The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-23

the property or the amount in controversy,
to be sscertained by the oath or affirmation
Of either party, or other competent witness,
shall not exceed one thousand dollars, no
such appeal or writ of error shall be allow
ed; and each Of 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
ard 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 underth said Constitution and laws;
and wFits Of err6s and appeal in all such
cases shall be made to the supreme court of
sCid Territory, the same as iu other cases.
The suid clerk shall receive, in all such
cases, the same fees which the clerks of the
district courts of Nebraska Territory now
receive for similar services.
SEC. 10. And be ii 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 Us the attorney of the United
States for the present Territory of Nebras-
ka. There shall also be marshal for the
Territory appointed, who shall hold his Of
fee 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
regulation and penalties, and be entitled to
the same regular fees, as the marshal Of the
district court oil the United States for the
| present Territory of Nebraska, and shall, in
addition, be paid two hundred dollars annu-
ally as compensation for extra services.
Sec. IL. 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 ad-
vice and consent of the Senate appointed by
the Presid dent of the United States The
governor and secretary to be appointed as
aforesaid shall, before they act as such, res
pec;iyely, 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 oGths and ahirma-
tions by the laws now in force therein, or
before the chiet justice or some soCiate
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 respe ctve Offices; which
said oaths, hen SO taken, shall be certified
by the person by whom the same shall have
received and recorded by the said secretary
among the executive proceedings; and the
chief justice aud associate justices, and all
other civil officers in said Territory, before
lh act as such, shall take like oath or
affirmation, befor the said governor or secre.
tary, or some judge or justice of the peace
of the Territory, who may be duly commits
stoned and qualified, which said oath or af.
firmation shall be certified and transmitted
by the person taking the same, to the secre
tary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid
and afterwards, the like oath 0r affirmation
shall be taken, certified, and recorded, In
such manner and form as mny be prescribed
by law. The governor shall receive an an.
nua salary OF two thousand dollars as gov.
ernor, and one thousand dollars as Superin
tendant of Indian Affairs. The chief justice
and associate Justices shall each receive ar
annual salary oteightecn hundred dJliars-
The slid salaries shall be paid quarter year
! Iy, 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 fol
every twenty miles travel in going to ant
returning from the said sessions, estimated
according to the nearest usually travelled
route. There shall be appropriated annual
ly the sum of one thousand dollars, to b,
expended by the governor to defray the ex
penses of the Territory; and there shal
also be appropriated annually suficien
sum, to be expended by the secretary OF tn
Territory, and upon on estimate to be mad
by the Secretary of the Treasury of tn
United States, to defray the expenses of tn
legislative assembly, the printing of tn
laws, and other incidental expenses; un
the secretary of the Territory shall annual
account to the Secretary of the Treasury o
the United States for the manner in whicl
the aforesaid sum shall have been expended
SEC. 12. And be ii further enacted, Tha
the inhabitants of said Territory shall b
entitled to all the rights, privileges, and i'm
munities granted and secured to all the cti
, zens of the United States by the laws Q
the United States not in conflict with thu
I provisions Of this act, and also all the rights
privileges, and immunities guaranteed by tn
Constitution Of the United States, except a
herein restrained; and the laws of the Unite
States are hereby extended over and declar
to be in force in said Territory, SO far a
the same, or any provision thereof, may b
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