280 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1 854. Legislative Council, a oint all odieers not herein otherwise rovi . PP p ded for , and in the first instance the Governor alone may appoint all said officers who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the Levis; lative Assembly· and shall ley off the necessary districts f r [T of the Council and House of Representatives, and all other ogliqgfgm cm Lg;g$%¤£*;; q{ Sec. 8. And be it further wanted, That: no membenof the Legislative hom wtmn Om. ssembly shall hold, or be appointed to, any offce whxch shall have been o?¤hdun¤g :em creeted, or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been increased, gu Oil:;:;? °"' while he was v, member, durlng the term for which he was elected, and after. for one year after the exp1ra.tion of such term; but this restriction shall U££§°§$mg` not be npplloable to members of the first Legislative Assembly; and no Except §,,,::,,§,s_ person lmlding a. corinugsiou or eppointgnent Ender the United Smeg, ers, no e excep ostmasters s a e a member 0 thelat' A bl ’§§s‘2:fgfyf’f °h° hold any office under the government of said Term?g>l;y. we Sscm y, or The juggcm Sec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That the judicial power of said Exe; Qzzd Territory snail be vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probm;e mdhow m bg Courts, ond m Justmes of the Peace. The Supreme Court shall consist of exercised. a chief_)ust1ce and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute n quorum, and who shall bold a term at the seat of government of said }`errit0ry annually, and they shall hold their 05ces during the period of our ez.rs,and u t'l th' hll b‘
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‘ district court shell be held in each of said districts by one of the justices
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mmm md of , _] g s s al , e 1* e1r appointments, respectively, jusnm or the resule m the districts wh1ch shall be assxgned them. The jurisdiction of p¤¤¤¤· tl;B SE;V:;‘&l courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and t a o e pro ate courts and o justices of the peace shall be as l' 't d P¥°V?¤°· by law: Pmoided, That ustices of the peace shall not,havejurisdictdI<;1n gf enynnetter m controversy when the title or boundaries of land may be gn fdmpute, gr gvhercé the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred
dollars; an the said supreme and districts courts respectively, shall os-
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Exoepnonn. tent vntuessz shall exceed one thousand dollars; except. only that in all o gases égvolwgug tideéosluxgas, the gold writs of error, or appeals shall be _ ow an em e y the said upreme ourt without; revard to the value of the matter, property, or title in controversy ; and except also that e wml: of error or appeal shall else be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, from the decmon of the said Supreme Court created
the act, or of eng Judge tl}ereofQ or of the district courts created by
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