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 TI-IIRTY-THIRD CON Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1854. 287 the court may be held. Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, Writs of error, shall be allowed in all cases from the iinal decisions of said district &°·> "·“°"°d• courts to the Supreme Court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court. The Supreme Court, or the justices thereof, gmk of shall appoint its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold his onice at the S¤PF¤m° _C°“**» pleasure of the court for which he shall have been appointed. Writs h°{§,j€sP°§?;;$g, of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court, and appeal from shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United S‘;P'°m,;kC°“';b0 States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the gucgams iii,.,,,, Circuit Courts of the United States, where the value of the property, or of United Stewsthe amount in controversy, to be ascertained by the oath or aiiirmation of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves, the said writs Excoptivvof error or appeals shall be allowed and decided by said supreme court, without regard to the value of the matter, property, or title in controversy; and except also that a writ of error or appeal shall also be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, from the decision of the said supreme court created by this act, or of any judge thereof, or of the district courts created by this act, or of any judge thereof, upon any writ of habeas corpus, involving the question of personal freedom: Provided, Provisoas That nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to or affect the to iggmvfj g provisions of the " act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons es- i,??,,,? an caping from the service of their masters," approved February twelfth, 1793 ch-7- seventeén hundred and ninety-three, and the “ act to amend and supple- 185° °h* °°‘ mentary to the aforesaid act," approved September eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty; and each 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 corpus in all cases in which the same are granted by the judges of the United States in the District of Columbia; and the first six days Certain causes of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, g‘;;:l;° P"°°°` shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said Consti- ' tution 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 the same fees in all such cases, which the Fw of C1<·>¤k· clerks of the district courts of Utah Territory now receive for similar services. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act en- hTh¤ Avg1V3g. titled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from gh: Z;) ig byu; the service of their masters," approved February twelfth, seventeen tended over this hundred and ninety-three, and the provisions of the act entitled "An act T°m*°"Y· to amend, and supplementary to, the aforesaid act," approved September eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, doclared to extend to and be in full force within the limits of the said Territory of Kansas. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an The Al¤t<>¤‘— attorney for said Territory, who shall continue in office for four years, 2s3U22d22m,;;}; and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner re- omce and commoved by the President, and who shall receive the same fees and salary P°¤¤¤l¤°¤· 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 officc 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 regulations and penalties, and be on-