapacitation, And Death), Richard Ford

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Disguised Handwriting, John J. Harris Jan 1953

Disguised Handwriting, John J. Harris

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Technical Abstracts And Notes Jan 1953

Police Science Technical Abstracts And Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Legal Abstracts And Notes Jan 1953

Police Science Legal Abstracts And Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Accounting Plan For Juvenile Probation, W. K. Giesecke, Irvin Ramseier Jan 1953

Accounting Plan For Juvenile Probation, W. K. Giesecke, Irvin Ramseier

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Euthanasia In The Hadamar Sanatorium And International Law, Maximilian Koessler Jan 1953

Euthanasia In The Hadamar Sanatorium And International Law, Maximilian Koessler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Technical Abstracts And Notes Jan 1953

Police Science Technical Abstracts And Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Book Reviews Jan 1953

Police Science Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Police Science Books Received Jan 1953

Police Science Books Received

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Current Notes Jan 1953

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Fatal And Non-Fatal Poisonings: A Statistical Survey, Irving Sunshine, Lester Adelson Jan 1953

Fatal And Non-Fatal Poisonings: A Statistical Survey, Irving Sunshine, Lester Adelson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.