# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 12

Chap. XII.—An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein.
Laws not locally inapplicable are of force and effect in Missouri.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the state of Missouri as elsewhere within the United States.
The state of Missouri a judicial district.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state of Missouri shall be one district, and be called the Missouri district; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge; he shall hold at the seat of government of the said state, three sessions annually, the first to commence on the first Monday in June next, and the other two sessions progressively, on the like Monday in every fourth calendar month afterwards; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitledAct of Sep. 24, 1789, ch. 20. vol. i. 79. Act of March 2, 1793, ch. 22. The judge to appoint a clerk. “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,” and an act, entitled “An act in addition to the act, entitled ‘An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,’” approved the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and the acts supplementary thereto. The said judge shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court, at the place of holding the same, and shall receive, for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services:Proviso. Provided, That until the government shall be removed to the permanent seat fixed, or to be fixed, by the said state, the said court shall be held at the town of St. Louis.
Salary of the judge.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to the said judge of the said district court, the annual compensation of twelve hundred dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid, quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States.
District attorney to receive 200 dollars annually besides fees.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars annually, as a full compensation for all extra services.
A marshal for the district to receive 200 dollars besides fees.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a marshal shall be appointed for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to ​the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are provided for, and prescribed to, marshals in other districts; and shall, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.
Causes pending in the state courts transferable, &c., may be removed.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all causes pending in the state courts at the passage of this act, which, by law, were transferable to the United States courts, may be so removed, under the rules governing such removals, as soon after the passage of this act as may be reasonably practicable.
Approved, March 16, 1822.