Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-07

by Edward Harris Mills: Provided, That
this act shall not be SO construed as 10
dispense with requirements Of existing
laws relating to new registers to be issued
to vessels, except as to the name thereof;
and that satisfactory evidence OF full COM
pliance with those requirements shall be
furnished 10 the Secretary OF the Treasu-
ry before new register shall be issued,
as herein provided.
Approved February %, ls47.
PuBL1c- No. IA.
AN ACT to establish court at Key West, in
the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted By The Senate and House of
Representatives, Of the United STATES of a.
merica in Congress assembled, That all that
part Of the State Of Florida lying south of
line drawn due east and west from the
northern point Of Charlotte harbor, inclld-
ing the is ands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors,
bays, and inlets, south Of said line, shall
be erected into new judicial district, TO
be called the southern district Of Florida;
district court shall be held in said south
ern district, to consist o! one Judge, who
shall reside at Key West, in said district,
and be called district Judge; and shall in all
things have and exercise the jurisdiction
and powers Of a district and circuit court
oil the United States within the district
aforesaid, anu appeals may be allowed and
writs Of error sued out and made return
abls 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 out from and 10 cir
cult court The Jntlge shall appoin: a
clerk, who shall reside and keep tie rec.
ords of The court at the place Of holding the
same; and shall receive for the services he
may perform the same fees TO which the
clerk of the Louisiana district is entitled
for similar services.
SEC. 2. find be Il further enacted That
the judge Of said district shall hold two
regular terms OF court in each year at
Key West : the one commencing on the
first 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 to time, at such places in said
district as occasion may require, to des-
patch the business Of said court; and, for
the purpose of hearing and deciding all
cases of admiralty and maritime juri.dic-
ton, the said cour, shall be at all times
open.
SEC. 3, find be ii further enacicd, That
no vessel nor master thereof, shall be reg.
nlarly employed in the business Of wreck
ing on the coast Of Florida without the IL
cense OF the judge Of said court; and be-
fore licensing any vessel or master, the
judge shall be satisfied that the vessel is
seaworthy, and properly and sufficiently
fitted and equipped for the business of saw
ing property shipwre :ked AMI in distress;
and that the master tl,ereofis trustworthy,
and innocent Of any fraud or misconduct
in relation 10 any property shipwrecked
or saved on said coast.
SEc. 4. find be 1t further enacted, That
there shall be allowed to the Judge afore-
said an annual salary of two thousand
dollars to be paid to him quarterly from
the time Of his appointment.
SEC. s. and be ii further enacted, That
there shall be appointed in said dis'rict a
person learned in law to act as attorney
for the United States, who shall, in addi-
ton TO his stated fees, be paid by the Uni
ted States two hundred dollars as full
compensation for all extra services
SEC. 6. find be ii further ennctel, That
there shall be appointed in said district a
marshal, who shall perform the same du-
ties, be subject to The same regulations
and penalties, and be entitled 10 the same
fees, as are allow ed 10 marshals in the dis
trict Of Louisiana, and shall, moreover, be
entitled to the sum Of two hundred dol
lars annually, as a compensation for all
extra services.
SEC. Z. .Andbe ii further enacted, That
the provisions Of the act passed at this
session, entitled "An act 10 regulate the
exercise Of the appellate jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court of the United States
in certain cases and for other purposes"
shall be held TO apply to all records, pro-
ccedings, judgments or DEGREES transfer
red to The court hereby established; and
all and singular the records and proceed.
ings, judgments or DEGREES specified in
said ACT, that arose or pending, or claimed
to be pending as stated in said act, in or
before the superior court Of the southern
district Of the late Territory Of Florida,
and provided by said act to be transferred
10 the district court of the United States
Cor the district Of Florida, shall be, and
are hereby, transferred to the court here.
by created, and all the provisions Of said
act relating to said district court Of the
United States for the district Of Florida,
or respecting The removal Of judgments or
DEGREES in such cases TO the Supreme
Court Of the United States, or otherwise
relating to such cases, shall be deemed and
held to apply to the court hereby created,
the same as to said district court Of the
United States for said district Of Florida,