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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 95. 1864. 89 the districts which shall be assigned them. The jurisdiction of the sev- J“*}s‘“°*l°“· eral courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and that of the probate courts and of justices of the peace, shall be limited by law : Pro- P¤‘§>l>¤$¢ ¢<>¤*¤>. vided, That justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter €Q£cf2S°’°° °f m° in controversy when the title of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars; and the said supreme and district courts, respectively, shall possess chancery as well Chancery as common-law jurisdiction. Each district court, or the judge thereof, Pm""` _ shall appoint its clerk, who shall also be the register in cbancery, and_mS`2‘;:)kuSr;’f d’°" shall keep his office at the place where the court may be held. Wi·its of writs 0,. mm error, bills of exceptions, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from exceptions, gw, ’ the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. The supreme court, or the Clerks of sujustices thereof, shall appoint its own clerk; and every clerk shall hold P""m‘* °°“"· his office at the pleasure of the court for which he shall have been appointed. Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said Write of mor, supreme court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the supreme court f;jr;°0§“5f;'“" of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations Umm sums, 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 affirmation 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. And each of Hamm °°rp°°‘ the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in Jurisdiction. 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 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 clerks shall receive, in all such cases, the same Fees of clerks. 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 Attorney; an 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 fees and salary. Territory of Washington. There shall also be a marshal for the territory Marshal; appointed, who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, 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. smc regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees as the fm md ,,,,1,,,., 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. There shall also be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a surveyongeneral for said territory, who shall locate Surveyor-gonhis office at such place as the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to ****15 time direct, and whose duties, powers, obligations,' responsibilities, compensation, and allowances for clerk-hire, office-rent, fuel, audjncidental ?"H’°¤$¤*l°¤ expenses, shall be the same as those of the surveyor-general of New an a °w“n°°S' Mexico, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and such instructions as he may from time to time deem it advisable to give. 8 it