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said judges to hold circuit or district courts in each county of their respective districts, at such place and time as the legislature aforesaid may appoint and designate.

. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to holding district or circuit courts, as aforesaid, the judges aforesaid shall hold two terms annually, of the superior court, at the seat of government in said territory; and the legislature aforesaid shall be authorized, in all cases, except when the United States is a party, to fix the respective jurisdictions of the district and superior court. The United States’ cases shall be tried in the superior court, in the manner that said cases are now tried.

. And be it further enacted, That the judges aforesaid shall be authorized to nominate and appoint, and the governor to commission, a clerk in each county of their respective districts, in such manner, with such powers, and for such term of time, as the legislature aforesaid may designate; but in no county shall the clerk of the superior court be appointed the clerk of the circuit court; and the compensation of said clerks, except in United States’ cases, shall be fixed by the legislature aforesaid.

. And be it further enacted, That, when any party to a suit is aggrieved by a decision of a judge holding a district court, except in criminal cases, the party aggrieved shall be at liberty, by appeal, writ of error, or certiorari, to remove said suit to the superior court of said territory, for further trial; and the case thus brought up shall be tried by the judges, or any two of them other than the judge who made the decision in the district court.

. And be it further enacted, That the additional judge hereby authorized to be appointed shall receive the same salary now allowed by law to the judges of the superior court of the territory of Arkansas.

. And be it further enacted, That writs of error and appeal from the final decision of the superior court for the territory of Arkansas, shall be made to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the manner, and under the same regulations, as from the circuit courts of the United States, when the amount in controversy, to be ascertained by oath or affirmation of either party, shall exceed one thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the act of the legislature of the territory of Arkansas, passed at the last session of the legislature of said territory, in relation to the courts of said territory, so far as the provisions of said act are not inconsistent with and repugnant to this act, be, and the same is hereby, affirmed until said legislature may alter or modify the same.

. And be it further enacted, That all acts coming within the purview of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and that this act shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.

, April 17, 1828.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint such agent or agents as may be usefully employed in prosecuting the designation and settlement of the line forming the north-eastern boundary of the United States and