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 406 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 121. 1849. hJ¤di°i¤l %°W°¤‘= Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the judicial power of said °w v°“°Territory shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Supreme Court. Courts, and in justices of the peace. The Supreme Court shall consist of a chiefjustice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of said '1`erritoiy annually, and they shall hold their oilioes during the period of four years. The said Territory shall be divided into Distnct Courts three judicial districts, and a District Court shall be held in each of said districts b one of the °ustices of the Su rome Court, at such times Y J _ P and places as may be prescribed by law; and the said judges shall, after their appointments, respectively, reside in the districts which shall th.Turisgiction of be assigned them. The jurisdiction of the several courts herein pro- D;mct,“P'°;:i vided for, both appellate and original, and that of the Probate Courts Probate Courts, and of justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law: Provided, iggpgigfes Of glhagnthegpppgcesqof the peice shlall not have jurisdiction of any mat- .y w en the ti e or boundaries 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 Cmks of Dm possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction. Each District trict Courts. Conyt, or the judge thereof, shall appoint its clerk, who shall also be the register in chancery, and shall keep his office at the place where the court may be held. Writs of error, bills of exception and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said District Courts to the Sppreme Court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by l-aw, ut in no case removed to the Supreme Court shall trial prS:;l§0Ql£t_S“' by jury be allowed inisaid court. The Supreme Court, or the justices thereof; shall appoint its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold his office at the pleasure 0 the court for which he shall have been appointed. ang/'rgfs glgrrpr Wi-its of error and appeals from the final decisions of said Supreme Supmgg Com'; Court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the of U. States. United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations 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 ailirmation of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed one thousand dollars; and each of the said District Courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, as is vested in the Circuit and D1StYlO;C051T[S of the United States; and the first six days of every term o said courts or so much thereof as shall be nec ssary shall be appropriated to the’trial of causes arising under the said Coristitution and laws; and writs of error and appeal in all such cases shall be made to tihelSulprcr}peif]0urt of said 'flprritory, the same as in other cases. The Fees ofclerk. sui cer s a receive, in such cases, the same fees which the clerks of the District Courts of the late Wisconsin Territory received for similar services. Attorney and Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That there shall be appointed marshal : their un f ·d T · ’ -. ms and m01w attorney or said emtory, who shall continue in office for four ments. years, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall receive the same fees and salary as the attorney of the United States for the late }'l`e¥ito1;y of Wisconsiin received. There shall also be a marshal or t c erntory appointe, who shall hold his office for four years unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all progresses issigrg from the said courts, when exercising their jurisdiction as ircuit an istrict ourts of the United States; he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as the marshal of the District Court of the Ilmted States for the late Territory of Wisconsin; and shall, in addition! be paid two hundred dollars annually as a compensation for extra services.