Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-27
<. 7, OCTOBER az. 1854 T. !.

bills Of exception, and appeals, shall be. al
lowed in all cases frora the final decisions
of said district courts to the Supreme Court
under such regulations as may be prescrib-
led by law; but In -no5case removed to the
Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allow
| ed In said court. The Supreme Court, OF
| the justices thereof, shall appoint; its own
clerk, and every clerk shall hold his Office
I at the pleasure of the court for which he
| shall have been appointed. Writs, of error
and appeals from the final decisions of said
Supreme Court, shall be allowed, and may
be taken to the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, in the same manner and under
the same regulations as from the CO
courts Of the United States, where the value
of the property, or the amount m contro-
yersy, to be ascertai1ed by the oath or af-
iirmation of either pdrty, or other compe-
tent witness, shaH exceed one thousand
dollars; except that In all cases involv-
ing title to slaves the said writs of error,
or appeals shall be allowed and decided
by the said Supreme Court, without regard
to the value of the matter, property, or title
/ in controversy; and except also that writ
of error or appeal shall be allowed to the
Supreme Court of the United States, from
the decision of the said Supreme Court
created by this act, or of any Judge thereof,
or of the district courts created by this ac
or of any Judge thereof, upon any writ Of
habeas corpus, involving the question Of
personal freedom: Provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to ap-
ply to or affect the provisions to the s'act
respecting fugitives from justice, and per-
sons escaping from the service of their mas
ters, approved February twelfth; seven
teen hundred and ninety-three, and the
'tact toamend and supplementary to the a.
foresaid act" approved September eighteen
eighteen hundred and fifty; 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 Dis
trict Courts of the United States; and the
said Supreme and District Courts of the
said Territory, and the respective judges
thereof, shall and may grant writs of hdbeas
corpus in all cases in which the same are
granted by the judges Of the United States
in the District of Columbia; 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 aris-
ing under the said constitution and laws,
and writs of error and appeal In all such
cases shall be 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 clerks
of the district courts of Utah Territory now
receive for similar services.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of an act entitled can act
respecting fugitives from JUSTICE and per-
sons escaping from the service of their
masters, approved February twelve, seven
teen hundred and ninety-three, and the
provisions of the act entitled can act to
amend, and supplementary to, the afore-
said act" approved September eighteen,
hundred and fifty, be, and the same are
hereby, declared to extend to and be in full
force within the limits of said Territory of
Nebraska.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be appointed an Attorney for
said Territory, who shall continue In Office
for four years, and until his successor shall
be appointed and qualified, unless sooner
receive the same fees and salary as the
Attorney of the United States for the pres
ent Territory Of Utah. There shall also
be Marshall for the Territory appointed
who shall hold his office for four yeas, and
until his successor shall be appointed and
qualified, unless sooner removed by the
President. and who shall execute ali pro-
cesses issuing from the. said courts. when
xe,ci;s;no their jurisdiction as C;rcu;t and
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