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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1854. 281 ninety-three, and the “ act to amend and supplementary to the aforesaid aot," approved September eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty; and each 185*% °h· 60- of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the Constitution and Laws of the United States as is vested in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States; and the said Supreme and District Courts of the said Territory, and the respective judges thereof, shall and may grant writs of habeas cmpus in all cases in Habcas corpus. which the same are granted by the judges of the United States in the District of Columbia.; and the first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said constitution and laws, and writs of error and appeal in all such cases shall be made to the Supreme Court of said Territory, the same as in other cases. The said clerk shall receive Fog; of gmk, in all such cases the same fees which the clerks of the district courts of Utah Territory now receive for similar services. Sec. 10. And be itfwrzher enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled The Acts 1798, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the gg" g£t£ggé°h‘ service of their masters," approved February twelve, seventeen hundred WL, mg, rmiand ninety-three, and the provisions of the act entitled “An act to amend, fof}'- and supplementary to, the aforesaid act," approved September eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, declared to extend to and be in full force within the limits of said Territory of Nebraska. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an The atmmsy Attorney for said Territory, who shall continue in ofliee for four years, gd *““?g;’·lzr and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner Ofgxgeagd cgi],. removed by the President, and who shall receive the same fees and salary pensatzion. as the Attorney of the United States for the present Territory of Utah. There shall also be a Marshal for the Territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as Circuit and District Courts of the United States; he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulation and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as the Marshal of the District Court of the United States for the present Territory of Utah, and shall, in addition, be paid two hundred dollars annually as a compensation for extra services. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Governor, Secretary, The go,,,,-um-, Chief Justice, and Associate Justices, Attorney and Marshal, shall be {¢<>¤§¤M‘y,¤hi¤f nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap- ggjxlxkgggczb pointed by the President of the United States. The Governor and attorney, and i Secretary to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, $*2*1; ·i;*;g respectively take an oath or affirmation before the District Judge or some Egcfgg mg Justice of the Peace in the limits of said Territory, duly authorized to official oaths, administer oaths and aflirmations by the laws now in force therein, or &°· before the Chief Justice, or some Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to support the Constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices, which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said Secretary among the Executive proceedings; and the Chief Justice and Associate Justices, and all other civil officers in said Territory, before they act as such, shall take a like oath or afiirmation before the said Governor or Secretary, or some Judge or Justice of the Peace of the Territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, which said oath or ailirmation shall be certified and trans— mitted by the person taking the same to the Secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and, afterwards, the like oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner and form as may be v01.. x. Pm:.·—36