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 TWENTY-l\`INTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 89. 1846. 57 same, above the Indian village, according to Nicollet’s map; thence due south to the main branch of the River St. Croix; thence down the main channel of said river to the Mississippi; thence down the centre of the main channel of that river to the north-west corner of the State of Illinois; thence due east with the northern boundary of the State of Illinois to the place of beginning, as established by "An mg, ,,y,_ 61, Act to enable the People of the Illinois Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States," approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and eighteen. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to prevent all disputes in reference to the jurisdiction of islands in the said Brulé and Meno· _ Jurisdiction of monie Rivers, the line be so run as to include within the jurisdiction jsjsnjacfolgfulg of Michigan all the islands in the Brulé and Menomonie Rivers, (to mm., the extent in which said rivers are adopted as a boundary,) down to, and inclusive of, the Quinnesec Falls of the Menomonie; and from thence the line shall be so run as to include within the jurisdiction of Wisconsin all the islands in the Menomonie River, from the falls aforesaid down to the junction of said river with Green Bay: Provided, That the adjustment of boundary, as lixedin this act, between Wisconsin and Michigan shall not be binding on Congress, unless the Assent of Michsame shall be ratified by the State of Michigan on or before the first l8“ ’°9“l'°d· day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Wiscon- To have cou. sin shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi, and all other °}¤"°¤‘ l:’**Xgl°· rivers and waters bordering on the said State of Wisconsin, so far as  Qufmz the same shall form a common boundary to said State and any other rivers. State or States now or hereafter to be formed or bounded by the same; and said river and waters, and the navigable waters leading into the N='l8*l>l° "¤· same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the ls; gig:?,,;:?` inhabitants of said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union, in pursuance of this act, the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable ”l’;,`§;d°€°U,,,§j shall have the same force and eifect within the State of Wisconsin as state. _ elsewhere within the United States; and said State shall constitute °E;‘“l;£;l;j’*(‘f one district, and be called the District of Wisconsin; and a district trjgtjl court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside A ¤¤ in the said district and be called a district judge. He shall hold, at l°;?:s;’;l,?, of the the seat of government of said State, two sessions of said court annu- eonrt,_annpowem ally, on the first Mondays in January and July; and he shall, in all $*1,] él?:$"°“ things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which J ` were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky District, under an act entitled "An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United _ States." He shall appoint a clerk for said district, who shall reside 1$§‘(¤l1k¤PP°¤¤*¤ and keep the records of said court at the place of holding the same; ° °r ’ °' and shall receive for the services performed by him the same fees to Fees. which the clerk of the Kentucky District is bylaw entitled for similar 1189,en. 20,5 10. services. There shall be allowed to the judge of said district court the annual compensation of tiheen hundred dollars, to commence Compensation from the date of his appointment, to be paid quarterly at the treasury ¤*' 1**626- or the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That mere shall DC appointed District atm. in aid district a person learned in the law to act as attorney of the   *’° ‘P‘ SCRIBS, Wh0, in addition to the stated fees, shall be  the Compgnntian Sum of two hundred dollars annually by the United States, as a full wd YW- compensation for all extra services; the said payment to be made quarterly at the treasury of the United States And there shall also Von. lX. Pun.-8