The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-09-20
Il, MINNESOTA TERRITORY. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1919

pleasure of the court for which he shall
have been appointed. Writs of error and
appeals from the final decisions of said SUI
preme court shall be allowed and may be
taken to the Supreme Court Of the United
States, in the same manner and under the
same regulations as from the circuit courts
of the United States, where the value of
the property or the amount in controversy,
to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation
of either party, or other competent witness,
shall exceed one thousand dollars; and each
Of the said district courts shall have and
exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases
arising under the Constitution and laws of
the United States, as is vested in the circuit
and district courts of the United States; and
tho first six days of every term of said
courts, or SD much thereof as shall be ne
cessary, shall be appropriated to the trial Of
such causes arising under the said constitu-
ton and laws; and writs Of error and ap-
peal in all such cases shall be made to the
supreme court of said Territory, the same
as i'm other cases. The said clerk shall re-
ceive, in all such cases, the same fees which
the clerks of the district courts of the late
Wisconsin Territory received for similar
services.
Sec. 10. .and be 1t further enacted,
That there shall be appointed an attor-
ney for said Territory, who shall con-
tinue in office for four years, unless
sooner removed by the President, and
who shall receive the same fees and SAL
airy as the attorney of the United States
for the late Territory of Wisconsin re-
ceived. There shall also be marshal
for the Territory appointed, who shall
hold his Office for four years, unless
sooner removed by the President, and
who shall execute all processes issuing
from the said courts, when exercising
their jurisdiction as circuit and district
courts of the United States; he shall
perform the duties, be subject to the
same regulations and penalties, and be
entitled to the same fees, as the marshal
of the district court of the United States
for the late Territory of Wisconsin,; and
shall, in addition, be paid two hundred
dollars annually as compensation for
extra services.
Sec. ii. And be II further enacted,
That the governor, secretary, chief JUS
lie and associate justices, attorney, and
marshal, shall be nominated, and, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appointed by the President of
the United States. The governor and
secretary to be appointed as aforesaid,
shall, before they act as such, respect
lively take an oath or affirmation, before
the district Judge, or some Justice Of the
peace in the limits of said Territory,
duly authorized to administer oaths and
affirmations by the laws now in force
therein, or before the chief Justice or
some associate justice Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, to support
the Constitution of the United States,
and faithfully to discharge the duties of
their respective offices; which said oaths
when so taken, shall be certified by the
person by whom the same shall have
been taken, and such certificates shall
be received and recorded by the said
secretary among the executive proceed
ings; and the chief justice and associ-
ate justices, and all other civil officers
| in said Territory, before they act as
such, shall take like oath or affirma-
ton, before the said governor or secre-
Itary, or some Judge or justice of the
peace of the Territory, who may be du-
ly commissioned and qualified, which
said oath or affirmation shall be certi-
fed and transmitted by the person taking
the same, to the secretary, to be by him
recorded as aforesaid; and afterwards,
the like oath or affirmation shall be ia
ken, certified, and recorded in such
manner and form as may be prescribed
by law. The governor shall receive an
annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars
as governor, and one thousand dollars
as superintendent of Indian affairs.
The chief justice and associate justices
shall each receive an annual salary of
eighteen hundred dollars The secre-
tary shall receive an annual salary of
eighteen hundred dollars. The said
salaries shall be paid quarter-yearly, at
the treasury of the United States. The
members Of the legislative assembly
shall be entitled to receive three dollars
each per day during their attendance at
the sessions thereof, and three dollars
each for every twenty miles travel in
going to and returning from the said
sessions, estimated according to the
nearest usually travelled route. There
shall be appropriated, annually, the sum
of one thousand dollars, to be expended
by the governor to defray the contingent
expenses of the Territory; and there
shall also be appropriated, annually,
sufficient sum, to be expended by the
secretary of the Territory, and upon an
estimate to be made by the Secretary of