GOTERNMENT AND LAW. 



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THE TERRITORIES. 



The Indian Territory has as yet no organized territorial government. 



STATE AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS, 



STATES AND 

 TERRITORIES. 



Alabama 



Alaska 



Arizona 



Arkansas.. . 

 California . . 

 Colorado . . . 

 Connecticut 

 Delaware .. . 



Florida 



Georgia 



Hawaii 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi ... . 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



N. Hampshire. 



New Jersey 



New Mexico. . . 



New York 



N. Carolina 

 North Dakota. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania.. 

 Porto 'Rico.... 

 Rhode Island.. 



S. Carolina 



South Dakota. 



Tennessee 



Texas 



I'tah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington... 

 West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY ACT. 



The States of the Union have insolvency 

 laws, under which debtors conforming to the 

 provisions of law can secure a release from 

 debts owed in the State. Only the Federal 

 Government can enact laws under which 

 debtors can be discharged from their debts 

 wherever they are owed. Among the duties 

 of Congress is that of providing a uniform 

 system of bankruptcy. Under this power Con- 



gress has passed four bankruptcy acts, the first 

 in the year 1800, which law by its own terms 

 was limited to five years, but it was repealed, 

 nevertheless, in 1803. In 1841 the second 

 bankruptcy act was passed, and was repealed 

 in March, 1843. The third bankruptcy act 

 was approved March 2, 1867, and repealed in 

 1878. The fourth bankruptcy act was ap- 

 proved July 1, 1898, and, in brief, this act 

 constitutes the district courts of the United 



