Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/908

 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 539. 1891. 855 land claims, to consist of a chief justice and four associate justices, Composition. who shall be, when appointed, citizens and residents of some of the Quslidcations States of the United States, to be appointed by the President, by and Appointment by with the advice and consent of the Senate, to hold their offices for *"*¤*d°¤°· the term expirin on the thirty-nrst da of December, anno Domini Omcialterm. eighteen hundrecl and ninet -five; any direc of whom shall constitute quo.-.,m_ a quorum. Said court shall have and exercise jurisdiction in the _;,,,.;,,u,,m,,_ hearing and decision of lprivate land claims according to the lprovisions of this act. The c ief justice and associate justices shal each Compensation ot receive a compensation of five thousand dollars per year, payable l“““°°“· monthly, and their necessary traveling and personal expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties. The said court shall appoint a clerk, at a salarylof two thousand dollars a year, who shall }:yTk¤¤¤¤¢P¤¢v- attend all the sessions of the court, and a deputy clerk, where regular. terms of the court are held, at a salary of eight hundred dollars a year. The court shall also appoint a stenogra her, at a salary of fifteen Swnozrapher. hupdred dollalrls al year, who shéillfagtendfl all the selprtmons of the court, P°" an er orm the uties require o im y the co . Tll)e said court shall have power to adopt all necessary rule and mwers. cm, ot regulations for the transaction of its business and to carry out the °° ' provisions of this act; to issue any process necessary to the transaction of the business of said court, and to issue commissions to take de0<>¤;m)mi$i.¤¤¤¤¤¤¤k¤ depositions as provided in cha ter seventeen of title thirteen of the °°°' ’ Revised Statutes of the United States. Each of said justices shall 0¤¤h¤. ew. have power to administer oaths and affirmations. It shall be the shllniwd Sums mmduty of the United States marshal for any district or Territory in m'{1‘t°°°"° p'°°°”* wh1ch the court is held to serve any process of the said court placed in his hands for that urpose, and to attend the court in pgxipon or by deputy when so directed by the court. The court s hold sossionsoroom. such sessions in the States and erritories mentioned in this act as shall be needful for the urpows thereof, and shall give notice of the Notice by uggwoo. times and laces of theluolding of such sessions by publication in §3QmQ}x_E“€ ml both the lilhglish and Spanish languages, in one newspalper published at the capital of such State or Territory, once a wee for two successive weeks, the last of which publications shall be not less than thirty days next preceding the times of the holding of such sessions, buiil such sessions may be adjourned from time to time without Adjourned sessions. such ub "cation. Sad? 2. That there shall also be appointed by the President, by U.s.Auomoy. and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a competent attor- P,Qg§;Q‘”'“°"° by ney, learned in the law. who shall when appointed be a resident and Quumcouous. ono. citizen of some State of the United States, to represent the United ‘ States in said court. Such attorney shall receive a compensation of compoooouoo. three thousand five hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, and his necessary traveling and personal expenses while engaged in the discharge o his dut1es. And there shall be appoints by the said I,,,,,,,,,,,,, md court a erson who shall be when appointed a citizen and resident *=¤¤¤¤¤¢<>¤- of some1State of the United States, s illed in the Spanish and English lan a es, to act as interpreter and translator in said court, to attend-lhlhthe sessions thereof, and to perform such other service as may be required of him by the court. Such person shall be en- compenmum titled to a compensation of one thousand five hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, and his necessary traveling and personal ex uses while engaged in the discharge o his duties. Sho. 3. That immediately upon the organization of said court Nom, 0, 0,g,m,,_ the clerk shall cause notices thereof, and of the time and place gouuglwigg ew. in of the first session thereof, to be publishedfor a period of mnety “"’ “° days in one newspaper at the city of Washinrgton and in one publis ed at the capital of the State of Colora o and of the Terntories of Arizona and New Mexico. Such notices shall be published in both the Spanish and English languages, and shall contain the substance of this act.