St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-08-23

Cp>p An act to provide for Dis
trict and Circuit court OF .Ie ilteo
States for the District OF Nebraska
and for other purposes
\. + enarnl M tie Senate and House Of
r.,r,,,utnj.< Of tie Umted States Of
Im.,7.u IN Conyress assembled:
That the state Of Nebraska shall here
after constitute one judicial district, and
be- called the district of Nebrask a; and
for said district district Judge, a mar
-hal. and district attorney OF the nltcd
states, shall be appointed by the presI-
dent, bv and with the advice and consent
OF the senate
Sec. ,. ind be It t,utiler eImctd, That
the said district of Nebraska shall be at
tached 10 and constitute part OF the
eighth judicial circuit and a term Of the
circuit court and district court OF the
United States for said district shall be
held in the city OF Omaha, in the state OF
Nebraska, on the first Monday of May.
and on the first Monday of November, III
each year.
Sec ). and Jet 1urher enacted, That
the circuit and district courts Of the
nitcd States for the district of Ncbras-
ka. and the judi yes thereof respectively,
shall possess the same powers and juris-
dicton and perform the same duties pos
-cssed and performed by the other circuit
and district courts and judges of the
United States, and shall be governed by
the same laws and regulations.
See. 4. And be II t,uther emucted, That
the district judge appointed for the dis
trict OF Nebraska shall receive as his
compensation the sum Of lhirty-tive hun
dred dollars year, payable in four equal
instal,@cnls, on the first days OF January,
April, July. and Octoncr of each year.
Sec }. And be Il t;uther elmcted, That
the marshal and district attorney OF the
United States. and clerk OF the circuit
and district courts. for the said district OF
Nebraska. shall sevcrally possess the
powers and perform the duties lawfully
possessed and performed by similar Off
GERS in other districts of the United
States. and shall for the services they
may perform receive the fees and COM
rcn,alion allowed by the act entitled
AN act to REGULATE the fees and costs to
be allowed clerks, marshals, and altor-
neys OF the circuit and district courts OF
the nited States, and Tor other purpo-
>es," approved February twenty-sixth,
eighteen hundred and iitty-thrcc
Sec g. and he II Iuther cnartg}. That
Ill cases OF appeal or writ OF error, here
toiore prosecuted, and now pendin4 in
the ~uprcmc court OF the nitcd States.
upon any record from the supreme court
OF the territory OF Nebraska, or which
may hereafter be prosecuted from said
court rs herein allowed, NAV be heard
and determined by the supreme court OF
The nited States, and the mandate OF
execution or OF further proceedings shall
be directed by the supreme court of the
nItcd States 10 the circuit OF district
court OF the nt"d State, for the district
OF y brask;I. or 10 the supreme court of
the state of Nebraska, a the nature of
said appeal or writ OF error may require,
and each OF these courts shall hc the sue
crSsor OF the supreme court Of Ncbras ka
territory a. to all such cases. with full
power to hear and determine the same,
and to award meSnc or final process
thereon And from all judgments and
decrces of the supreme court Of the terri
tory of Nebraska, prior to it, admission
as 4 state, the parties to sad .lud @nents
and DEGREES shall haze the same RIGHT to
prosecute appeals and writs of error to
the federal courts rs they had under the
laws of the l'nitcd States prior to the
admission Of said state of Nebraska into
the mon.
See. :. and be Il t,utlr enacted, That
until Il Judge for said district OF Nebraska
shall be duly appointed, the district Judge
OF the United States for the district OF
Iowa shall act as the district judge OF
Nebraska, and shall have and exercise
tie same Jurisdiction and power in the
district hereby created as lie has i'll the
district Of iowa.
Approved, March %, 1867