The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-24

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 Approved, Feb. a, Is4z
 pu6lic--No. IA.
 AN ACT
 To establish q count st Key West, in the
 State of Florida ssd other pnEpDses.
 Be t enacted by fke Senate aa9 HoHss Of Representatives. gf tie Unite5 -Siaies of .ameyica ia Congress assembled, That all that part of the Snie of FloFisin lying south of line drawn due eas, and west from he northern point of Charlotte harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors, bays, and iniets, south of said line, siAll be- erected. into new judicial dissrici, 10 be cal led the southern district of Florida, q dis trici court shall be held in said southern dis ,rici, ,o consist of one judge, who shall re- side at Key West, in said district and be called district judge; and shall in all things have and exercise the jurisdiction snd pow- CTS of district and cireuil court of the Uni- ted States wiihin the district aforesaid; and appeals may be allowed and wriss of error sued out and made resurnable in the Supreme Court in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as appeals and writs of error are allowed and sued ont from and to circuit court. The judge shall ap- point clerk, who shall reside and keep the records of the court at the place of holding the same; and shall receive for the services he may perform the same fees to which ihe clerk of the Louisiana district is entitled for similar services.
 Sec. ?. .and be it fartAer enacted, That Ihe judge of said district shall hold two reg ular terms of court in each year al Key Wes, 1.-the one commencing on the frs, Monday in May, the other on the first Monday of November in each year. He shall also hold extra sessions of said court from time of time, al such places in said district as occasion may require, to despatch the business ot said court; and, for the purpose of hearing and deciding all cases of admuaiiiy and maritime jurisdiction, the said court shall be at all times open. ;, xa Sec. 5. find be it fmrther cRacted, That no vessel nor master thereof, shall be regu- laily employed in the business ofwrecking on the coast of Florida without the license of the judge of said court: and, before licensing any vessel or master, the judge shall be sat- is6ed that the vessel ls seawortiay, and pro- peFly and sufficiently fitted and equipped for the business ol saving properly shipwreeked and in distress; and that the master thereof is trustworthy, and innocent of any fraud or misconduct in relation to any property ship wrecked or saved on said coast.
 Sec. 4. And Dc it further enacted, That. there shall be allowed to the judge aforesaid an annual salary of two thousand dollars 10 be paid 10 him quarterly from the time of his appointment.
 Sec $ fad be if further enacted, That there shall be appointed in said district . person learned in the law to act as attorney for the United States, who shall in addition to his slated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars as full compensation for all extra services.
 Sec. G. fad be l further eaaeied, That, there shall be appointed in said district a marshal, who shall perform the same duties, be subject 10 the saae regulations and penal ties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are allowed Ia marshals in the district of Louisi- ana, and that, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.
 Sec. 2. fad 6e it further enacted, That the provisions of the aci passed at this ses- sion, entitled "An act to regulate the exer- else of the appellate jurisdiction of the Su- preme Court of the United States in certain cases and for other purposes,n shall be held to apply to all reeords, proceedings, iudg- ments or decrees transferred to the court hereby established; and all and singular the records and proceedings, judgments or de- crees specified ia said aci. that arose or pend- ing, or claimed to be pending ss staisd tn said act. in or before the superior eous ol the southern district of the iaie Territory of Florida, and provides! by said act lo be trans- feIred to the district court of the Uaited States for the district of Florida, shall be, aud are hereby, transferred 10 the court hereby created, and all the provisions of said se, re- laiing to said district court of the Uaiied States for ihe district of Fiosida, CT respect ing the removal of judgments or decrees in such cases iO the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States. or otherwise relating to such cases. shall be deemed sad held 10 apply so the coar. hereby created. the same ss ie sail district eoasi ef the United States for said district of Florida, and io the cases so as aforesaid transferred to the court hereby created. ise sstsi sAis
 See g. -aad bs f further enaeied, Ths. the title and name of said district coars of the United States for the district of Florida shall hereafter be the s-districs court Of the Uailcd States fos the northern district of rlosiIa;;' aud Ina. li,e jsdge of said northern dislric, shall, in addition to he lenns of hss court heretofore prescribed le be held within said northern district, hold one term Of the court for said district al Apalaehicola on the 6rsi Monday in February spf each year, and one