United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 35
Chap. XXXV.—An Act authorizing the appointment of additional officers in the respective territories of the United States.
Attorneys and marshals to be appointed in the territories.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed in the respective territories of the United States, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney of the United States, who shall, besides the usual fees of office, receive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars, payable quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States; and there shall also be appointed, in each of said territories, a marshal, who shall receive the same fees and compensation as is allowed by law to the marshal of the district of Kentucky.
Approved, February 27, 1813.