Chapter VII. *to provide far the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Ohio.* Feb. 19, 1803
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Chap. VII.— An Act *to provide far the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Ohio.* Feb. 19, 1803. Whereas, the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwestAct of April 30, 1802, ch. 40.Laws of the United States to be carried into effect in the state of Ohio.Act of April 30, 1802, ch. 40. of the river Ohio, did, on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and two, form for themselves a constitution and state government, and did give to the said state the name of the “State of Ohio,” in pursuance of an act of Congress, intituled “An act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes,” whereby the said state has become one of the United States of America; in order therefore to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the said state of Ohio : *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all the laws of the UnitedAll the laws of the United States not locally inapplicable to be in force and executed there.Ohio to be one district.District court to be held therein, to consist of one judge.
States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Ohio, as elsewhere within the United States. Sec. 2. *Be it further enacted*, That, the said state shall be one district, and be called the Ohio district ; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold at the seat of government202SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 8. 1803. of the said state, three sessions annually, the first to commence on theSessions of the court, where to be held.Its powers and jurisdiction.Clerk to be appointed.His place of residence, fees, etc. first Monday in June next, and the two other sessions progressively on the like Monday of every fourth calendar month afterwards, and he shall in all things have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which are by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district: he shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court at the place of holding the same, and shall receive for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services.
Sec. 3. *Be it further enacted*, That there shall be allowed to theSalary of the judge to be 1000 dollars. judge of the said district court, the annual compensation of one thousand dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment, to be paid1807, ch. 16. quarter-yearly at the treasury of the United States. Sec. 4. *Be it further enacted*, That there shall be appointed in theDistrict attorney to be appointed.His compensation. said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States, two hundred dollars annually, as a full compensation "for all extra services.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted*, That a marshal shall be appointedMarshal to be appointed.His duties and compensation. for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees as are prescribed to marshals in other districts, and shall moreover be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services. Approved, February 19, 1803.