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THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 70, 71. 1863. 701 States; and the said supreme, district, and probate court, respectively, Probate courts shall possess chancery as well as common-law jurisdiction and authority Chancery POW- for the redress of all wrongs committed against the laws of said Territory, °"' affecting persons or property. Each district court, or the judge thereof, shall appoint its clerk, who shall also be the register in chancery, and shall Clerkskeep his office at the place where the court may be held. Writs of error, Writs of mor, bills of exceptions, and appeals shall be allowed from the final decisions &°· of said district and probate courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the Tri¤ll>.Vj¤¤‘.Y· supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court. The supreme court, or the justices thereof, shall appoint its own clerk, and every clerk @9***- shall hold his office at the pleasure of the court for which he shall have been appointed. Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of Appeals, Sm., said supreme court shall be allowed and may be taken to the supreme *‘;S“P'%“‘? °‘é“" court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same gg3i_ me regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States, when the value of the property, or the amount in controversy, to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed one thousand dollars ; and each of said supreme and 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 said Territory, and the respective judges thereof, shall and may grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases in which the Hubeas corpus same are granted 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 _Pr¢<=¤d<=¤¢•> ¤f much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of °"°l°' causes arising under the said constitution and laws; and writs of error and appeals in all such eases shall be made to the supreme court of said Territory the same as in other cases. The said clerk shall receive in all such cases the same fees which the clerks of the district courts of Oregon Fees ¤f clerks- Territory received for similar services. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of sections one _1’art of act apand two of this act shall be applicable to the Territory of Dakota, and €;‘°“l’l€ “’D“k°‘ shall have like eH`ect as in the Territory of Colorado. 5861 ch 86 Approved, March 2, 1863. Arzle;p..239l CHAI-. LXXI. —An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Post- Ofice Department. March 3, 1863 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster·Gener:1l Y0S¤¤j¤¤¢¤¤‘¤· shall have power to appoint and commission all postmastcrs whose salary APP°*“*m€¤*· or compensation for the preceding fiscal year shall at the time of such appointment have been ascertained to be less than one thousand dollars per year; and in all other cases the President shall appoint. The person appointed postmaster shall reside within the delivery of the office to Residencewhich he shall be appointed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster—General, all All persons postmasters, and special agents, and all persons employed in the General g‘}¤}llgL°{':$lat;‘€P°S*‘ Post-Office, or in the care, custody, or conveyance of the mail, hereafter (mh of Omm appointed or employed, shall, previous to entering upon the duties assigned to them, or the execution of their trusts, and before they shall be entitled to receive any emoluments therefor, in addition to the oath of office prescribed by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 1‘espec— 1;,62, eh_ ]2g_ tively take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before some A"¢¢,}>·502· magistrate, and cause a certificate thereof to be filed in the General P0st~ Oflice: “I, A. B., do swear (or aflirm, as the case may be) that I will Form of 08*}*- faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from every thing forbidden by the laws in relation to the establishment of the post-