The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-06-07

of whom shall constitute quorum, and
who shall hold term al the seat of govern
ment of said Territory annually, and they
shall hold their Offices during the period of
four years. The said Territory shall be d.
vided into three judicial districts, and dis
trict court shall be held in each Of said dis
trcts by of the Justices of the supreme
court, at such times and places os may be
prescribed by law; and the said judges shall,
after their appointment, respectively, reside
in the districts which shall be assigned them.
The jurisdiction of the several courts here
in provided for, both appellate and original,
and that of the probate courts and Of justi-
res of the peace, shall be as limited by law /:
Provided, That the Justices of the peace
shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in
controversy when the title or boundaries of
land may be in dispute, or where the debt or
sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dol
lars; and the said supreme and district courts
respectively, shall possess chancery as well
AS common law jurisdiction. Each district
court, or the Judge thereof, shall appoint
its clerk, who shall also be the register in
chancerv, and shall keep his Office at the
place where the court may be held Wrts
OF error, bills of exception and appeals,
shall be allowed IN all cases from the final
decisions Of said district courts to the su-
preme court, under such regulations as may
be prescribed by law, but in no case reno
we'd to the supreme court shall trial by Jury
be allowed in said court. The supreme
court, or the justices thereof, shall appoint
ITS own clerk, and every clerk shall hold his
office at the pleasure of the court for which
he shall have been appointed. Wrts of
error and appeals from the final decisions of
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may be taken to the Supre.. Court of the
United States, in the same manner and un-
der the same regulations as from the circuit
courts of the United States, W here 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 ex-
ercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases ari.
sing under the Constitution and laws Of the
United States, as is vested in the circuit and
district courts of the United States; and the
first six days of every term of said courts,
or so much thereof as shall be necessary,
shall be appropriated to the trial of causes
arising under the said Constitution and laws;
and wrts of error and appeal in all such
cases shall be made to the supreme court Of
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The said clerk shall receive, in all such ca
ses, the same fees which the clerks of the
district courts of the late Wisconsin Terri
tory received for similar seryices.
SEC. 10. find be IL further enacted, That
there shall be appointed an attorney for said
Territory, who shall continue in office for
four years, unless sooner removed by the
President, and who shall receive the same
fees and salary as the attorney of the United
States for the late Territory of Wisconsin
received. There shall also be marshal
for the Territory appointed, who shall hold
his office for four years, unless sooner reno
we'd 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 emit
tied 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 annu-
ally as a compensation for extra services
SEC. i. find be at further enacted, That
the governor, secretary, chief justice, 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, re-
spectively take an oath or affirmation, be-
fore the district Judge, or some justice of
the peace i'll the limits of said Territory
duly authorized to administer oaths and af-
frmations 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 re-
ceived and recorded by the said secretary
among the executive proceedings; and the
chief justice and associate justices, and all
other civil officers in said Territory, be-
fore they act as such, shall take like oath
or affirmation before the said governor or
secretary, or some judge or justice Of the
peace of the Territory. who may be duly
commissioned and qualified, which said oath
or affirmation shall he certified and transmit
secretary, TO be by him recorded as afore-
nation shall be taken, certified, and record
Gu III SUCH IuduiItT anu ioIu rs Hidy NC
prescribed by law. The governor shall re-
ceive an annual salary of fifteen hundred
dollars as governor, and one thousand dol
lars as superintendent of Indian affairs.
The chief justice and associate justices shall
each receive an annual salary of eighteen
hundred dollars. The secretary shall re-
ceive an annual salary of eighteen hundred
dollars. The said salaries shall be paid
Notwithstanding NJ tho treasury Of the limited
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, es-
tmated according to, the nearest usually
travelled route. There shall he appropria-
ted, annually, the sum of one thousand dol
-. Xe, ha amended hy the aoxernor To de-