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 B12 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 117. 1863. Write of error, of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations “PP“l“‘ as from the circuit courts of the United States, where the Value of the property or the amount in controversy, to be ascertained by the oath or ailirmation of either party, or other competent witnesses, shall exceed one thousand dollars, except that a writ of error or appeal shall 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 writs of habeas corpus involving the question of personal freedom. ·  each of Jurisdiction of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all ‘H““'l°" °°“"“‘ 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 _Pr¤¢¤d¤¤<=¤ of first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall bc mm' 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 FGM <>*` °l¢*'k¤· other cases. The said clerks shall receive, in all such cases, the same fees which the clerks of the district courts of Washington Territory now receive for similar services. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an Attorney- attorney for said territory, who shall continue in office four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States, and who shall receive the same fees and salary as the attorney of the United States for the present Territory of Washington. '1`here shall also be a marshal for the Territory ap- Marshal. pointed, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualitied, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States, 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 entitled to the same fees as the marshal of the district court of the United States for the present Territory of Washington, and shall, in addition, be paid two hundred dollars annually as a compensation for extra services. Appointment Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, chief ‘;§i;;f;"’°"“1 justice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be appointed ` by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The governor and secretary to be appointed as Oath of office. aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively, take an oath or ailirmation before the district judge or some justice of the peace in the limits of said Territory duly authorized to administer oaths and afiirmations 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 civil officers in said Territory, before they act as such, shall take a like oath or affirmation before the said governor or secretary, or some judge or justice of the peace of the Territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualitied, which said oath or atiirmation shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and afterwards the like oath or aiiirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded in such manner and form as may be pre- Salaries. scribed by law. The governor shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, the chief justice and associate justices shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, the secretary shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; the said