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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177. 1848. 327 keep his office at the place where the court may be held. Writs of Writs nfnrmr, error, bilis of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said District Courts to the Supreme Court, under of p;,,_,gc,C,,,m, such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no casa removed g Supreme to the Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court. The °""‘ Supreme Court, or the justices thereof, shall appoint its own clerk, and Supreme Court every clerk shall hold his officc at the pleasure of the Court for which ;‘?€rk‘ipP°'“* “‘ hc shall have been appointed. Writs of error and appeals from the wms or mm, fim! decisions of said Supreme Court shall be allowed, and may be 5****: f;,°’Q d€°istaken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner €§:,:t0§ggiE,T,$ and under the same regulations as from the Circuit Courts of the United cgi ¢¤ S¤pr<=_¤¤9 States, where the value of the property or the amount in controversy, :Q5"éQ2;i’° U"` to be ascertained by the oath or atitirmatiou of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed two thousand dollars, and in all cases where the constitution of the United States, or acts of Congress, or a treaty of the United States, is brought in question; and each of the said District Courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all _E;te¤t_orj¤;sscases arising under the constitution of" the United States, and the laws ‘” D‘“"*°‘ of said Territory, as is vested in the Circuit and District Courts of the ' United States ; writs of error and appeal in all such cases shall bc made to the Supreme Court of said Territory, the same as in other cases. Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said Su· Haw writs ol preme Court shall be allowed, and maybe taken to the Supreme Court ;;°{0‘:c@:a¥;¥;““ of the United States, in the same manner as from the Circuit Courts of ` the United States, where the vaiuc of the property, or the amount in controversy, shall exceed two thousand dollars; and each of said Dis trict Courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all cases _Juyi¤di¤ts¤¤ of arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, as is vest- D‘“"°* C°“'“‘ ed in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, and also of all cases arising under the laws of the said Territory, and otherwise. The said clerk shall receive, in all such cases, the same {'ccs which the Few ¢>f¤1crk¤. clerks of the District Courts of the late Wisconsin Territory received for similar services. Sec. I0. And be itfm-ther enacted, That there shall be appointed A¤<>¤¤¤Y· an attorney for said Territory, who shall continue in office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall receive the same fees His fees and and salary as were provided by law for the attorney of the United ¤¤I¤*¥· States for the late 'Ferritory of Wisconsin. There shall also be a mar- Marshal. sha1 for the Territory appointed, who shall hold his lofiicc for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall cxccutc all processes His duties, &.¤. issuing from the said courts, when exercising their jurisdiction as Circuit zmd 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 were provided by law for the marshal of the Dis~ trict Court of the United States for the present [late] Territory of Wisconsin; and shall, in addition, be paid two hundred dollars annually C°¤P¢¤¤¤*i°¤- as a compensation for extra services. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary,. Guverngr,¤ec— chief justice and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be ‘;;‘g;";h‘°*`.P:I: nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, mg,] gttgrgeb appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and =¤¤<i rmmhai ¢¤ M Secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as Such, $,2::3;:% E; ::3 respectively take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or with zhe’advic¤ §0mc justice of the peace in the limits of said Territory, duly author- gg S;;:::"‘ °" nzcd to administer oaths and atiirmations by the laws now in force Each 5 4,;, iheréin, or before the chief justice or some associate justice of {IIC B11- °m°id °¤u¤*»"·° preme Court of the United States, to support the constitution of the