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96 Tum: xm.——THE J UDICIARY.—Ch. 3. Suit! on d¤i>¢u· Tenth. Of all suits by the assignee of any debenture for drawback of “"°S· duties, issued under any law for the collection of duties, agarnst the per- 2 Mai-., 1799, c. son to whom such debenture was originally granted, or against any in- 22»¤·80»V-1·P·687· dorser thereof, to recover the amount of such debenture. [Sens 8039-1 _ Suits onaccount Eleventh. Of all suits authorized by law to be brought bv_ any person °f,i¤1¤*'i°F bb' mu for the recovery of damages on account of any injury to his person or

P“`“°°”'"°°"“‘“ property, or of the deprivation of any right or privilege of a citizen of

wigs the United States by any act done in uitherance o any conspiracy 2220*;P:ilig8;1i§- mentioned in section nineteen hundred and eighty-hvc, . itle, “CIVIL ·“· · '· · · · R1curs." ts•• s ww.1 . Suits t0_1-edress Twelfth. Of all suits at law or in equity authorized bylaw to be brought d.°E"‘V“t'°“ Of by any person to redress the deprivation, under color of any law,_ord1- {fe wcfsgggtig, nance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, of any right, privilege, andtswswpemons or immunity secured by the Constitution of the Unite States, or of any withinjurisdiction right secured by any law of the United States to persons within the juris- °i Unimd Sm°¤· diction thereof. [sts5g11m, umn.] 20 April, 1871, c. 22, s. 1, v. 17, p 13. 31 May, 1870, c. 114, ss. 16, 18, v. 16, p. 144. 9 April, 1866, c. 31, s. 3, v. 14, p. 27. Suits to recover Thirteenth. Of all suits to recover dpossession of any office, except that °m°°°· of elector of President or Vice-President, Representative or Delegate in 31 May 1870, c. Congress, or member of a State legislature, authorized by law_to be Hg. S-2 iv- 16. r· brought, wherein it appears that_the sole question touching the title to l· Wm ,8.,5 L_ such_otHce arises out of the denial of the I‘1gl]1G.1}O vote to any citizen 114 i3 ,§_'18_p_g36i offerugg) to vote, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servi- V ’ tude: wmided, That such jurisdiction shall extend only so far as to determine the rights of the parties to such office by reason of the denial of the right guaranteed b the Constitution of the United States, and secured g Y . . . . . b an law, to enforce the r1 ht of citizens of the United States to vote in a e es. ce · ilthy Stat ts semi g Suits iormmcval Fourteenth. Of all proceeding by the writ of quo warranto, prosecuted <>i °iii°°*'¤ h<>tu¤¤z by any district attorney, for the removal from office of any person hold- °°""°"y m °'"` in office except as a member of Con ress or of a State legislature conteenthamendment g ’ . . . g . ’ . ’

;,- trary to the provisions of the third section of the fourteenth article of

S, 14, ,},16, Qi. 143: amendment of the Constitution of the United States. tmsnss.1 _ _ Suits against nu- Fifteenth. all suits by or against any association established under t*°¤’·l bimks- any law providing for national banking associations within the district 3 June, 1864, c. for whic the court is held. 106, s. 57, v. 13, p. 116. Kennedy v. Gibson, 8 Wall., 506; Cadle v. Tracy, 11 Blatch., 101. Suits by aliens Sixteenth. Of all suits brought by an fy alien fora tort ‘ only ’ in violation g’(:n'°‘;;";,;‘ ,:1313} of the law of nations, or of a treaty o the United States. nations.

  1. 24 Sept., 17®;. 20, s. 9, v. 1, p. 76. 22 June, 1874, c. 391, u. 17, v. 18, p. 189. 19 Feb.,

1875, c. 90, s. 7, r. 18, p. 331. Snits¤g¤in¤tc0n· Seventeenth. Of all suits against consuls or vice-consuls, except for

 and "‘°°‘°°“‘ offenses above the description aforesaid.

T g4~SFp`t.,17J891{;:. 206 5. 9, v. 1, p. 76. 23 Aug., 1842, c. 188, v. 4, p. 517. Laury v. Lau- S3 H., ID. . V., . In bcnknrpfcy- Eighteenth. The district courts are constituted courts of bankruptcy, 2 M,,_,._’ 1867, ,._ and shall have in their respective districts original jurisdiction in all 176,s.1,v.14,p.517. matters and proceedings in bankruptcy. Ray v. Norseworthy, 23 Wall., 128; Iathrop Ass. v. Drake et al., 91 U. S., 516; Sherman et al. o. Bingham et al., 1 Lowell, 575; In re The Mutual Ins. (Jo., 2 Low., 97. Certain seizures Sec. 564. Proceedings on seizures for forfeiture of any vessel or cargo §€:$“!“:lPl‘; ‘“_h%“H entering any port of entry which has been closed by the President in ,,,2, ;,;,,;§,.€y“ pursuance of law, or of goods and chattels coming from a State or section en. eclared by proclamation of the President to be in insurrection into other —, parts of the United States, or of any vessel or vehicle conveying such 3, Bs_ 4,5,’g_ v_ jg; property, or conveying persons to or from such_ State or section, or of pp. 256, 257, 258. any vessel belonging, in whole or in to any inhabitant of such State or section, may be prosecuted in any istrict court into which the property so seized may be taken, and proceedings instituted; and the district court thereof shall have as full jurisdiction over such proceedings as if the seizure was made in that district. [See H 6801.6817-]