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 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 25. 1851. 595 court of Arkansas shall hold two terms of said court at the town of Van Buren, the county seat of Crawford county aforesaid, on the second Mondays of May and November in each and every year, and shall continue in session until all the business shall be disposed of ; and he is hereby authorized and directed to hold such other special sessions as Special laws. may be necessary for the despatch of the causes in said court, at such time or times as he may deem expedient, and may adjourn such special sessions to any other time previous to a stated term- Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district court of the Jurisdictionof United States for the western district of Arkansas hereby established, °°“'* fg? FN in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a district court, w°st°m 1Sm°t' shall, within the limits of its respective district, have jurisdiction of all causes, civil or criminal, except appeals and writs of error, which now arc, or hereafter may by law be made cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court; and an Appeals and appeal or writ of error shall be prosecuted from the final decree or write of errorjudgment of said district court to the supreme court of the United States, in the same manner that appeals and writs of error now are, by law, from a circuit court of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United District atm- States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint xy fsf adistrict attorney and marshal for said western district of Arkansas, district. who respectively shall receive the same salary and perquisites as the present district attorney and marshal of the State of Arkansas have by law; and the said district judge shall appoint a clerk of said court Clerkhereby established. Approved, March 3, 1851. Gun. XXV. —.@n Act to found a Military Asylum for the Relief and Support March 3, 1851. of invalid and disabled Soldiers of the Hrmy of the United States. ‘i··——· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all soldiers of Who are to be the army of the United States, and all soldiers who have been, or may :;"’i‘;l;f“ °f the hereafter be, of the army of the United States, whether regulars or y volunteers, and who have contributed, or may hereafter contribute, according to section seven of this act, to the support of the military asylum hereby created, shall, under the restrictions and provisions which follow, be members of the said asylum, with all the rights annexed thereto. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the good government Government and attainment of the objects proposed by the institution aforesaid, the °f lh° “‘Yl“m‘ general-in·chief commanding the army, the generals commanding the eastern and western geographical military divisions, the quartermastergeneral, the commissary-general of subsistence, the paymaster-general, the surgeon-general, and the adjutant-general, shall be, ex aflcio, commissioners of the same, constituting a board of commissioners, a ma- Commissionjority of whom shall have power to establish, from time to time, regu- °’S· lations for the general and internal direction of the institution, to be submitted to the Secretary of War for approval ; and may do any other Their powers. act or acts necessary for the government and interests of the same, as authorized herein. _ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the institu- _ Oflieefe of the tion shall consist of a governor, a deputy governor, and a secretary, for mSmu¤°°' each separate site of the asylum, the latter to be also treasurer; and the said officers shall be taken from the army, and appointed or re- Appointment YB0V6d, fl'0m time to time, as the interests of the institution may 1'€quil‘€, md ‘"°m°“l·