The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-09

they shall hold their Offices during tn
period of four years, and until their sue
cessors shall be appointed and qualified
The said Territory shall be divided int
three judicial districts, and district
court shall be held in each of said dis
tricts by one of the justices Of the su.
preme court, at such times and places as
may be prescribed by law; and the said
judges shall, after their appointments,
reside in the districts which shall be as
signed them. The jurisdiction of the
several courts herein provided for, both
appellate and original, and that of the
probate courts and of justices of the
peace, shall be limited by law: ProUi-
d d, That justices of the peace shall not
have jurisdiction of any matter in contro-
versy when the title or boundaries OF
land may be in dispute, or where the
debt or sum claimed shall exceed one
hundred dollars; 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 chance
ry, and shall keep his Office at the place
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error, bills of exception, and appeals,
shall be allowed in all cases from the final
decision of said district courts to the su-
preme court, under such regulation as
may be prescribed by law but in no case
removed 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. Writs of error, and appeals
from the final decisions of said supreme
court, shall be allowed, and may be ta-
ken 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; except only that
in all cases involving 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 also
be allowed to the Supreme Court of the
United States, from the decison of the
said supreme court created by or of the
district courts is created by this act, or
ef-saYe tslisE~of, af.5
habeas corpus, involving the question of
personal freedom: Prounled, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed
to apply to or affect the provisions of the
d" act respecting fugitives from justice,
and persons escaping from the service of
their masters ," approved February
twelfth, seventeen hundred and ninety
three, and the " act to amend and sup
Elementary to the aforesaid act ;" ap-
proved 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 district courts of the United States;
and the said supreme and district courts
of the United States; and the said su-
preme and district courts of the said
Territory, and the respective judges
thereof, shall and may grant writs of ha-
beas corpus in all cases in which the
same are granted by the judges of the
United States in the District of Coium-
bia; 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 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 clerks 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 1t further enacted,
That the provisions of an act entitled
" An act respecting fugitives from JUS
tice, and persons escaping from the SER
vice of their masters" approved Febru-
ary twelfth, seventeen hundred and nine
ty.three, and the provisions of the act
entitled "An act to amend, and supple
mentary to, the aforesaid aet," approx
ed September eighteen, 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 Ne
braska.
Sec. IL. A,sd be It further enacted,
That there shall be appointed an attor-
ney for said Territory, who shall contins
ne in Office four years and until his sue
cessor shall be appointed and qualified,
unless sooner removed by the President,
and who shall receive the same fees and
salary as the attorney of the United States
for the present Territory of Utah. IThere
shall also be a marshal for the Territory
appointed, who shall hold his office four
years, and until his successor shall be
appointed and qualified, unless sooner
by the President, and who shall
execute all processes issuing from the
said courts when exercising their juris-
diction as circuit and district courts of
the United States he shall perform the
duties, be subject to the same regulation
and penalties, and be entitled to the same
fees, as the marshal of the district court
of the United States for the present Ter
ritory of Utah, and shall, in addition, be
paid two hundred dollars annually as
for extra services.
Sec. IL. A,sd be 1T further enacted,
That the governor, secretary, chief jus
tice, and associate justice, attorney, and
shall be nominated, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate
by the President of the Uni
ted States. The governor and secreta-
ry to be appointed as aforesaid shall, be-
fore they act as such, respectively take
an oath or affirmation before the district