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 F ORTIETFI CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 6,7. 1867. 5 IN Sauna or- um Ummm) Srurns, March 23, 1867. } The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled *An act to provide for the more efiicient government of the rebel States,' passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to facilitate restoration," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill:- Resolved, That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: J. W. Fommr, Secretary. CHAP. VII. —An Act to provzllejbr a District and a Circuit Court of the United States March 25, 1887. jbr the District xy" Nebraska, and for other Purposes. UU Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ry" America in Congress assembled, That the State of Nebraska N°P*‘”k¤*° shall hereafter constitute one judicial district, and be called the district of _;:;?;;;??,?:,:,:, Nebraska; and for said district a district judge, a marshal, and a district Judge marattorney of the United States, shall be appointed by the President, by ;g“l¥:’{gz“°" and with the advice and consent of the Senate. P05e8d_ PQ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said district of Nebraska Di¤¢rl¢¤¤f shall be attached to and constitute a part of the eighth judicial circuit; §i§;g;5°':g b° and a term of the circuit court and district court of the United States for eighth judicial said district shall be held in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, °i€;P“· d on the iirst Monday of May, and on the first Monday of November, in P,,;;?:; $,2,,;. each year. ing circuit and SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That the circuit and district courts £‘;‘gE· of the United States for the district of Nebraska, and the judges thereof powers, and dixrespectively, shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction and perform *l°?t°f §h§_°L`i· t the same duties possessed and performed by the other circuit and district 2:;,.3 is ° courts and judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations. S1·:c. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district judge appointed _$¤l¤¤‘g’ of <li¤· for the district of Nebraska shall receive as his compensation the sum of m°t Ju g°' thirty-five hundred dollars a year, payable in four equal instalments, on the first days of January, April, July, and October of each year. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the marshal and district attor- Powers and ney of the United States, and clerk of the circuit and district courts, for gE’:::¤?g:gQib_ the said district of Nebraska., shall severally possess the powers and per- mc, ,,m,,,,,,,y_ form the duties lawfully possessed and performed by similar officers in other districts of the United States, and shall for the services they may Feeeaud cons perform receive the fees and compensation allowed by the act entitled “An P°;‘§:§*°;'l; 80 act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and at- VOL {_ Pf16j_ torneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all cases of appeal or writ of mP¤>ViS;<>¤ *3 error, heretofore prosecuted, and now pending in the Supreme Court of w,.?‘£p:Fgr?;._ the United States, upon any record from the supreme court of the Territory of Nebraska, or which may hereafter be prosecuted trom said court as herein allowed, may be heard and determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, and the mandate of execution or of further proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme Court of the United States to the circuit or district court of the United States for the district of Nebraska, or to the supreme court of the State of Nebraska, as the nature