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 450 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 49. 1850. dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars; and the said Supreme and District Courts, respectively, shall possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction. Each District Clerk. Court, or the judge thereof, shall appoint 1ts clerk, who shall also be the register in chancery, and shall keep his office at the place where Writs of er- 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 Supreme Court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, but in no case removed to the Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court. The Supreme Court, or the justices Clerk. thereof, shall appoint its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold his oflice at the pleasure of the court for which he shall have been ap· Writs of error pointed. YVrits of error and appeals from the final decisions of said ggjube amifjggs Supreme Court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme gm ’ Court of the 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 atiirmation of either party, or other competent witness, Exceptions. shall exceed one thousand dollars; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves, the said writs of error or appeals shall be allowed and decided by the said Supreme Court without regard to the value of the matter, property, or title in controversy ; and except also that a. writ of error or appeal shall also be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of the said Supreme Court created by this act, or of any judge thereof, or of the District Courts created by this act, or of any judge thereof, upon any writ of habeas corpus involving the question of personal freedom; 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 District Courts of the United States; and the said Supreme and District Courts of the said Territory, and the respective judges thereof, shall and may grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases in which the same are grantable by the judges of the United States in the District of Columbia; and the first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said Constitution and laws; and writs of error and appeals in all such cases shall be made to the Supreme Court of said Territory, the same as in other cases. The Fees of clerk. said clerk shall receive in all such cases the same fees which the clerks of the District Courts of Oregon Territory now receive for similar services. Attorney and Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed Egsggk digg? an attorney for said Territory, who shall continue in office for four ` 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 present Territory of Oregon. There shall also be a marshal for the Territory appointed, who shall hold his onice for four years, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as Circuit and District Courts of the United States: he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulation and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees as the marshal of the District Court of the United States for the present Territory of Oregon, and shall, in addition, be paid two hundred [dollars] annually as a compensation for extra services. SB2;_l;€a§;V€g*1?;? SEC, I2. And be it farther enacted, That the governor, Secfélafy, justice, ,,,.,,1 as, chief justice and associate justices, attorney and marshal, shall be sociate justices, nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, hQ;d appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and to bespjiointed. secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such,