The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-06

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une ladsr h, shall hail ms CONT IN III
hist Mnnaps et Aprl apl Oe,pb r. L. !
raeh ami every year, II ihf seal OF sn,rrn.
n'ent IN siaii territory, and at such other
times AMI places as the Legislative Council
may direct. There shall hr a s|nnrrtnr
court ipr lhnt part vi the territory situated
10 TIN east ami south of the Shnamre n
yer, 10 consist Of on Judge hp hall hold
bis court ON the if8t Monday IN Nav AID
November, ~ each aud livery yral, At 81.
Augnstine, aud NJ such oihrr Times anu
places - the Legid,li1c lpnncil slial, Iii
rect. Within it. limits, herein described,
each court shall have Jurisdiction in all
criHlIadl easrs, aud exclusive Jurisdiction
IN all capital offences, aud eiigiaal lurisdic
tion IN all ei,l eases Of tie value Of unr
hundred dollars, arising under titr laws ~
the trrritory now in force, or which may,
N any time hereafter, hc enacted hv Tie
Lcgi,l tive Ceumrli, aud shall have and
eArrrlsc appellate Jurisdiction orrr tn IN
feflor courts af sail lcrf,tory, E,eh
lnter shall apl,dlut n clerk, Who shall re-
sldr, respectively, nj the plate aherf his
SAID CONT Is, or may, by law, be directed
to be held, and they shall keep the records
there. Eacll clerk shall rcrri,. fot his
services, III all vases arising under the
Laws ofthe territory, sucl f,es AS sh II
he established by the Legislative Council.
And wits of error and appeal from the
fnal decision Of the said superior courts.
authorized by This section oil this aci, shall
be made 10 the appellate court of sad
territory, hereinafter provided fnf. in such
manner, and under such regulations, as the
Legislative Cnunciai mas direct and, until
The Legislative Comeil shall have made
such REGULATE ms, wrils at error and appeal
from The decision of the said superior
courts shall Ire made 10 She appellate
court of The territory, in the same manner
that wflts of error aud appeals arr taken
and prosecuted in the next adjoining
state.
Sec. 9. .And be Il further enacted, That
each of the said super " roorts shah,
moreover, have and exercise the saine
Jurisdiction within its limits, Ia all cases
arising under tire LAW and Constitution of
tln United States, which, by an act 10
establish thu Judicial courts of the United
States, approved the twenty fourth day oi
Set.tcmber, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty nine, and " An act IN addition
I" the act, entitled An act 10 establish
thu judicial courts Of The Uultrd States
approved the second of March, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety three, was
vested IN the court OF kentucky district.
The first six da va Of each term of the said
courts, or ~ much thereof as may hc
oect;ssary, shall be Appropriated ~ the
tlial of culses arising under The laws and
Constitution of The United States. Aud
Nrlls Of error and appeal from the deel
SONS ia the said superior courts, anthorlz
ed by This -cclion oi this act shall be made
10 the appellate court vi sad territory IN
such manner, and under such regulations,
as the Legislative Council shnll direct
The Clerks, respectively, shall KEEP the
records at the places where the counts are
held, and no one clerk shall, by himself or
deputy o~ilicialc At more than ONE place
for holding said courts they shall receive,
IN all cases under the Laws aud Conslitotion
of the United States, the same fees which
the clerks of the district court Of tac next
adjoining STATE receive for similar ar, Tres.
Sec. 3. ind be IL Gtrther enoctrd, TINT
there shall be appointed, for each of the
said courts, a person, learned in the law, 10
act as attorneys pf the United States, AS
well as for the territory, each Of whom
shall receive the same fees, both IN rlsil
apd criminal cases, ~ are received by the
district attorneys ofthe United States, Of
the next adjoining state, for simll" ser
Wees +; and shall, %mnrroFcI, 'rceltr, as a
fab compensation foI all cXtga services,
annually, HE same salary, as /, provided,
by law, for the district attorney al Tho
Il lstricl Of Kentucky, 10 be- pad, quarterly,
by the Treasury Of the L. States. There
shall, also, he appointed, fnr each of the
SAID courts, "A marshal, who shall perform
the same duties, lac subIrctln the stne re-
g,latlDns aud pendItirs, aud be entitled II
same fees, IL winch mlr5lt'l5, Ia
olboi districts, are entitled for s.rplldr SCI
VICES aud shall, in addition, be PAID the
sum Of two hundred duliats annually, As 4
cnmp en5atlon for ekira services aud ahdll,
ala, be subirct 10 such regulations aud
~ the Legislative Council sidi
impose, while acting under, aud n ,lft""
OF, the territorial lnvs. Each Judges sllal
a slIary ofiiftcen hpodlei dollars
per anurm, 10 be plid, quarterly, by the
Treasury Of the Uaitrd State.
See. !. Md be II further eaoctcd, That
there shall be organized IN snid terrii ~ a
court ofppcals, t. b. coppotrd Of the
Judges of the superior coauls NJ sud irftl-
tor,, any two &c nhum shall bl'a guoran
and shall hold, annually, III the scat Of
government Of said territory, "ne session,
commencing on the first Monday IL
January, IN each and every year Tue
senior jpd2r thali br the presiding JnaSr
Of said coHt, and the other judges shall
have prretdrucr according 10 the date ot
Their commissions, "a, where tl"ir com.
are Of the same datr, according