The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-04-28
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four years. The said Territory shall he d.
-yided into three Judicial districts. and ,lis-
trict court shall be held in each of said d;s-
trlcts by one of the justices Of the supreme
court, at such times and places as NAV be
prescribed by law; and the said iudpes shall
after their appointments, respectively, reside
IN the district which shall be assigned them.
3he Jurisdiction of the several courts here
IN provided for, both appellate and original.
and that Of the probate courts and of iusti-
ces OF the peace, shall be as limited by laws.
pRovipEo, That the. justices of the peace
shall not have Jurisdiction Of any matter in
controversy when the 4i,le or boundaries eff,
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 judges thereof, shall
appoint its clerk, who shall also be the reg
lister in chancery, and shall keep his Office at
the place where the court may he held
W rits OF error, bills of exception aud APP
peais, shall be allowed in all cases from the
final decisions Of said district courts to the
supreme court, under such regulations as
may be prescribed by law, but in no case
removed to the supreme court shall trial by
jury be allowed in saidcourt. The supreme
court,-or the justices thereof, shall appoint
its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold Ms
Office at the pleasure of the court for which
he shall have been appointed. Writs Of err
ror and appeals from the final decisions of
said supreme court shall be allowed and
may be taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States, in the same manner and un-
der the same regulations as from the circuit
courts Of the United States, where the val.
ue OF the property or the amount in contro-
versy. TO be ascertained by the oath or affir-
NATION OF either party, or other competent
witness, shall exceed one thousand dollars;
and each Of the said district courts shall
cave and exercise the same Jurisdiction, in
all cases arising under the Constitution and
laws of the United States; and the fist six
days of every term of said courts, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary, sliallbe
appropriated to the trial of causes arising
under the said Constitution and laws; and
writs of error and appeal all in such cases
shall he made to the supreme court Of said
Territory, the same as in other cases. The
said clerk shall receive, in all such cases,
the same fees which the clerk of the dis
riot courts Of the late Wisconsin Territory
received to- similar servsces.
Sec. 10. AMI be it 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 tie United
States for the late Territory of Wisconsin
received. There shall also he Marshall
for the Territory appointed, who shall hold
his Office for four years, unless sooner re-.
moved by the President, and who shall exc
cute 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, he SUBJ.
iect to the same regulation and penalties,
and be entitled to the same fees, as the Mar
shall of the District Court Of the United
States for the late Territory of Wisconsin,,
and shall, in addition, be paid two hundred
hundred dollars annually as compensation
for extra services.
SEC. II. And be 1t 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-
spectiveIy take an oath or affirmative, before
the District Judge, or some Justice of the
Peace in the limits OF said Territory, duly
authorized to administer oaths and affirrna-
tons 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
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