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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 74. 1892. 435 of one chief justice and two associate justices, who shall be appointed Justices. by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold office during good behavior. Sec. 2. That the said justices shall each receive an annual salary of Salaries. six thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, except the chief' justice, who shall receive six thousand live hundred dollars. Sec. 3. That each of said justices, before he enters upon the duties Oathof his office, shall take the oath prescribed by law to be taken by the judges of the courts of the United States. Sec. 4. That there shall be a clerk of said court of appeals, to be ap- cmk. pointed by the court, who shall receive as compensation for his services, in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum slimy. of three thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, and who shall give bond, such as the court may determine to be satisfactory, for the faithful performance of his duties; and Duties. his duties shall be such as the court may from time to time prescribe. The court shaH regulate from time to time the fees to be charged by Fo6s_ the said clerk, which shall be accounted for at least once in each quarter and paid into the Treasury of the United States; and said clerk shall receive such allowance for clerical assistance and necessary ex- ¤¤¤¤·i¤¤i ¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤·>- penditures in the conduct of his office as the court may determine by special or general order in the premises, but not to exceed the sum of M°*“°"¤*· two thousand dollars in any one year, payable as aforesaid at the Treasury of the United States. Sec. 5. That said court of appeals may appoint a crier at a compen- ‘-"i°"“"*”*°°°°“¤°’- sation not to exceed one hundred dollars a month, and a messenger at a compensation not to exceed sixty dollars a month, both payable at the Treasury of the United States, who shall perform such duties as may be assigned them by the court. ·· Sec. 6. That the said court of appeals shall establish a term of the rams. court during each and every month in each year excepting the months of July and August, and it shall make such rules and regulations as R¤1¤¤»·>¢¤- may be necessary and proper for the transaction of the business to be brought before it, and for the time and method of the entry of appeals and for giving notice of appeals thereto from the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper in the premises. If any member of the court shall be absent on account of illness or prQ:jHj:£g¤j;:,,;; other cause during the session thereof, or shall be disqualified from to an wmptmy vihearing and determining any particular cause by having been of coun- °‘“‘°‘°'· sel therein, or by having as a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia previously passed upon the merits thereof or if for any reason whatever it shall be impracticable to obtain a full court of three justices, the member or members of the court who shall be present shall designate the justice or justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to temporarily till the vacancy or vacancies so created, and the justice or justices so designated shall sit in said court of appeals and perform the duties of a member thereof while such vacancy or vacancies shall exist: Provided, That no justice of the su- pmt. preme court of the District of Columbia shall, while on the bench of v,·L},“{‘,f§{r QQ; ${2; said court of appeals, sit in review of any judgement, decree, or order ments, em. which he shall have himself entered or made. A Wm from W Sec. 7. That any party aggrieved by any iinal order, judgment, or PNL mm, n. c. deree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or of any justice thereof, may appeal therefrom to the court of appeals hereby created; and upon such appeal the court of appeals shall review such order, judgment, or decree, and affirm, reverse, or modify the same as shall be just: Provided, ho»u·etm·, That all causes now pending before the ggfgr of ma said Supreme court in general term, together with the original papers from supreme wm. and record entries duly certified, shall by appropriate orders duly entered of record be transfered and delivered to the court of appeals