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 HIS being the period prescribed by law, for holding the first term of the of the, the Judges met at New-York, the seat of the Federal Government, their respective commissions were read, and they were qualified according to law.

, appointed, by a commission bearing date the 26th of September, 1789.

, appointed one of the Justices, 27th Sept. 1789.

, appointed one of the Justices, 29th Sept. 1789.

, appointed one of the Justices, 30th Sept. 1789.

, appointed Attorney General of the United States, 26th Sept. 1789.

The following were declared and established.

—1.Ordered, That the Seal of the court shall be the Arms of the United States, engraved on a piece of steel the size of a dollar, with these words in the margin; “The Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States;” and that the Seals of the Circuit courts shall be the Arms of the United States, engraven on circular pieces of silver the size of 1-2 dollar, with these words in the margin, viz. in the upper part, “the Seal of the Circuit Court;” and in the lower part, the name of the district for which it is intended.

2.Ordered, That (until further orders) it shall be requisite to the admission of attornies [sic] and counsellors to practice in this court, that they shall have been such for three years past in the Supreme Court of the State to which they respectively belong, and that their private and professional character shall appear to be fair.Ordered, That counsellors shall not practice as attornies, [sic] nor attornies [sic] as counsellors in this court.

3.Ordered, That they respectively take the following oath, viz.—“I  do solemnly swear, that I will demean myself